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Kennedy myth sparks political career of banker

This content was published on Sep 12, 2009 Martin Landolt, a 41-year-old banker who loves hunting and fishing, personifies seemingly irreconcilable opposites. He represents the industrial alpine region of Glarus, but he loves the countryside and promotes renewable energy. His website betrays a fondness for quotes by politicians, actors and writers. “I admire the ability to say true and profound things in just…

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Swiss abroad honour goes to lawyer

This content was published on Sep 12, 2009 The centre-right Radical Party awarded its eighth Swiss Abroad Prize to Ugo Guidi for leaving an “indelible” mark on the Swiss community in Milan and for the respect he has gained through his work in the city. The 75-year-old former Ticino resident opened a lawyers’ practice in Milan in 1961, which he still heads, and…

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Police intervene in ice hockey clashes

This content was published on Sep 12, 2009 Police used rubber bullets and pepper spray to break up fighting between fans following Friday’s match between EHC Biel and Genève-Servette. The trouble started when two buses carrying fans from the teams arrived at the Biel railway station at the same time. Several thousand francs worth of damage was caused and one man was taken…

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Swiss documentary wins Venice festival award

This content was published on Sep 12, 2009 The Bisato d’Oro, or Golden Medal, was awarded by the Jury of Independent Film Critics for the documentary’s capacity to “tell a story of art and life”. The film by the 43-year-old director from Lugano is dedicated to Hugo Pratt, the Italian comic book author who died in 1995. Little was known before this documentary…

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Collider “not going to become a white elephant”

This content was published on Sep 11, 2009 They have spent much of the past year repairing it instead. Buried on the outskirts of Geneva beneath Swiss and French soil rests the world’s largest soon-to-be-working particle accelerator. On Friday, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern), the group that developed the LHC, said the repairs cost nearly SFr35 million ($34 million). The machine,…

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headscarf poll

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Progress made on swine flu vaccine

This content was published on Sep 11, 2009 Delivery in Switzerland will be spread out between the end of September and mid-October, but the date of the first actual jabs remains open, says Claire-Anne Siegrist, president of the Federal Vaccination Commission. Definitely between the second half of October and November, according to swissmedic, the Swiss agency for therapeutic products. Similar to the annual…

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Tax accord approved with US and Finland

This content was published on Sep 11, 2009 However, the DTAs can only come into force once they have been ratified by parliament and approved by the partner state. The Swiss parliament also has the right to call a referendum on the accords. In order for Switzerland to be removed from the “grey list” of tax havens established in April by the Organisation…

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The high life

This content was published on Sep 11, 2009

Cabinet candidates back “fifth Switzerland”

This content was published on Sep 11, 2009 swissinfo.ch questioned the three official candidates on the so-called “fifth Switzerland” ahead of the election by parliament on September 16. The centre-right Radicals – Couchepin’s party – are maintaining their claim to two seats in the seven-strong cabinet and have nominated two official candidates: Didier Burkhalter from Neuchâtel and Christian Lüscher from Geneva. The centre-right…

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