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ART: 100 Masterpieces

This content was published on Feb 18, 2010 The Fondation de l’Hermitage proudly presents 100 master pieces from Romanticism to Expressionism on loan from the famous Städel Museum in Frankfurt . The exhibition includes works by Max Beckmann, Edgar Degas, Paul Klee, Edouard Manet, Franz Marc, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Odilon Redon and Auguste Renoir.

Spain sees “progress” in Swiss-Libyan row

This content was published on Feb 18, 2010 Miguel Angel Moratinos met the Swiss minister, Micheline Calmy-Rey, in Madrid on Thursday and then attended a meeting between her and her Libyan counterpart, Mousa Kousa. The meeting was brokered by Spain since it currently holds the presidency of the Council of the European Union. It followed a rise in tension since Libya started earlier…

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LITERATURE: Geneva Book Fair

This content was published on Feb 18, 2010 The International Book and Press Fair presents books and literature from around the world with special exhibitions and parallel events such as the “art by genève” art fair.

ART: The Mysterious City of Pyramids

This content was published on Feb 18, 2010 With some 450 artefacts from Teotihuacan, once the largest city in Pre-Columbian America, the exhibition presents colourful Mexican murals, precious clay vessels, stone sculptures, figures cut from obsidian and beautiful jewellery. Also on display, spectacular finds including the magnificent sacrificial offerings from the Sun and Moon Pyramids and the Temple of the Feathered Serpent.

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Party time?

This content was published on Feb 18, 2010 The northern towns of Baden and Würenlingen are both celebrating Fasnacht, carnival ahead of Lent. But while the Würenlingeners kick off their clogs and let their hair down, the burghers of Baden struggle to get into the mood. In fact the only thing the two towns have in common is that both employed bands from…

Push for reform of backlogged rights court

This content was published on Feb 17, 2010 Improving the European Court of Human Rights, which boasts a backlog of almost 120,000 complaints, has been one of the alpine country’s top priorities during its six-month presidency of the Council of Europe. At stake for the 47 ministers representing Council of Europe countries in the alpine town: ensuring the survival of the court based…

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Futuristic learning

This content was published on Feb 17, 2010 The radical, open, undulating student building at Lausanne’s Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) was designed by the Japanese star architect team SANAA.

Half of young doctors trained abroad

This content was published on Feb 17, 2010 According to a survey published by a Swiss medical newspaper, the proportion of foreign-trained assistant doctors rose from 32 to 44 per cent between 2003 and 2008. Most of the doctors in question come from Germany. Just 10 per cent of foreign assistant doctors come from another European Union country, while four per cent are…

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Cresta Run

This content was published on Feb 17, 2010 It was built in 1885 by Major Bulpetts, the eventual founder of the St. Moritz Tobogganing Club (SMTC), and the people of St Moritz. (All pictures: RDB and Keystone)

Fear and adrenaline in St Moritz

This content was published on Feb 17, 2010 Some 500 club members and friends celebrated the thrilling, historic toboggan run’s birthday last week at a ten-day “bash” in the ultra-chic mountain resort in eastern Switzerland. “It is addictive – I have the X-rays to prove it,” says 74-year-old New Yorker Doug Wilson on the spectator’s bridge outside the St Moritz Tobogganing Club. Dressed…

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