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Swiss artist wins Joan Miró Prize

This content was published on May 4, 2009 The jury said that Rist had been recognised for her wide-ranging creative activity and her outstanding contribution to the current artist scene. The prize is organised by the Joan Miró Foundation in Barcelona and sponsored by the Fundació Caixa Girona. According to a statement released by the Joan Miró Foundation, Rist was honoured unanimously by…

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Visit of Belarus Chernobyl children threatened

This content was published on May 4, 2009 Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has threatened to cancel the trip after fearing some children would not want to come back home. The decision has angered Swiss organisers who say the youngsters are being used as political pawns. For more than a decade, about 400 children from the eastern European country – aged between seven and…

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Russia remain undefeated at hockey worlds

This content was published on May 3, 2009 Their victory in Bern continued their unbeaten streak at the Ice Hockey World Championship in Switzerland. Russia finish first in Group E and have the top seed in the quarterfinal. Latvia will advance to the quarterfinal barring an upset by Switzerland over the United States on Monday. It took Russia more than ten minutes to…

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Swedes bury Swiss at ice hockey worlds

This content was published on May 3, 2009 After having notched up shaky first wins against France and Germany, seventh-ranked Switzerland have lost three straight. They must defeat the United States in regular time on Monday evening to advance to the quarterfinal. “Now we try to get a good night’s sleep, come back tomorrow, bring some more energy and play our best game…

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Switzerland vs Sweden liveblog

This content was published on May 3, 2009 To participate in our next liveblog, message @swiss_slapshot. Your tweets will appear on our hockey dossier.

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Kreuziger wins Tour de Romandie

This content was published on May 3, 2009 Kreuziger wore the leader’s yellow jersey on Saturday’s leg of the race and had a straightforward finish in the fifth and final stage between Aubonne and Geneva on Sunday. The last stage was won by Spain’s Oscar Freire. In the final standings Kreuziger gained on Vladimir Karpets of Russia by 18 seconds and Rein Taaramae…

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Carpenter crowned Mister Switzerland

This content was published on May 3, 2009 André Reithebuch, an outdoors-loving mountain climber who also enjoys riding motorbikes, took first place in the ceremony in Lugano on Saturday night. As the winner, he will rack up modelling contracts worth SFr50,000 ($44,000) and have access to a car and motorcycle during his year in the role. He is 1.92m tall, weighs 85kg and…

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Swiss prompted to play greater UN reform role

This content was published on May 3, 2009 In an interview with swissinfo, Keating says reform of the body is still on the cards although the process has made very little progress since 1992. Keating, a former New Zealand diplomat and UN expert, is executive director of the independent non-profit organisation, Security Council Report, and was speaking on a recent visit to Switzerland.…

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Djokovic knocks Federer out of Rome semis

This content was published on May 2, 2009 The match started as a closely fought battle between the two players, with Federer taking the first set. He began well in the second but after rain stopped play, could not gain enough ground against his 21-year-old Serbian opponent, who won the match 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Federer served up six aces to Djokovic’s three, but…

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Zurich hosts EuroPride 09

This content was published on May 2, 2009 The EuroPride 09 events mark the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the gay rights movement in 1969 in New York. Zurich is host to around 200 cultural, political, sporting and festive events. A closing parade and festival in the old town on June 6 is expected to attract around 50,000 people from around Europe.…

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