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Image of Switzerland remains sound

This content was published on May 20, 2009 This was the view they gave at the Switzerland Travel Mart, which has taken place in the central Swiss city of Lucerne. The year 2008 will be remembered not only for the negative headlines about Swiss banking secrecy but also because of the billions of losses at the country’s largest bank, UBS, which had to…

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Küsnacht, Zurich’s “superrich ghetto”

This content was published on May 20, 2009

Culture

Zurich opera director moves to Salzburg

This content was published on May 20, 2009 The Festival said in a statement that 62-year-old Pereira, who was born in Vienna, would sign a five-year contract and start his new job by October 2011. He will succeed Jürgen Flimm, who is leaving Salzburg to become the general manager of Berlin’s Staatsoper opera house. The renowned Salzburg Festival attracts world-class orchestras and classical…

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Julius Bär to split operations

This content was published on May 20, 2009 The Zurich-based bank said on Wednesday all of its core private banking activities would be grouped and listed under Julius Bär Group. Troubled hedge fund arm GAM, United States asset management unit Artio and Asset Management Europe are to be combined into GAM Holding. The group’s private bank has been Julius Bär’s main driver as…

Education

Swiss ready for swine flu, says health office

This content was published on May 19, 2009 They made the remarks as ministers and experts met in Geneva to discuss ways to deal with the outbreak of swine flu which has infected some 9,830 people in over 40 countries and killed 74, but which so far appears to be a mild virus. The largest concentrations of the new H1N1 swine flu virus…

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Threats to Swiss security listed

This content was published on May 19, 2009 In its annual report on internal security published on Tuesday, Fedpol said it had no specific indications that acts of Islamic terrorism or violent extremism were being planned in Switzerland, but pointed out that networks had the potential to become operational. Groups from the states of the former Soviet Union and from southeastern Europe involved…

Culture

Carmina Quartett: Quintets by Franz Schubert (“Trout”) & Robert Schumann

This content was published on May 19, 2009

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Gloomy outlook for summer tourism

This content was published on May 19, 2009 BAK Basel Economics research consultancy found that the drop over the current tourism year as a whole would be the greatest in the entire post-war period. However, the decline follows a period of growth. So although the winter season which has just ended dropped six per cent on the previous year, it nevertheless registered the…

History

Damage limitation plans made for minaret vote

This content was published on May 19, 2009 The plans were revealed in answer to a question from a parliamentarian, who is strongly opposed to any such ban. Swiss missions in “sensitive” countries have been given the “necessary finance” to react if there should be an outbreak of anti-Swiss feeling, according to the French-language newspaper Le Temps. The money is destined primarily for…

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Spätzünder Schwyzerörgeli Trio: Es chund guet!

This content was published on May 19, 2009

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