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Swiss and Russians seen in a win-win situation

This content was published on Jul 11, 2009 Representatives of Swiss small and medium-sized enterprises recently visited Russia to discover the situation for themselves. Jean-Daniel Gerber, director of Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco), who was heading an official mission to Moscow at the same time, explained to swissinfo.ch Switzerland’s advantages in doing business with Russia. “When you are making highly sophisticated…

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Foreign minister praises Calvin’s vision

This content was published on Jul 10, 2009 “Geneva’s international impact owes much t o the work of Jean Calvin,” she told the congregation of more than a thousand at the city’s cathedral. She said he had striven to create a “new world”, and to make Geneva the model for it. She maintained that Calvin’s teachings could be linked to the emergence of…

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Cancellara loses yellow jersey

This content was published on Jul 10, 2009 The 28-year-old Swiss Olympic time-trial champion had been awarded the jersey after posting the fastest time in the prologue to the race. He had kept it throughout the first six stages, which were relatively flat. His surrender of the jersey in the mountains did not come as a surprise. But he was also unfortunate in…

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Europe’s highest vineyard

This content was published on Jul 10, 2009 The village of Visperterminen is famous all over the world for its vineyards planted between 650 and 1150 meters above sea level. The narrow terraces with their dry stone walls rise 500 m in a very short space. The Heida grapes are known as the “pearl of alpine wines”.

Tina Turner records album with Swiss friends

This content was published on Jul 10, 2009 Curti wanted to ask if Turner would lend her voice to an album of Christian and Buddhist songs she planned to record with her Swiss-Tibetan friend Dechen Shak-Dagsay. To her surprise, the singer, a Buddhist herself, agreed. The result is Beyond – Buddhist and Christian Prayers, which has so far been released in Switzerland, Germany…

Roger Federer in an stylish white jacket

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Is the king of tennis also a style icon?

This content was published on Jul 10, 2009

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Punishment poll

This content was published on Jul 10, 2009

Learning how to navigate the internet safely

This content was published on Jul 9, 2009 He thinks many young people are not sufficiently aware of the risks involved in dealing with the internet. Roland Näf, co-chairman of the recently-founded Association against Media Violence, who is the head teacher of a school in Muri, near Bern, agrees that there is an urgent need to teach children how to use the new…

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Federal office raided in nuclear file showdown

This content was published on Jul 9, 2009 Lawyers, parliamentarians and the federal government are all locked in a showdown over what should happen to documents related to the Tinner affair, particularly those that contain plans for a nuclear bomb. Urs, Marco and Friedrich Tinner, engineers with ties to a centrifuge business, have been the subject of allegations that they contributed to a…

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SPECTACLE: Walking with Dinosaurs

This content was published on Jul 9, 2009 After 65 million years, dinosaurs return to Zurich! The arena spectacle of the TV series “Walking with Dinosaurs” brings dinosaurs back to life in a stunning theatrical event. See them walk and hear the roar.

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