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Athens celebrates Tschumi’s Acropolis museum

This content was published on Jun 20, 2009 Swiss culture minister Pascal Couchepin, who announced his forthcoming resignation last week, joined a large group of dignitaries on Saturday for the historical occasion. Couchepin was among 400 invited guests, including European Union Commission president, José Manuel Barroso, and the Director General of Unesco, Koichiro Matsuura. Couchepin told swissinfo.ch that he was glad one of…

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Bike trial pros in action

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Last year’s royalties music to composers’ ears

This content was published on Jun 20, 2009 Suisa, the association for administering authors’ rights, said on Saturday that it had generated more than SFr141 million ($130 million) last year, about seven per cent above the 2007 result. Most of the money – nearly SFr122 million – will go directly to the composers and songwriters. The income came from royalties for performing rights,…

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Campaign tackles “hurtful” refugee stereotypes

This content was published on Jun 20, 2009 The oft-repeated stereotype that asylum-seekers are drug dealers and criminals is “factually wrong, hurtful and degrading for those affected”, says Beat Meiner, the secretary-general of the Swiss Refugee Council. Meiner told swissinfo.ch what while he believes Switzerland enjoys a worldwide reputation as a country with a great humanitarian tradition, the willingness to “help people in…

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Advantage Federer as Nadal leaves Wimbledon

This content was published on Jun 19, 2009 Federer’s agent, Tony Godstick, said Federer was reserving comment until a news conference on Saturday. The grass-court tournament begins on Monday. The announcement opens the door for Federer, the world’s number two tennis player, to reclaim the number-one slot he held for a record 237 weeks before Nadal seized the throne last August. The Swiss…

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Guantanamo tops talks with US

This content was published on Jun 19, 2009 During a meeting with Daniel Fried of the US State Department, Swiss Secretary of State Michael Ambühl reiterated Switzerland’s willingness to accept former detainees from the US military prison under certain conditions. Little else filtered out of the meeting, though Swiss foreign ministry spokesman Jean-Philippe Jutzi said Switzerland “welcomed the American administration’s willingness to close…

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Acropolis museum

This content was published on Jun 19, 2009 The new Acropolis museum opens its doors this summer, an event that was postponed time and again since 2004. The architect is Swiss-French dual national Bernard Tschumi, who has offices in New York and Paris.

“No hands” cycling star called poor role model

This content was published on Jun 19, 2009 The Swiss Council for Accident Prevention told the Associated Press news agency it regretted that people in such positions did not take their position as role models seriously. In the advert for Saxo Bank, Cancellara is riding his bike wearing a suit and tie while checking his investments on a mobile phone. The caption is:…

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United States

This content was published on Jun 19, 2009 It was a Swiss-German settler, John Sutter, who is credited with setting off the California gold rush of 1849. But it was not only the gold rush that made California a magnet for Asians and Europeans, including many Ticinesi. Liberal laws such as the Homestead Act of 1862 simplified land purchases, and irrigation and new…

Bern’s minster through the years

This content was published on Jun 19, 2009 The Bern Minster is the main work of the Swiss late Gothic. Take a look back through these historical pictures.

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