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New free newspaper hits the stands

This content was published on Dec 5, 2007 The first edition of German-language “News” was distributed in 1,500 boxes at commuter train stations in Basel, Zurich, Bern and across central Switzerland. News, with a print run of 334,000 issues, brings to five the number of free dailies in the German-language market. 20 Minutes and Heute are well established while .ch was launched in…

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Football fever builds slowly in Geneva

This content was published on Dec 4, 2007 With less than six months to go before kick-off, swissinfo visited Geneva – one of the four Swiss host cities – to check on the competition build-up but found the atmosphere was far from fever pitch. “It’s almost an ideal draw for us,” said senator Marc Muller, in charge of organising Euro 2008 in Geneva.…

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Hodler paintings attract good prices in Zurich

This content was published on Dec 4, 2007 An oil – Lake of Thun with the Stockhorn chain in winter – fetched SFr3.84 million, although this was below the estimate of between SFr4million and SFr6 million put on it by auctioneers Christie’s. Another of Hodler’s works – Piz Corvatsch – went for SFr3.48 million, way above the estimate of between SFr1.8 million and…

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Pot smokers hope for support in parliament

This content was published on Dec 4, 2007 Switzerland became notorious for its liberal drugs policy in the late 1980s but public opinion has changed in the meantime. Recent studies on the negative impact of cannabis appear to back opponents of moves towards decriminalisation. Geri Müller, a Green Party parliamentarian and senior member of the committee behind the people’s initiative, is convinced that…

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NGOs denounce Chinese Olympic controls

This content was published on Dec 3, 2007 Amnesty International, Reporters without Borders and the World Organisation Against Torture have called for more pressure to be exerted on China to improve civil liberties, especially by the Lausanne-based International Olympic Committee (IOC). Manon Schick from the Swiss branch of Amnesty International said the Beijing Olympics ought to be an opportunity for a genuine human…

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Minorities discriminated against in administration

This content was published on Dec 3, 2007 The lobby group called on the government to apply the new law on languages, which will heighten the role of minority languages in the administration. Helvetia Latina said cabinet is responsible for ensuring the right balance is struck between the country’s different languages within its administration. “I don’t like the idea of creating another state…

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Food retailer Migros ends its historic van service

This content was published on Dec 3, 2007 Food retailer Migros ends its historic van service.

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High definition television launched

This content was published on Dec 3, 2007 Picture quality will be five times better than the current broadcast standard and audio will be Dolby 5.1, the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation said on Monday. However, viewers will have to be patient though before they get to see the results as none of the country’s cable operators distributes the programme yet, although this problem should…

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swissinfo – About us – Activities TV PRODUCTS

This content was published on Dec 3, 2007 swissinfo’s Webfactory produces a weekly English-language feature on Switzerland for CNN’s World Report programme. These broadcasts can be viewed on swissinfo’s English website. swissinfo also produces the “swissworld” DVD series for Presence Switzerland, covering a range of Swiss topics.

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swissinfo – About us – Activities SWISSINFO RADIO

This content was published on Dec 3, 2007 On October 30, 2004, swissinfo ceased all shortwave and satellite broadcasts in English, German, French, Italian and Arabic. This step marked the end of an era for Swiss radio. swissinfo is now concentrating exclusively on its multimedia internet platform www.swissinfo.ch.

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