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Shelter for young and old

This content was published on Dec 23, 2010 More than 30 people currently find a home at the Salvation Army centre in the town of Winterthur. They are looked after by a team of carers and advisers who have kept the home running for more than 40 years.(Pictures: Sebastian Stange, swissinfo.ch)

Dim outlook for festive lights

This content was published on Dec 23, 2010 In an attempt to find out, the Swiss Agency for Energy Efficiency (Safe) has measured the consumption and cost of Christmas decorations in Switzerland. According to their calculations, Swiss light decorations use nearly 100 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity – or 0.17 per cent of the total annual consumption and 2.06 per cent of December’s…

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Swiss airports feel chill less than neighbours

This content was published on Dec 23, 2010 Heavy snowfall has caused chaos across northern Europe since Thursday, with London Heathrow, Frankfurt, Paris and Brussels airports most in the spotlight. European Union Transport Commissioner Siim Kallas will meet airport bosses to urge them to “get serious” about tackling the problem. Some airports still have backlog disruptions despite runways being opened. Switzerland avoided the…

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Hunt goes on for source of leaked secret plans

This content was published on Dec 22, 2010 Swiss government spokesman André Simonazzi said the cabinet took the step one day after a parliamentary commission decided it was no longer possible to find out who had told the media about secret military plans to extract two Swiss hostages held in Libya. The mission was never carried out. The cabinet strongly condemned the leaks…

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Families of the future

This content was published on Dec 22, 2010 “Today the single parent household is almost the norm. A direct result of the high divorce rates of the last 20 years is the “patchwork” family where children from previous marriages are brought into new relationships,” writes Jenny, who was brought up by her father in a one-parent home. “It requires a whole village to…

Federer beats Nadal at charity match

This content was published on Dec 22, 2010 Federer defeated the Spaniard 4-6, 6-3, 6-3 in this first of two charity matches, raising SFr2.5 million ($2.62 million). It was the first time the famous rivals had played each other in Federer’s native Switzerland. All proceeds will go towards the Roger Federer Foundation (RFF). The bank Credit Suisse sponsored the event. The RFF is…

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Fabio Pinto: Metamorphosis

This content was published on Dec 21, 2010 Glass Fabio Pinto

Love letter for Dietrich fetches high price

This content was published on Dec 21, 2010 The three-page letter the Swiss sculptor wrote to the German actress testifies to their short but intense relationship, which took place in November 1959. In his letter dated December 12, 1959, Giacometti includes three ink-drawings of a rose bouquet and tells the actress he is working on a sculpture for her. Dietrich, who insisted on…

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ART: Segantini

This content was published on Dec 21, 2010 The unique luminosity of his paintings made Giovanni Segantini (1858-1899) a major innovator in landscape painting and a pioneer of modernism. The exhibition combines paintings and drawings from his early phase in northern Italy, images of Savoyan peasant life and his works from the Swiss mountain realm of Engadin.

Schäfer-Chörli Nord-West: Es Schäferstündli…

This content was published on Dec 21, 2010 Ueber mir. Yodel song. Schäfer-Chörli Nord-West

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