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Visual Encounters

This content was published on Jan 26, 2009 The Beyeler Fondation near Basel is showing an unusual exhibition where tribal art meets the likes of Monet and Picasso. The idea is to show how these two very different art forms can combine to produce a “visual explosion”.

Few welcome pope’s move to bring back bishops

This content was published on Jan 26, 2009 While the Roman Catholic Swiss Bishops Conference and the International Seminary of Saint Pius X, which is based in canton Valais, welcomed the move, Swiss Jewish groups are highly critical. Many newspapers also expressed their surprise. On Saturday Benedict welcomed back into the Roman Catholic Church four bishops – Bernard Fellay, Bernard Tissier de Mallerais,…

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Solothurn sends big screen smoke signal

This content was published on Jan 26, 2009 Swiss filmmaker Fanny Bräuning walked away with SFr60,000 ($53,000) in prize money for the documentary, convincing the jury of her work’s distinctive humanistic message. Winning over the crowds in Solothurn was Swiss-Canadian director Léa Pool’s feature Maman est chez le coiffeur (Mommy’s at the hairdresser’s), which captured the Prix du Public. The 44th edition of…

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For Milan’s gypsies, Switzerland is just a name

This content was published on Jan 25, 2009 swissinfo visited a Roma camp on the outskirts of Milan, in northern Italy, where members of the ethnic minority live in appalling conditions on the fringes of society. “It is not the land which forces us to stay, but it is man who clings to the land,” says Mirko, an Italian Roma. For years he…

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Skier Albrecht “stable” three days after crash

This content was published on Jan 25, 2009 Albrecht had a “quiet and very stable” third night at the Innsbruck University hospital in Austria but doctors postponed the wake-up procedure, a clinic spokesman said Sunday. “For the doctors, there is still no reason to be too worried,” Johannes Schwamberger said. Albrecht suffered brain and lung injuries after crashing on the famously difficult Streif…

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Army wants off-base soldiers in civvies

This content was published on Jan 25, 2009 “Personally, I am of the opinion that we would prevent many problems if we send our soldiers in civilian clothes when they go out,” Major General Eugen Hofmeister was quoted as saying in the Sonntag newspaper on Sunday. The senior officer criticised soldiers that through their behaviour in uniform presented a negative image of the…

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Federer makes quarterfinals down under

This content was published on Jan 25, 2009 The Swiss star recovered from a two-set deficit against the 20th-seeded Czech to finish the match with a score of 4-6, 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-4. 6-2. It was only the fourth career comeback from two sets down and placed the world’s second-ranked player in the quarterfinals. “You’ve got to hang in there, there’s no other solution,”…

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Lawyer lends his voice to the animals

This content was published on Jan 25, 2009 Zurich’s pioneering work in this area could soon be adopted by other cantons. Goetschel tells swissinfo how Switzerland is among the most progressive countries when it comes to protecting our feathered and furry friends. Working for the canton of Zurich, the lawyer acts in court cases and in criminal proceedings on behalf of abused animals.…

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Swiss humanitarian aid trickles into Gaza

This content was published on Jan 24, 2009 Three workers with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) crossed the Erez checkpoint and into Gaza on Friday, authorities said. They will operate alongside local SDC employees and partner organisations to distribute emergency aid. An unofficial truce between Israel and the Islamist Hamas group, which controls the Gaza Strip, is expected to hold…

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High winds fell trees and boost avalanche risk

This content was published on Jan 24, 2009 The weather held up train traffic between the municipality of Hergiswil and the city of Lucerne in central Switzerland. In canton Uri, an avalanche buried a road in the Urserental valley. Authorities in Valais, in southwestern Switzerland, have warned skiers to stick to marked pistes on account of increased avalanche risk. In canton Bern, gusts…

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