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Pressure builds ahead of Fifa World Cup vote

This content was published on Nov 30, 2010 Three highly ranked Fifa officials, who will cast votes, were accused by a BBC Panorama programme aired on Monday of taking bribes in the past. Two other officials have already been suspended and will take no part in the vote. The allegations have spilled over into another sporting organisation housed on Swiss soil – the…

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Cancellara joins Schleck brothers in Luxembourg

This content was published on Nov 30, 2010 The 29-year-old two-time Olympic gold medallist, who achieved a rare Tour of Flanders Paris-Roubaix classic double this year, is joining from Bjarne Riis’s Saxo Bank team. Tour de France runner-up Andy Schleck and his brother Frank also left Saxo Bank at the end of the season to launch their own team – which has no…

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Prince William lobbies in Zurich

This content was published on Nov 30, 2010 On Tuesday Prince William, British Prime Minister David Cameron and David Beckham arrived in Zurich to help England’s 2018 bid. They hope to limit the potential damage caused by a BBC television investigation that accused three Fifa voters of corruption. World football’s governing body, which has its headquarters in Zurich, said it had no intention…

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Women’s protection campaign tackles date rape

This content was published on Nov 30, 2010 Various substances, often described as knock-out drugs or liquid ecstasy, can be mixed with a beverage or food to make a person lose control and even consciousness. “I don’t think people are that well informed about liquid ecstasy, which is why we’re doing this campaign,” said Cornelia Englmann, a gynaecologist at Bern University’s gynaecology clinic…

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Financial problems constrain media freedom

This content was published on Nov 30, 2010 A conference at Fribourg University discussed the issue of state and the media against the background of falling reader numbers for the print media in general, and the public’s increasing unwillingness to pay for news. It was announced last week that Moritz Suter, the founder of the now defunct Crossair airline, had bought the Basler…

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Healthcare costs to rise, but at slower rate

This content was published on Nov 29, 2010 The KOF Swiss Economic Institute in Zurich reported on Monday it expects the increase to be 3.4 per cent this year, 3.7 per cent in 2011 and three per cent in 2012. It said health spending would rise from SFr63.5 million ($63.3 billion) this year to SFr67.8 billion in 2012, an increase of more than…

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Whispers grow about Chinese contemporary art

This content was published on Nov 29, 2010 “Big Draft – Shanghai Contemporary Art from the Sigg Collection” features a wide range of works by 13 artists who live and work in China’s largest city and two from Beijing who make direct references to it. Like the 2005 exhibition Mah Jong – which generated a fair amount of controversy and international publicity for…

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Festival of Trees & Lights

This content was published on Nov 29, 2010 Beautiful light installations on trees and sculptures throughout the city brighten up the festive season evenings, with music, free roasted chestnuts and mulled wine at the lakeside opening on Friday evening.

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Cultural evolution

This content was published on Nov 29, 2010 “Big Draft – Shanghai Contemporary Art from the Sigg Collection” is on display at the Museum of Fine Arts Bern. Texts adapted from comments by curator Monika Schäfer.

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