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Refuge established for battered men

This content was published on Nov 20, 2009 It has been established by the private VeV organisation, but its exact location will be kept secret, VeV’s chairman, Oliver Hunziker told journalists on Friday. Financing for the Zwüschehalt (stopover) refuge is assured for a year, but the initiators hope to bring in more partners and also to raise money from the public. Hunziker said…

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Jeanne-Claude, wife of Christo, dies

This content was published on Nov 20, 2009 Jeanne-Claude, born Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon in Casablanca, Morocco, was educated in Switzerland and France, her family living in Bern from 1948 to 1951. The Swiss capital was also the setting for Christo’s first “wrap” – in July 1968 the Kunsthalle museum got the Christo treatment to mark its 50th birthday. Thirty years later they…

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Why children should be seen and heard

This content was published on Nov 20, 2009 A report issued by the organisation on the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on Friday, says that there are still gaps in the protection of Swiss children, even though the convention was ratified by Switzerland in 1997. Of course, there have been definite improvements in children’s rights…

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Place of refuge becomes a prison

This content was published on Nov 19, 2009

Demographics

Davidoff sponsorship complaint stubbed out

This content was published on Nov 19, 2009 The Basel event, one of the last in the world to be sponsored by a tobacco company, is broadcast every year by TSR, a Swiss French-language television channel. Davidoff has sponsored the tournament since 1994 and its name is visible on advertising hoardings and on the court itself behind both baselines. In 2008 an anti-smoking…

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Access to swine flu drug extended

This content was published on Nov 19, 2009 The Swiss Agency for Therapeutic Products (Swissmedic), based in Bern, said that over 60s could obtain the vaccine against A (H1N1) with immediate effect. It explained that it had clinical data proving the effectiveness of the vaccine. The drug had previously been authorised for those aged 18-60. Federal authorities are telling patients to contact their…

Culture

White Nights. Deborah Marchetti, violin. Vovka Ashkenazy, piano.

This content was published on Nov 19, 2009 Juon: Weisse Nächte (White Nights) from Violin Concerto No 2 op. 49 Deborah Marchetti, violin. Vovka Ashkenazy, piano

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Funky Brotherhood & Freda Goodlett: Superstone

This content was published on Nov 19, 2009 Superstone Funky Brotherhood & Freda Goodlett

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Listening to the voices of the past

This content was published on Nov 19, 2009 The prolific American inventor achieved this feat in 1877. More than 30 years later the Phonogram Archive of Zurich University joined the technical revolution. To mark its centenary this year, the archive is publishing a new CD edition of the legendary Voices of the Homeland, a collection of audio recordings of Swiss dialects, first produced…

Education

University sit-ins spread throughout Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 19, 2009 The protests have taken place as part of Global Week of Action – motto “Education is not for sale” – which has seen students targeting the educational machine in several European cities. In Switzerland lecture halls have been occupied in Basel, Zurich and Bern. “Around 1,200 students have been affected,” said Christoph Pappa, Bern University’s…

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