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Zurich takes pride in gay festival

This content was published on Jun 3, 2009 This coming weekend, EuroPride reaches its culmination with what will no doubt be the most colourful parade of the year. That Switzerland hosts major international events is well known, yet the idea of the country hosting a gay-themed festival still takes some people by surprise. It’s true that Zurich does not necessarily jump to mind…

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Guantanamo torturers “must face justice”

This content was published on Jun 3, 2009 Calmy-Rey also discusses the major challenges of defending international humanitarian law. Interviewed on the 150th anniversary of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, she says that for her the Red Cross represents “a humanitarian ideal”. She also said Switzerland was prepared to receive “one or two” former detainees of the Guantanamo camp constructed by…

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Swiss hostage reportedly still alive

This content was published on Jun 3, 2009 Britain’s special envoy to Mali was speaking after al-Qaida’s North Africa wing, (AQMI), which is holding the man, said they had killed the British hostage they had taken at the same time. The message appeared on a website used by al-Qaida-linked groups. The envoy told the Swiss News Agency that the British government would do…

Culture

Tiananmen memories spur desire for change

This content was published on Jun 3, 2009 The bloody crackdown on protestors on June 3 1989 led, officially, to 241 deaths and 7,000 injured. Several sources have put the actual death toll in the thousands, although it is unlikely that the true figure will ever be known. The massacre is acknowledged all over the globe except in China, where censorship has completely…

Education

“Commander Kim” speaks Swiss German

This content was published on Jun 2, 2009 Little is known about Kim Jong-un. But what is clear is that the 26-year-old spent his early years at the International School of Berne, where as a “shy” student he learned German, French and English, and honed skills in skiing and playground dispute resolution. Two major South Korean newspapers said on Tuesday that North Korea’s…

Culture

Gotthard Schuh

This content was published on Jun 2, 2009 Swiss photographer Gotthard Schuh (1897-1969) influenced modern photojournalism by developing a personal style that removed the distinction between worlds, poetry and reality. A comprehensive retrospective exhibition of his works can be seen until October 11, 2009, in Winterthur. (All photos courtesy of the Swiss Foundation of Photography)

Many feared dead in French plane crash

This content was published on Jun 1, 2009 Most of the 216 passengers were Brazilian or French. Six Swiss citizens were reported on the flight. The Swiss foreign ministry expressed its condolences and has set up a telephone information service for people who think relatives were on board. The number is 031 323 30 99. The flight left Rio on Sunday evening local…

Culture

Foreigners helped to speak the same language

This content was published on Jun 1, 2009 But help is at hand in the form of an innovative language learning aid produced by Fribourg University. Hapless foreigners can not only learn to understand what is going on, but can have fun doing so. They may at first be baffled even by the name of the course: “Chunsch druus?” is a way of…

Culture

Giuliano Sommerhalder: Romantic Virtuosity

This content was published on Jun 1, 2009 Giuliano Sommerhalder, trp

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Zurich lake police on a special mission

This content was published on Jun 1, 2009

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