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Zurich’s rich foreigners face end to tax perks

This content was published on Feb 5, 2009 Voters in canton Zurich decide this Sunday on a proposal by the political left to scrap the flat tax rate for wealthy foreigners. Recent attempts on a nationwide level to do away with the special fiscal treatment have failed. But a proposal pending in parliament could receive a boost if the Zurich ballot is passed.…

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Parents face fines for letting children slack at school

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Max Lässer: Ueberländler

This content was published on Feb 5, 2009 Alpefunke M. Lässer & Ueberlandorchester

Animal Posters

This content was published on Feb 5, 2009 Swiss political campaigners have a long history of using animals to get their message across. (Pictures: Swiss People’s Party, Museum für Gestaltung Zurich, swissinfo, huegli-bern)

Mia Aegerter: Chopf oder Buuch

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Timişoara

This content was published on Feb 5, 2009 Timişoara, known also as “Little Vienna”, is one of Romania’s large economic and cultural centres. Boasting a strong Austro-Hungarian influence, it is often called the second-most affluent city in Romania, after Bucharest. Timişoara is also the seat of the 1989 Romanian Revolution.

Sri Lankan Tamils call for UN aid

This content was published on Feb 4, 2009 They demanded that the UN should intervene to save the population of the northern areas of their homeland, where government forces have recently launched a widescale offensive against the Tamil Tiger rebels. The rally, called by the Association of Young Tamils in Switzerland, was attended by more than 10,000 people, the Swiss News Agency reported.…

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Aid agency pledges flexibility to tackle crisis

This content was published on Feb 4, 2009 But its top official says that Switzerland is ready to tackle the challenges through increased international cooperation and to continue its programmes in the developing world and emerging countries. Martin Dahinden, head of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) admitted that the SDC’s annual budget of SFr1.5 billion ($1.3 billion) and its institutional…

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Mendelssohn composes a Swiss legacy

This content was published on Feb 4, 2009 His beloved mountains later became a refuge for the next generations of his family as they fled Nazi Germany, saving many of the composer’s precious musical works for posterity. Mendelssohn was born in Hamburg on February 3, 1809 into a wealthy and accomplished Jewish family. The Mendelssohns were later baptised as Christians, adding the name…

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Cuche clinches super-G gold in dream run

This content was published on Feb 4, 2009 The reigning World Cup downhill champion, who had not won a race this season, tore through the Face de Bellevarde course at Val d’Isère in a time of one minute, 19.41 seconds. The 34-year-old Cuche was the only skier to break the one-minute, 20-second barrier, finishing comfortably ahead of Italian Peter Fill and Aksel-Lund Svindal…

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