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Swiss View

This content was published on Dec 31, 2007 Production information Swiss View. Folk Music from Switzerland. Musica Helvetica Series SRI CD 003.2/004.2 SV. Produced for SRI by Christian Strickler, Patrick Linder and André Scheurer.

J. S. Bach

This content was published on Dec 31, 2007

Molto Furioso

This content was published on Dec 31, 2007 Dmitrij Kitajenko Born in St. Petersburg in 1940, Dmitrij Kitajenko studied at the Glinka School of Music and the conervatories of St. Peterburg and Moscow. Kitajenko first earned international acclaim as a prizewinner at the first Herbert von Karajan Competition in Berlin. During 14 years he was the principal conductor of the Moscow Philharmonic (1976-1990).…

Euro 2008 may not be profitable for all

This content was published on Dec 30, 2007 In Bern and Basel, two of the venues, they comment they will be satisfied if they can break even. The tournament, also taking place in neighbouring Austria, is expected to be the most lucrative ever for the game’s European umbrella body, Uefa, based in Nyon, western Switzerland. The director of the Stade de Suisse in…

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Couchepin warns cigarette prices will go up

This content was published on Dec 30, 2007 Couchepin, who is responsible for health matters, did not want to give a maximum figure for the increase but told the Sonntag newspaper that a price of SFr10 ($8.9) a packet was not “antisocial”. He said the number of smokers in the country had dropped from 32 per cent to 30 per cent of the…

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Federal judge slams justice system and minister

This content was published on Dec 29, 2007 In an interview with the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper, he also criticised the Federal Prosecutor’s Office and accused the outgoing justice minister, Christoph Blocher, of interfering in court matters. Bertossa said terrorist activities were hard to prove under Swiss legislation and the justice authorities were not efficient enough to catch major delinquents notably in the field of…

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Numerous stars celebrate in Swiss winter

This content was published on Dec 29, 2007 German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian businessman Lakshmi Mittal and American actor Johnny Depp are apparently all in prestigious resorts in the Swiss Alps. Various royal families from the Middle East, heads of governments from Europe and elsewhere and many guests from India and China are currently in the Engadine valley, says…

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Christoph Irniger Quartett: Chat Noir

This content was published on Dec 28, 2007

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President calls football team a flop

This content was published on Dec 28, 2007 She said that the performance of the football team, known as the “Nati”, was causing her concern. The squad has had a disappointing year, only impressing in two games in 2007. “It’s all very well and good to have won the right to organise the Euro 2008 football championships, but our Nati really has to…

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Die grössten Schweizer Hits. Spezielles & Verrücktes. Greatest Swiss Hits. Crazy Songs.

This content was published on Dec 28, 2007

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