Swiss Identity

FILM: International Fantastic Film Festival

This content was published on Jun 25, 2010 Set on thrilling, the Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival (NIFF) presents fantasy, science-fiction and horror. The annual Swiss event for fantastic films, asian cinema and future images.

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Swiss animal groups fight “dog mafia”

This content was published on Jun 25, 2010 At a news conference on Friday, Julika Fitzi, a dog specialist at SAP said the illegal dog trade is flourishing. Usually these animals come from mass breeding in eastern European countries, where they are bred in the “worst possible conditions”, she added. Fitzi, also a vet, said the Swiss could order such dogs over the…

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Historic routes to be preserved for posterity

This content was published on Jun 25, 2010 Routes used by traders, pilgrims, armies, tourists, … Routes winding over mountain passes, routes painstakingly cut through rock, tunnels, bridges, waterways – all bear witness to Switzerland’s history. They could all have disappeared, had it not been for a team of geographers and historians who spent 20 years researching and drawing up an inventory of…

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Swiss vandal faces jail and caning in Singapore

This content was published on Jun 25, 2010 On Friday, the 32 year old had pleaded guilty to the crimes he is accused of having committed on May 16. A British citizen, who was accused alongside the Swiss man, has left the country. The two men are said to have broken into a train depot by cutting through a security fence and then…

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Criminals make increasing use of internet

This content was published on Jun 25, 2010 However, criminal activities are more and more diversified and have reached a more global level, particularly via the internet. The Federal Police Office announced it would take tougher measures against large-scale criminal organisations, which require cross-border cooperation. Its director, Jean-Luc Vez, said that the number of police investigations linked with organised crime has been stable…

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African wares

This content was published on Jun 25, 2010 A tour of a typical street market at Vanderbijlpark, an industrial town some 80 kilometres from South Africa’s biggest city Johannesburg. (Genevieve Akal, Christoph Balsiger, Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch)

Jodlerklub Seerose Flüelen & Musikverein Unterschächen: Jodelphonie

This content was published on Jun 24, 2010 Jodelphonie Nr. 1 JK Seerose; MV Unterschächen

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Doppelbock feat Christine Lauterburg & Barbara Berger: Voodoo-Jodel

This content was published on Jun 24, 2010 Adelbodner Doppelbock feat. C. Lauterburg

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Progress made in Hannibal Gaddafi case

This content was published on Jun 24, 2010 Elizabeth Wilmshurst, a British expert on international law, will represent Switzerland’s side, the foreign ministry told the Swiss News Agency on Thursday. Meanwhile, Libya has chosen Indian attorney Sreenivasa Pammaraju Rao. The two countries now have 30 days to nominate a chairman for the court, which will investigate the arrest of the son of Libyan…

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Pain strikes

This content was published on Jun 24, 2010 They had both gotten very sore on the descent from Leysin, which was a huge surprise to me. So I took it very slow going uphill today, as I had 2000 m on vertical gain right off the bat, and was thinking of the next 2000 km. But high up in the spectacular wild flower…

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