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Advert aims to deter African immigrants

This content was published on Nov 30, 2007 The hard-hitting advert, which has been aired on prime-time television in Cameroon and Nigeria, depicts the life of freshly arrived migrants in Europe as one fraught with problems and dangers. In the film an African migrant phones his father from somewhere in Europe in the pouring rain and assures him that all is well while…

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Projecting a global image of success

This content was published on Nov 30, 2007 With an oeuvre ranging from canvases to woodcuts, the Swiss artist became internationally famous at the end of the 1960s with his giant photorealist paintings. But Anita Shah, the new director of the five-year-old museum, plans to promote Gertsch as a classical painter. Franz Gertsch was born in the village of Mörigen in 1930 and…

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Leo test

This content was published on Nov 30, 2007

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Activities

This content was published on Nov 30, 2007 The centrepiece of our activities is our nine-language multimedia platform www.swissinfo.ch. swissinfo’s other products also include websites, DVDs and television broadcasts.

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Ombudsman’s office

This content was published on Nov 30, 2007 The ombudsman’s office handles complaints directed against swissinfo within the confines of the federal radio and television law. Ombudsman:Myrtha WeltiObere Waidstrasse 198037 Zürich044 361 04 65

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Albrecht wins World Cup super-combi

This content was published on Nov 30, 2007 Albrecht won with a combined time of 2 minutes 0.26 seconds, thanks to an outstanding slalom, which enabled him to catch up on the fifth position he held after the downhill leg. “I was feeling good all summer,” Albrecht said. “I always do well at Beaver Creek so it’s a good place to start winning.”…

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Moonlighting crackdown to recover lost revenue

This content was published on Nov 29, 2007 Economics Minister Doris Leuthard announced the war on moonlighting with the backing of unions and employers. Measures include increased controls and sanctions coupled with less paperwork for low earners. Workers and employers who fail to reveal earnings to the authorities costs the Swiss economy the equivalent of nine per cent of gross domestic product in…

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Knock-out event

This content was published on Nov 29, 2007

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ICRC Holocaust archives open to public

This content was published on Nov 29, 2007 The Nazis kept meticulous records of their activities, including the movement of prisoners, the exploitation of slave labour and the horrific experiments they carried out on living people. The more than 50 million pages are kept in files stretching for 25 kilometres. The Allied forces started to collect the documents even before the war ended.…

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