Swiss Identity

Leading Latin American author hospitalised

This content was published on Sep 16, 2010 Fuentes, 82, was in Geneva to due to take part in a conference on the subject of intercultural dialogue as part of the Geneva Lecture Series organised by the UN in Geneva and the UN Institute for Training and Research (Unitar). Sergei Ordzhonikidze, director general of the UN office in Geneva, gave no further details…

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Christian Zehnder Quartet: Schmelz (Melt)

This content was published on Sep 16, 2010 De Gümschele Christian Zehnder

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Adrian Stern: Herz

This content was published on Sep 16, 2010 Blib bi mir (Stay With Me) Adrian Stern

FC Lausanne dream of extending fairytale run

This content was published on Sep 16, 2010 The Swiss minnows are hoping to continue their run of success both in Europe and in the Swiss second division. Lausanne qualified for the group stage of the Uefa Europa League with a shock win on penalties over Russia’s Lokomotiv Moscow. Coach Martin Rueda says Lausanne are the clear underdogs in the group phase, which…

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Basel lose first Champions game

This content was published on Sep 16, 2010 Early goals by Ionut Rada and Lacina Traore were enough to give the Romanian team a victory in their home town on Wednesday evening. Valentin Stoker pulled one back for Basel with a header in first-half injury time after a corner by Alex Frei. Despite later dominating the match, Basel were unable to break through…

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Study pinpoints “upheaval” in Jewish community

This content was published on Sep 15, 2010 Many Jews no longer identify themselves with the rules of traditional orthodox communities and instead are joining more liberal groups, resulting in a pluralistic community. The study, Swiss Judaism in Transition, was carried out as part of a Swiss National Research Programme review of the national religious landscape. Researchers at Basel University’s institute for Jewish…

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Swiss losing their religion are more suicidal

This content was published on Sep 15, 2010 Based on the 2000 census, there were 39 suicides for every 100,000 inhabitants with no church affiliation. In comparison, the figures for every 100,000 Protestants and 100,000 Catholics were 28.5 and 19.7 respectively. The researchers from the universities’ social and preventive medicine institutes added that the Catholic Church’s condemnation of both suicide and assisted suicide…

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Fugitive gunman had illegal arsenal

This content was published on Sep 15, 2010 The announcement comes a day after police admitted that a wanted photo published of the 67-year-old was not of him but his dead father. The cantonal police have been criticised for the handling of the case since they allowed the man to escape his house in the western town even though they had it surrounded.…

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Angel and Hitler actor wins film award

This content was published on Sep 15, 2010 The academy will present the prize to the 69-year-old at the European Film Awards 2010 in Tallinn, Estonia, on December 4. Ganz was selected for “lending his face to some of cinema’s most unforgettable moments” while working with many of the film industry’s most respected directors. The Swiss portrayed an angel in Wim Wenders Wings…

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Hidden worlds

This content was published on Sep 15, 2010 It’s not the most spectacular images that take centre stage, but rather those showing secret worlds that might not attract much attention at first glance. The 22 exhibitions themed “Collateral” are on view until September 26.

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