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Day and night in Locarno

This content was published on Aug 4, 2008 Every summer fans at the Locarno Film Festival have to contend with sudden changes of the weather while watching films on the giant screen in the Piazza Grande. The international festival is one of the oldest of its kind. (pictures: Martial Trezzini, Keystone)

Recalling Solzhenitsyn’s Swiss years

This content was published on Aug 4, 2008 The Nobel literature prize winner came to live in Zurich in 1974 only days after being exiled from his native Russia. When Solzhenitsyn arrived in Switzerland on February 15, 1974, he was besieged by a pack of Swiss and foreign journalists. “Applause and cheers from an impressive crowd greeted Solzhenitsyn as he arrived at the…

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Date set for Federer to lose crown

This content was published on Aug 3, 2008 It was always just a question of time – had the Spaniard beaten Novak Djokovic in the semifinals of the Cincinnati Masters on Saturday night, the Swiss would have had to say goodbye to the top spot on August 11. As it was, weary from two months of nonstop winning, Nadal got run around the…

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IOC grilled on internet censorship

This content was published on Aug 2, 2008 Under pressure from the IOC, Chinese organisers unblocked some sites at the main press centre and venues, but others remained censored for journalists covering the Summer Games. Some internet sites also remained blocked in China. “Let me be very clear on this,” said Rogge in Beijing on Saturday, less than a week before the Olympics…

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US yacht club appeals in America’s Cup spat

This content was published on Aug 2, 2008 On Tuesday the New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Division had ruled 3-2 that Spain’s Club Nautico Espanol de Vela, not San Francisco’s GGYC, should be the Challenger of Record, giving it the right to negotiate terms of the next competition with the current America’s Cup holder, Switzerland’s Alinghi. It was a reversal of a lower-court…

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Rain, respect and rousing applause

This content was published on Aug 2, 2008 Politicians were out in force praising – or worrying – about the country’s democracy. But unlike past years there was no disruption to the traditional gathering on the Rütli meadow. In his address to the nation on August 1, Swiss President Pascal Couchepin called for a Switzerland which renewed itself constantly – in what was…

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Glacier nostalgia – our archives

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Swiss highlights go on show in China

This content was published on Aug 1, 2008 Run by Presence Switzerland – a federal agency that promotes the country abroad – it is one of the few national houses that is open to the public during the Olympic Games. The 4,000 square metre facility, situated just outside the city centre in an artistic district, is the largest ever set up by Switzerland.…

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Winterthur moves into the “big city” league

This content was published on Aug 1, 2008 Switzerland’s sixth largest urban centre enthusiastically celebrated the landmark figure in July. Winterthur has not only grown in size, but has also evolved from its industrial roots into a green and cultural city. It joined the ranks of Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Bern and Lausanne as one of Switzerland’s “big” cities when a French woman from…

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Federer loses again and opens door for Nadal

This content was published on Aug 1, 2008 Spain’s Rafael Nadal, who beat Federer in this year’s French Open and Wimbledon finals, will take over from the Swiss as the tennis number one if he wins the tournament on Sunday. Federer, who has held the top spot for a record four and a half years, was beaten by Croatian Ivo Karlovic on Thursday:…

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