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Street Parade will remember Duisburg victims

This content was published on Aug 13, 2010 Organisers are confident about safety at the Zurich techno music festival – which includes 30 love mobiles and could see up to 900,000 partygoers – and have rejected claims that there will not be enough space for all the visitors to the event. The normally staid banking city will become a riot of colour and…

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Quality journalism in Switzerland is “eroding”

This content was published on Aug 13, 2010 The drop in quality is also due to the disastrous financial situation of many publishers, the Center for Research on the Public Sphere and Society said in its report on the Swiss media, published on Friday. Shrinking budgets and the shift to a culture where the public expects news and information to be free of…

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Orlando Geremia Schüpbach – ORIGINAL

This content was published on Aug 13, 2010 350 CharactersArte BecoOrlando Geremia Schüpbach

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Niggli finds her way again to victory

This content was published on Aug 13, 2010 The three-time Swiss sportswoman of the year finished more than two minutes ahead of local athlete, Marianne Andersen, at the competition in Trondheim, Norway. Emma Claesson of Sweden won the bronze. “I won the race so you can call it a perfect race,” Niggli said after her performance. “It is special to win the long…

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More Swiss money for Pakistan flood victims

This content was published on Aug 12, 2010 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is to receive SFr2 million of this, to add to the SFr1 million it has already received. The other SFr500,000 will go to the Pakistan emergency fund of the United Nations World Food Programme, doubling the Swiss contribution, ministry spokesman Georg Farago said. On Wednesday the UN…

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Severin Berz: Hang Meditaton Music

This content was published on Aug 12, 2010 Free Severin Berz

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A dream come true

This content was published on Aug 12, 2010 swissinfo’s Thomas Kern went on the set of Summer Birds, the first feature film by documentary maker Paul Riniker. The film premieres at the Locarno Film Festival.

Peter Gisler & die Müliradler: Altdorf. Alte Tänze aus Uri.

This content was published on Aug 12, 2010 Schottisch (ST 11364) Peter Gisler & die Müliradler

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Lucerne Festival centres on love and lovers

This content was published on Aug 12, 2010 Some of the world’s most outstanding orchestras, conductors and soloists will take part in one of Switzerland annual cultural highlights. This year’s opening concert features Beethoven’s only opera, Fidelio, performed by the Lucerne Festival Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado. Audiences will also experience fateful romantic triangles in Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde, Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande…

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Summer Academy premieres in Locarno

This content was published on Aug 12, 2010 The programme, called the Summer Academy, is a chance for participants to network and get first-hand insight into the film industry. Nearly 50 young people from around the world applied for the 30 slots, according to academy head Gregory Catella. “We wanted to be able to have a balance of film students, filmmakers, production designers,…

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