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Gondo marks tenth anniversary of disaster

This content was published on Oct 14, 2010 On October 14, 2000, the tiny village on the Swiss-Italian border was sliced in two by a 40-metre-wide swathe of mud and rocks loosened by three days of torrential rain. The heart of the village was destroyed and almost all the 165 surviving inhabitants were evacuated. The landslide swept away ten houses, the school, shops…

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Federer wins, Wawrinka loses, in Shanghai

This content was published on Oct 14, 2010 Federer was playing his first match since the US Open, where he lost to Novak Djokovic in the semifinals, but showed few signs of rustiness as he moved into the third round, joining Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Djokovic. The third-seeded Swiss broke Isner’s big serve twice, but the highlight of his win came in…

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Picasso’s 1932 show comes back to Zurich

This content was published on Oct 13, 2010 Starting on October 15, Picasso is a major exhibition for the museum, which is in its centenary year. Curator Tobia Bezzola says it is time for the master to be honoured with a more complete show. “The revolutionary thing about the 1932 exhibition was that it took place at all,” Bezzola told swissinfo.ch. “The current…

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The wonder of Picasso

This content was published on Oct 13, 2010 The first retrospective was held in the city in 1932, with the artist choosing his own pictures. In 2010, the Kunsthaus Zurich is showing 70 of these works again, as part of its centenary celebrations.

A River Tamed

This content was published on Oct 13, 2010 Coincidentally (or is it?) the sky has remained gray all day – as gray as the dams, the nuclear power station, the factories, and even many of the homes we’ve paddled by. And alongside the river is the roar of cars just a few meters away. But I’m sure it’s not all like this. At…

Police can prevent hooligans attending matches

This content was published on Oct 13, 2010 The so-called hooligan concordat, agreed by all Swiss cantons and which came into force at the beginning of 2010, includes such measures as preventative custody for the duration of a match, exclusion orders and the obligation to report to police stations at regular intervals. The police are also allowed to pass the names of violent…

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Remembering Steve Lee

This content was published on Oct 13, 2010 In this episode of The Swiss Connection podcast, we hear more about his place in the Swiss music scene, and listen to a sampling of Gotthard songs.

Survivors speak of Steve Lee’s final moments

This content was published on Oct 13, 2010 Lee’s longtime partner, Brigitte Voss-Balzerini, said she had been standing next to the singer just five seconds before a tractor-trailer truck lost control on a Nevada motorway and crashed into a group of parked motorcycles, one of which then hit Lee. Lee and a group of 20 friends had been on a motorcycle tour of…

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Swiss score first points in Euro 2012 campaign

This content was published on Oct 12, 2010 Both sides were without points after losing their two opening matches, and goals from Valentin Stocker in the eighth and 88th minute, Gareth Bale in the 12th, Marco Streller in the 21st and Inler in the 82nd mean Switzerland jump from bottom of their five-team group to third. Elsewhere in Group G, Montenegro held England…

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A day on the river

This content was published on Oct 12, 2010 Not that our spirits were low, as it’s been an incredible journey so far. But there have been a lot of gray autumn days, and cold foggy mornings only take you so high. So to see the mist punctured by the sun’s rays and to watch its final tendrils rise like smoke from the water…

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