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The Queen of Rock set to show a little Swiss soul

This content was published on Feb 14, 2009 Turner, who has a home in Küsnacht on Lake Zurich, kicked off the European leg of her 50th Anniversary Tour in Germany last month. Some VIP tickets for the Queen of Rock’s two shows in Switzerland are on sale for thousands of francs. The re-emergence of the aging soul singer might remind some Swiss audiences…

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Slalom races leave Swiss women in the cold

This content was published on Feb 14, 2009 German Maria Riesch won the event with a combined time of one minute, 51.80 seconds, all but sealing the all-around slalom champion title. Sarka Zahrobska of the Czech Republic took silver, 0.77 seconds behind. Finland’s Tanja Poutiainen settled for third place, 1.09 seconds slower than Riesch. Among the Swiss racers, 19-year-old Denise Feierabend ended in…

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Temperatures reach new record lows

This content was published on Feb 14, 2009 Temperatures overnight from Friday to Saturday sank to –29.3 degrees in Samedan in the eastern canton of Graubünden, the Swiss national weather service said on Saturday. That beat the previous record of –27.8 degrees set near dawn in the village of La Brévine, canton Neuchâtel, on January 12. The coldest temperature on record was set…

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African popular university to open in Geneva

This content was published on Feb 13, 2009 swissinfo talked to Kanyana Mutombo about Europe’s first African education centre, which aims to teach people about African history and culture while offering legal advice and help for new immigrants to adjust to Swiss life. The centre, which will be financed by the canton, communes and federal authorities, will open its doors on February 20.…

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Janka strikes giant slalom gold

This content was published on Feb 13, 2009 It was an emotional victory for the 22-year-old, coming a day after his closest friend on the Swiss team, Daniel Albrecht, woke from a three-week induced coma following a crash in training at Kitzbühel. An hour before Janka’s victory doctors said Albrecht would suffer no permanent damage from his brain and lung injuries. “For sure…

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Swiss numbers swell abroad

This content was published on Feb 13, 2009 In 2008, more than 8,000 Swiss moved abroad, taking the overall total to 676,176, the foreign ministry announced on Friday. The figure has grown by 114,620 since 1999. The United States attracted the highest number of Swiss expatriates in 2008, followed by France, Canada, Israel and Germany. However the Swiss community in the United Arab…

Red Cross ideals still under fire

This content was published on Feb 13, 2009 Rhinow told swissinfo that the core Red Cross values – impartiality, neutrality and independence – set out by the organisation’s founders in the 19th century were still being challenged around the world. Rhinow, a former senator and president of the Swiss Red Cross since 2001, says wars, catastrophes and other events make it difficult to…

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Wedding bells keep ringing for the Swiss

This content was published on Feb 13, 2009 Couples are enjoying smaller, more select weddings, while new regulations allow for tying the knot in more exotic locations, including in a tropical climate at the zoo. Provisional figures from the Federal Statistics Office suggest that there were 40,000 weddings in Switzerland in 2008, around the same as in 2007. Marriages usually happen in two…

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Annakin: Torch Songs

This content was published on Feb 13, 2009

Malvaglia house

This content was published on Feb 13, 2009 The Casa San Carlo owes its name to a legend that tells how the counter-reformation Cardinal Carlo Borromeo spent the night here. A second full storey was added in 1564. A notable detail of the living quarters floor is an open vestibule with an opening for tending the stone-heating stove.

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