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ART: Exotic feathers

This content was published on Sep 23, 2010 Birds have always had a fascination for humans and have played an important role in different cultures. This special exhibition looks at antique images of birds and their symbolism.

MUSIC: Lucerne Festival at the Piano

This content was published on Sep 23, 2010 A Johannes Brahms retrospective with Bernard Haitink and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe opens with two piano concertos played by Emanuel Ax. Piano duos Yaara Tal and Andreas Groethuysen also visit the festival offering a fesh take on Bach’s Goldberg Variations.

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Golden roses for Switzerland and Britain

This content was published on Sep 22, 2010 “La Bohème at the Tower Block Switzerland”, a Swiss television production, won in the variety and live event category. It featured the Puccini opera classic staged in the city of Bern. Britain claimed two Golden Roses: one for The Inbetweeners, a sitcom about awkward youths, and another for Blood, Sweat and Takeaways – a reality…

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20 x Schwyzerörgeli, lüpfig – tänzig. 11 Schwyzerörgeli-Formationen

This content was published on Sep 22, 2010 Echo vom Geisshimmel Gebrüder Nussbaumer

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Beauty and the beast clash in Geneva

This content was published on Sep 22, 2010 The referee has seen enough and declares the 26-year-old Croat the winner of this Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) bout. In Geneva the young sport has a growing number of followers. “Smack my bitch up…” The raw bass of The Prodigy still reverberates around the Leman Theatre, deep below the five-star Grand Hotel Kempinski, as Eva…

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Geneva cage-fighting

This content was published on Sep 22, 2010 Some 1,500 fight fans attended the third Strength and Honour Championship (SHC3) in Geneva on September 18, 2010 to watch 13 fights – and for the first time two all-female encounters (All images by Pierre LeTulzo).

Cancellara to race at world championships

This content was published on Sep 22, 2010 The Bern-based cyclist will defend his time trial title and choose a new team for 2011 when he returns. Cancellara said he had received many offers for next season after parting ways on friendly terms with Bjarne Riis, owner of Team Saxo Bank. He did not however reveal who his future employer would be. Cancellara…

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Bishop Genoud dies

This content was published on Sep 22, 2010 “Faithful to his ecclesiastical office, he fought with courage against the cancer which he announced at the beginning of October 2009,” the bishopric said in a statement. Genoud was ordained a bishop in 1999 and served on the presidium of the Swiss Bishops Conference from 2007. Genoud, who was seen as being close to the…

Zurich film festival seeks better script

This content was published on Sep 22, 2010 The detention of the Polish-French star at Zurich airport last September, on a United States arrest warrant, became an overnight international cause célèbre and diplomatic incident that divided opinion. Stuck in the middle was the fledgling film festival in Zurich that had unwittingly opened the doors of a trap by inviting Polanski to Switzerland to…

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Swiss Chaplin Museum makes winning bids

This content was published on Sep 21, 2010 The Chaplin Museum, housed in Manoir de Ban, bid SFr31,000 ($31,065) to win the Louis XVI-style furniture at a Christie’s auction in Amsterdam on Tuesday. In addition, the museum bid on another eight pieces. Other bidders included people from the Netherlands, China and the United States. All together, 33 items were auctioned off for a…

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