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Sex worker tomb moved to Calvin cemetery

This content was published on Mar 9, 2009 Griselidis Real, who died in 2005, was buried in the presence of 200 people at the Cemetery of the Kings, which is reserved for individuals that have profoundly marked Swiss or international history. The cemetery holds the remains of such luminaries as Protestantism’s Jean Calvin, Argentinian writer Jose Luis Borges and child psychologist Jean Piaget.…

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Parliament supports Swiss expatriates

This content was published on Mar 9, 2009 The Senate on Monday followed the House of Representatives in approving in principle a proposal to enshrine in law the funding of expatriate organisations and the Swiss Review magazine. It also foresees financial support for Swiss who find themselves in emergency situations while abroad. Last week, the Senate rejected a proposal to grant the Swiss…

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“Swiss gigolo” gets six years

This content was published on Mar 9, 2009 The 44-year-old man, who admitted attempting to blackmail BMW heiress Susanne Klatten for tens of millions more, was also convicted in Munich on Monday of taking €2.4 million from three other women in similar scams. The man said he met Klatten, 46, at a spa near Innsbruck, Austria, in July 2007 and started an affair.…

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MUSIC: Lucerne Festival – At Easter (NEEDS PICCIE)

This content was published on Mar 9, 2009 Symphony and choral concerts, two Masses – a week of exceptional music celebrating Haydn, Handel and Beethoven. Bernard Haitink will give three concerts to round off his Lucerne Beethoven cycle – crowned with a performance of the Ninth. See here for fill programme.

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No “Miracle of Alabama” for Swiss

This content was published on Mar 9, 2009 Andy Roddick, ranked sixth in the world, swept past Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka (ranked 16th) in straight sets on Sunday to give the US an opening-round victory in the best-of-five series. “The strategy was to attack [Roddick],” Wawrinka said. “When he gives some short ball, you need to come to the net to take care of…

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Swiss Oscars

This content was published on Mar 9, 2009 Some of the nominees for this year’s Swiss Film Awards.

Chinetik – Tinguely Museum

This content was published on Mar 9, 2009 Soon cars will gain the upper hand on cyclists on the streets. The tricycles served as mobile kitchens, for the transport of coal, as workshops, shops or were used for garbage removal. Conscious of the phenomenon, Klaus Littmann has made a collection of these second-hand tricycles with their loads, and also incited various artists to…

CINEMA: Fribourg International Film Festival

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West African gangs “dominate” cocaine trade

This content was published on Mar 9, 2009 In February, a Lausanne court jailed two Nigerian asylum seekers working for a Togolese criminal group for smuggling cocaine into Switzerland and money laundering following a Europe-wide investigation known as “Inox”. In all, some 35 people have been arrested as part of the investigation, accused of smuggling 15 kilograms of cocaine from West Africa between…

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BOOKS: International Book Fair

This content was published on Mar 9, 2009 Book worms welcome at Geneva’s annual book fair, starring Turkey as the guest country. Complimented with an exhibition of works by the three Giacometti’s (father, son and brother). Also introducing a Manga Village, an African culture pavilion and the Students Fair as part of Europ’art09

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