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Swiss grilled about torture treaty

This content was published on Apr 30, 2010 Representatives from the UN Committee against Torture received the assurance from Bernardo Stadelmann at the beginning of a discussion in Geneva about Switzerland’s latest report on its implementation of the Convention against Torture, which it ratified in 1986. The ten experts focussed their questions on the expulsion of foreigners, the treatment of asylum requests, police…

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Polanski legal team say Swiss need files unsealed

This content was published on Apr 30, 2010 Swiss authorities on Friday, however, said the dossier is irrelevant to their decision on whether to send Polanski back. According to Polanski’s lawyers, the dossier contains transcripts of testimony by retired US Deputy District Attorney Roger Gunson that would prove the extradition request is based on false and incomplete statements by the Los Angeles district…

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Fumetto 2010

This content was published on Apr 30, 2010 Fumetto started in 1992 as a small trade festival in Lucerne focused on comic arts, but has developed over the years into a major nexus for contemporary drawing, sketching, and comics. But more importantly it is known as a centre for the promotion of graphic art as fine art.

Comic art festival puts Lucerne at cutting edge

This content was published on Apr 30, 2010 This may be about to change, as the Fumetto International Comix Festival this year celebrates its 19th anniversary with a series of intriguing projects and exhibitions and the launch of a new pilot programme, Punkte10. Fumetto started in 1992 as a small trade festival focused on comic arts, but has developed over the years into…

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Middle class struggle to stay afloat, says study

This content was published on Apr 30, 2010 And this figure rises to half among lower middle-class families. Yet the vast majority of people questioned are upbeat about the future despite the economic crisis, the Beobachter magazine reported on Thursday. According to the survey conducted by the gfs.bern institute, 85 per cent of families believe the economic situation will tick along at the…

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Wawrinka advances in Rome

This content was published on Apr 29, 2010 Wawrinka will next face either tournament favorite Rafael Nadal or Victor Hanescu of Romania, who met in the night match at the Foro Italico. In the other quarter finals of the Rome Masters, second-ranked Novak Djokovic will get a chance to avenge a recent loss when he plays Fernando Verdasco on Thursday. Seventh-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga…

Swiss hope to satisfy China’s hunger for culture

This content was published on Apr 29, 2010 Pius Knüsel also discusses his plans for video games and the controversial Basel artist Christoph Büchel, who recently ruffled feathers at a contemporary art venue in Vienna where part of his project involved a real sex club. Pro Helvetia has run a cultural exchange programme with China for two years. At its annual news conference…

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Montreux festival opens with Phil Collins

This content was published on Apr 29, 2010 Tickets for the festival (July 1-17) go on sale from Thursday, April 29. Organiser Claude Nobs says Collins’ exclusive concert, a musical journey travelling back to the 1960s, will feature soul classics from the celebrated Motown label. Collins lives a short distance from Montreux at Nyon, which is also on the shores of Lake Geneva.…

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Faces of Switzerland

This content was published on Apr 28, 2010 Faces of Switzerland is the work of a team of photographers, who captured the cultural diversity of three of the country’s urban centres: Ursula Markus went to Molino Nuovo in Lugano, Edouard Rieben rubbed shoulders in Bern’s Lorraine and Pierre Antoine Grisoni spent his time in the Maupas in Lausanne.

Geneva puts on a red nose

This content was published on Apr 28, 2010 Some 300 acts from 65 countries are performing throughout the year in the western Swiss city as part of the World of Circus Geneva 2010 international circus festival. The mammoth get-together is the brainchild of Youri Messen-Jaschin, who launched a similar festival in Lausanne in 1987 that attracted 500,000 circus fans. Such success meant that…

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