Swiss Identity

Montreux Festival raises star stakes

This content was published on Apr 17, 2008 The programme, published on Thursday, offers a mix of musical legends such as Leonard Cohen, Joan Baez and Paul Simon and more recent big names, including The Gossip and Gnarls Barkley. Around 90 groups will be performing from July 4-19, with the festival offering 250 concerts in addition to Lake Geneva crossings and musical rail…

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The German-Swiss Radio Light Orchestra (LS 1/1975)

This content was published on Apr 17, 2008 The following year it made its recording debut. Since then it has won increasing recognition as one of the leading and most versatile radio light orchestras in Europe. Its repertoire ranges from modern dance music to operetta, from folk music to jazz. The Light Orchestra of the German-Swiss Radio is now under the direction of…

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Famara: Oreba

This content was published on Apr 17, 2008

Film festival puts focus on the real world

This content was published on Apr 17, 2008 Press freedom in Russia, torture, immigration in Europe and rock icon Patti Smith are just some of the subjects broached by films competing for the top prizes at the festival on Lake Geneva. This year, Visions du Réel sees filmmaker Jonathan Demme – director of The Silence of the Lambs – team up with former…

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Prospects improve for Davis Cup

This content was published on Apr 16, 2008 The Swiss team, which missed out on a place in the top tier of the international team competition this season, will get a chance to return to the first division when it plays the Belgians in late September. The draw on Wednesday saw Switzerland avoid difficult ties against Australia and Serbia. Federer has skipped most…

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A rebel Switzerland

This content was published on Apr 16, 2008

Red-card district

This content was published on Apr 16, 2008 StattLand is an organisation that gives guided tours of Bern. swissinfo joined the tour, which was split into two teams, and a guide, dressed as a referee or football coach, for a 90-minute work-out. (Pictures and text: Christoph Balsiger, swissinfo)

Lumberjacks, death and Christoph Blocher

This content was published on Apr 16, 2008 An exhibition entitled “A Symbolic Vision” is a collection of the artist’s works and is on display at the Bern Museum of Fine Arts. It is the brainchild of museum director Matthias Frehner and curator Katharina Schmidt. The idea is to convey Hodler’s vision of harmony between man and nature. “We want to broaden people’s…

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Swiss Folk Music – Live! – At the Glarner Stubete (SFL 8/1983)

This content was published on Apr 16, 2008 We present three leading local formations: the Lis Glaris group, the Chrometta Mouth Organ Quartet and the Berggeist (Mountain Spirit) Country Band. Musical content 1. Berggeist Country Band: Im Tell z’Glaris – At the William Tell Tavern in Glaris, Ländler waltz(F. Regli)2. Lis Glaris Group: Glarner Stubete – Glarus Folk Music Get-together(J. Laager / L.…

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Air security pact agreed with Austria

This content was published on Apr 16, 2008 The cabinet said in a statement on Wednesday that the arrangement covered armed security personnel – so-called tigers – who maintain security during flights. The memorandum with Austria comes less than two months before the kick-off of the European football championships, Euro 2008, co-hosted by the two alpine nations. It covers legal aspects of the…

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