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Off-piste snowboarder found dead

This content was published on Mar 3, 2009 The 29-year-old was found in a stream at the base of a 20-metre drop. A fellow Irish snowboarder was located nearby unharmed. The pair had gone off-piste in the afternoon on Monday but became lost in a forest while trying to return to the resort. They called rescue services at dusk and a search party…

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The transformation of Ascona

This content was published on Mar 3, 2009

Giacometti – of Egypt

This content was published on Mar 3, 2009 An exhibition at Zurich’s Kunsthaus fine arts museum shows how Alberto Giacometti was influenced by his love of ancient Egypt. The gallery shows pictures in pairs, first the Egyptian, and then the Giacometti for comparison.

Folklore – Vollträffer. Volksmusik, Jodel und Alphorn mit den besten Nachwuchstalenten.

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Weak exports lead to GDP drop

This content was published on Mar 3, 2009 Seco reported that the country’s GDP fell by 0.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2008. That represents a 0.6 per cent decline compared with the same period last year. Exports of goods and services combined fell by 8.1 per cent although the drop in exports of goods was more pronounced, at 9.4 per…

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Andreas Vollenweider: Air

This content was published on Mar 2, 2009 Windseeds Andreas Vollenweider

Experts stoke bird-watching fever

This content was published on Mar 2, 2009 BirdLife Switzerland said on Monday that it would try to entice youngsters to develop an interest in creatures like the smoke swallow, which will fly up to 10,000 kilometres as part of its spring migration back to Switzerland. The swallow is expected to arrive in mid-April while swifts and cuckoos should fly in around May.…

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Foreigners want to be able to ‘Swissify’ names

This content was published on Mar 2, 2009 Second@s Plus Aargau, part of a national group that fights for citizenship and equal opportunities, wants to submit a bill that would enable naturalised Swiss to change their name without any problem. Around a fifth of Switzerland’s 7.7 million inhabitants are foreigners, with an estimated 500,000 of them being second or third generation. So-called secondos…

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Old carnival traditions die hard

This content was published on Mar 2, 2009 The festival is an anomaly as in most Protestant areas Fasnacht, or carnival, is not usually celebrated. Its survival is a testament to Basel residents’ stubbornness and deep affection for the event – and to human nature. In the early hours of the morning the city lights were dimmed and with the order “Achtung! Morgestraich…

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