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Turning gold into cash

This content was published on Feb 27, 2010 Despite winning two golds in Vancouver – to add to two from 2002 – ski jumper Simon Ammann is unlikely to become a millionaire. “Not all Olympic victories are worth the same,” Giusep Fry, manager of Swiss skier Carlo Janka, who won gold in the giant slalom, told swissinfo.ch. “It depends to a great extent…

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Temporary contemporary in Lucerne

This content was published on Feb 27, 2010 The theme of its latest exhibition, Reference and Affinity, is art from the 21st century. “It shows how we’ve developed our collection in terms of contemporary art over the past ten years,” said Peter Fischer, who has served as the museum’s director since 2001. The exhibition, which opens on Saturday, features more than 50 works…

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Should thin people pay less health insurance?

This content was published on Feb 27, 2010 Speakers at a debate on ways to reduce Switzerland’s spiralling health expenditure argued that punishing the overweight was unfair and there were other ways of tackling the heath cost and obesity issues. The idea had the support of the centre-right Radical Party’s Felix Gutzwiller, who is a doctor. It called for a voluntary system in…

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Olympic ski jump hero is golden boy to fans

This content was published on Feb 26, 2010 Ammann spoke to swissinfo.ch about his feelings on becoming the first ski jumper ever to take four individual golds – two in Salt Lake City in 2002 and another brace in Vancouver this year. Around 400 fans, family and friends gathered at Zurich airport to pay tribute to the returning duo and raised the roof…

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Cabinet affirms opposition to burqa ban

This content was published on Feb 26, 2010 In a written response to a parliamentary question, the cabinet said on Friday that few women would actually be concerned by this measure, and it would be difficult to enforce. It also pointed out that it would be unfair to distinguish between women living in Switzerland and tourists. Asked if wearing a burqa could be…

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MUSIC: Lucerne Festival at Easter

This content was published on Feb 26, 2010 The Lucerne Festival at Easter opens with Claudio Abbado conducting the Sinfónica de la Juventud Venezolana, the unique South American youth orchestra. Easter would be unthinkable without the Concentus Musicus Wien and Nikolaus Harnoncourt, with unusual works by Ludwig van Beethoven. The colourful early music concerts promise to be a veritable feast for curiosity seekers…

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Kids’ art

This content was published on Feb 26, 2010 Basel’s Beyeler Foundation has set up a complete programme for schools. It provides an opportunity for classes to admire masterpieces of Classical Modernism and contemporary art, and to learn more about them in special workshops. (All pictures: Thomas Kern, swissinfo.ch)

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Leading art museum founder dies

This content was published on Feb 26, 2010 Beyeler’s eye for undervalued Picassos and Impressionists enabled him to become Switzerland’s most famous art collector. Beyeler and wife Hildy were both involved in founding Art Basel in the 1970s. It has since become the largest international fair of contemporary art. The couple married in 1948, with Hildy becoming a constant companion in her husband’s…

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Gaddafi calls for jihad against Switzerland

This content was published on Feb 25, 2010 During a speech in Benghazi, Libya’s second-largest city, Gaddafi declared Switzerland “faithless” and a country of infidels who have “destroyed Allah’s house”. In November, Switzerland voted to ban the construction of new minarets in a nationwide vote that raised eyebrows around the world. The rightwing Swiss People’s Party and a conservative Christian group were behind…

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