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Swiss graffiti vandal freed from Singapore jail

This content was published on Nov 16, 2010 The 32-year-old computer consultant also faced three strokes of the cane for breaking into a train depot with an accomplice and drawing graffiti on two subway carriages on May 16. It was unclear, however, whether he actually received a lashing. An official at the Swiss embassy in Singapore confirmed that the man had been released…

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Restaurants have Michelin stars in their eyes

This content was published on Nov 16, 2010 The Swiss Michelin Guide, which is available in shops on Thursday, also promoted three restaurants to two-star status and named 14 new one-star eateries, allowing Switzerland to keep its status as the country with the most Michelin stars per capita. Schauenstein, near the ski resort of Laax in the village of Fürstenau, is run by…

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Monteverdi

This content was published on Nov 16, 2010 Cars designed by Peter Monteverdi, the son of an Italian immigrant, made Swiss automobile industry history. Sports cars, limousines and off-roaders were produced at his factory at Binnigen, near Basel until 1982. Many vehicles are housed in a museum, and are the pride and joy of those who work there, as long-time employee Paul Berger…

ART: Nature in Art

This content was published on Nov 15, 2010 An exhibition of landscape paintings looking at nature in art over the past 150 years includes works by Eugène Delacroix, Camille Pissarro, Alfred Sisley, Claude Monet und Auguste Renoir, Vincent van Gogh, Félix Vallotton, Giovanni Segantini, Ferdinand Hodler and Paul Cézanne.

Onion Market

This content was published on Nov 15, 2010 Every year on the fourth Monday of November, Bern goes onion mad when it hosts the Zibele-Märit (Onion Market) selling onions of all sorts and sizes, plaited strings, sculptures. At about 4pm, the confetti battle begins.

Men blamed for firemen’s deaths land in court

This content was published on Nov 15, 2010 Seven firemen died in 2004 when a parking garage in Gretzenbach, canton Solothurn, collapsed on top of them as they fought to put out a burning car. The victims were between 27 and 42 years old. The Solothurn public prosecutor charged five people involved in building the garage with negligent homicide, negligent bodily injury and…

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“We in Switzerland have a real poverty problem”

This content was published on Nov 15, 2010 In an interview with swissinfo.ch, Hugo Fasel, director of the Catholic church charity Caritas, says more than a quarter of a million Swiss children live below the poverty line and that education is key to winning the fight. The conference on November 9 highlighted a problem not typically associated with Switzerland. Fasel argues that Switzerland’s…

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Swiss director wins international film prize

This content was published on Nov 14, 2010 His documentary film “Space Tourists” follows the journey of an American woman who pays $20 million (SFr19.6 million) to fulfill her childhood dream of travelling into outer space. In addition to portraying life on the International Space Station, the film shows junk collectors in Kazakhstan who scurry to pick up the rocket debris that falls…

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Small jails struggle with overcrowding

This content was published on Nov 14, 2010 A visit to Bern’s regional prison, not far from the city centre, highlights the problems faced by the smaller establishments as they struggle to meet the many demands they face. Inside the jail, which opened in 1974, there’s plenty of coming and going during the day: people visiting prisoners, men in handcuffs being transferred, and…

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Federer misses chance to play at Paris finals

This content was published on Nov 14, 2010 It was a tight match Saturday evening featuring three tie-breaks. Despite a 4-1 lead in the deciding set, top-seeded Federer was unable to hold back Monfils, who fought hard and made no errors. “One time the whole court was open and I still didn’t manage to get a point. That’s pretty disappointing,” Federer said at…

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