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“Historic” win for Swiss cross-country skier

This content was published on Mar 22, 2009 “It makes history for Switzerland and is a great day for me,” he told journalists after his win in the last race of the season, a 15 kilometers handicap in Falun in Sweden. Switzerland’s previous best result in the discipline was the 7th place gained by Andy Grünenfelder in 1984. Cologna, who turned 23 earlier…

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Federer goes down at Indian Wells

This content was published on Mar 22, 2009 Scotsman Murray, currently ranked number four in the world, took three sets to beat Federer – the world number two – 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. Although Federer came back to win the second set, Murray broke him in the fourth game of the third and from then on was in control. The whole thing was over…

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Neighbours take the gloves off

This content was published on Mar 21, 2009 swissinfo spoke to Berlin-based Swiss journalist Paola Carega to discover how the Germans are reacting to the latest flare-up, triggered by remarks made by German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrück about Switzerland’s recent change of policy over sharing bank data. Steinbrück likened the Swiss to Indians running scared at the mere threat of the US cavalry…

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Bodmer rediscovered

This content was published on Mar 21, 2009 The North America Native Museum in Zurich is exhibiting the 81 engravings made by Karl Bodmer during a scientific trip to the American west in 1832 to 1834. His pictures helped shape the image of indigenous Americans in Europe.

How a Swiss artist captured Native Americans

This content was published on Mar 21, 2009 His intricate artwork, which helped shape perceptions of Native Americans at the time, is currently on show at a special exhibition at the reopened North America Native Museum in Zurich. “The museum possesses many original Bodmer engravings. This year is also the 200th anniversary since the artist’s birth, and we wanted to mark this jubilee…

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Cologna on track for cup

This content was published on Mar 21, 2009 The 23-year-old Swiss took 54 minutes, 59.5 seconds to complete the 20 kilometers, 1.7 seconds ahead of Marcus Hellner of Sweden. Cologna’s strongest rival for the World Cup, Petter Northug of Norway, finished well down and now stands practically no chance of winning. The final cross-country World Cup race takes place on Sunday. Cologna, who…

Irish man gets life for Swiss murder

This content was published on Mar 21, 2009 The jury brought in a guilty verdict on Saturday against the 29 year-old man from the town of Galway, after a trial which started on March 9. The victim, a 17 year-old student from canton Bern, had arrived in Galway for a language course only three days before she was killed. The court heard that…

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Building with timber to be encouraged

This content was published on Mar 21, 2009 In a statement issued in connection with World Forestry Day on Saturday, it said timber had recently enjoyed a renaissance in the wake of rising energy prices and fears about climate change. Yet more timber can be used without damaging the forests, it said. Indeed, this will help the forests to preserve their function in…

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Google starts mapping Swiss cities

This content was published on Mar 20, 2009 Street View adds detailed street-level pictures to the search engine’s existing Google Maps application, but the new format has raised concerns among some privacy campaigners. On Thursday Google’s odd-looking camera cars, with 360-degree cameras mounted on their roofs, began crawling through urban areas in cantons Geneva, Zurich and Bern to record real street images. Street…

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Cheese consumption hits record level

This content was published on Mar 20, 2009 The increase of 430g per person was largely down to more imports – domestic cheese consumption rose by a mere ten grams. Semi-hard cheeses were most popular, notching up a 5.4 per cent increase, followed by cream and soft cheeses, both up 1.3 per cent. Sales of hard cheeses on the other hand fell by…

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