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Spreading the Swiss word in eastern Europe

This content was published on Mar 11, 2009 Pro Helvetia is planning to make literature its new priority in 2009, Ursula Kropiwiec, head of the Pro Helvetia liaison office in Warsaw, told swissinfo. But the council is active in all areas of the arts. For the past three years it has had an emphasis on dance and on photography, she said. Kropiwiec has…

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“Odious” Sri Lankan terrorist attack denounced

This content was published on Mar 11, 2009 A foreign ministry statement on Wednesday said the attack in Akuressa, in southern Sri Lanka, during a Muslim celebration on Tuesday was “particularly odious”. “Switzerland strongly condemns this terrorist attack and all the indiscriminate attacks that severely affect the population of Sri Lanka,” noted the ministry, also expressing a hope that the perpetrators would be…

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Welshman looks for “God particle” in Geneva

This content was published on Mar 11, 2009 Lyn Evans, the Welshman behind the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest particle accelerator, talks about last September’s accident on the outskirts of Geneva and the future of the biggest science project in history. The LHC experiment at Cern, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, involves firing beams of protons in opposite directions around…

Demographics

Libeskind complex

This content was published on Mar 11, 2009 A new shopping and leisure complex has opened in the Swiss capital, Bern, designed by New York star architect, Daniel Libeskind. The SFr500 million project includes 55 shops, ten restaurants and bars, a hotel, a multiplex cinema, a spa and leisure pool, and an old people’s home. Trendy apartments will be added later. (Julie Hunt,…

More than 2,000 Tibetans demonstrate in Bern

This content was published on Mar 10, 2009 After carrying flags and 50 coffins to the Chinese embassy, where they sang the Tibetan national anthem and then held a minute’s silence, they headed towards Parliament Square where they renewed calls for a free Tibet. Tibet was a deeply isolated theocracy until 1951, when Chinese troops invaded Lhasa, the regional capital. Tuesday’s anniversary marked…

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Remembering a life in the mountain village of Sonogno

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Culture

Egg producers warn of Easter shortage

This content was published on Mar 10, 2009 Gallosuisse reported on Tuesday that instead of the usual post-Christmas lull, demand actually increased in January. Normally demand for Easter doesn’t start until February. Swiss hens have their work cut out, with Gallosuisse saying that in the run-up to Easter monthly production will increase by nine per cent – or three million eggs – on…

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Dance

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Cinema & Theatre

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