Swiss Identity

Swiss writer’s life was stranger than fiction

This content was published on May 23, 2008 At once fragile – she suffered drug addiction – and courageous, she travelled to remote Afghanistan in the 1930s, Annemarie fascinated both men and women. Friday marked the 100th anniversary of her birth. An exhibition on her life is currently being held in the Strauhof Museum in Zurich, which is curated by the historian Alexis…

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All eyes on Wawrinka as French Open nears

This content was published on May 23, 2008 It’s a feat only ever achieved by three other Swiss: Jakob Hlasek, Marc Rosset and, of course, Roger Federer. On Sunday Wawrinka enters his first tournament as world number ten. If Federer had not been fixed at the top of world tennis for the past four years, Wawrinka would have been the one making headlines.…

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Pop ballad fails to impress Eurovision judges

This content was published on May 23, 2008 Swiss entrant Paolo Meneguzzi, a 31-year-old recording artist from Lugano in Ticino, failed to impress judges at Thursday’s semi-final qualifier. Meneguzzi’s Italian pop ballad, Era Stupendo, was one of a record 43 acts competing for a place in the final on Saturday. The song was markedly different from the Swiss entry last year by DJ…

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Radio attracts biggest audience

This content was published on May 22, 2008 Ninety-one per cent of people aged 15 and over tuned in daily, according to annual figures published on Thursday by Mediapulse, the media research group of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). By contrast, television viewing fell across the country, with the average person watching 163 minutes a day in 2007, compared with 170 minutes in…

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Hopp Schwiiz. Stadionhymnen und Partykracher.

This content was published on May 22, 2008

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Swiss hope for Eurovision wonder

This content was published on May 22, 2008 Meneguzzi’s pop ballad, Era Stupendo, is one of a record 43 acts hoping to do their country proud on Saturday. There are two schools of thought regarding the Eurovision Song Contest. One sees the annual competition as a shameless celebration of camp and kitsch that makes you despair for the future of humanity. The other…

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Rightwing citizenship plan loses support

This content was published on May 21, 2008 According to a poll commissioned by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, only about one-third of those surveyed said they would support the plan when it comes to a nationwide vote on June 1. That is down from the nearly 50 per cent who said in an earlier survey that they favoured the proposal by the rightwing…

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Swiss offer best hope for Colombian hostages

This content was published on May 21, 2008 Since a failed European humanitarian mission in April, there has been no progress over the plight of hostages including Ingrid Betancourt, a French-Colombian dual national captured by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Farc). The stalemate became even worse after Interpol authenticated documents found on the computer of Paul Reyes, the Farc guerrilla leader killed…

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Government offices target of cyber criminals

This content was published on May 21, 2008 A spokeswoman said the foreign ministry and State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) were the target of professional hackers at the end of last year. A cyber crime expert said the case was unique since employees in particular departments of the federal administration were singled out for the attack. However, the foreign ministry said there…

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Artists expose football’s soft underbelly

This content was published on May 21, 2008 The intriguingly entitled “Balls and Brains” collection pulls together a broad range of works from several artists that raise questions about football’s global fascination. While other exhibitions springing up around the European championships focus on the stars and glamour, Balls and Brains does not pull any punches about the sport. It draws parallels between the…

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