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Tens of thousands throng to “Mecca of art”

This content was published on Jun 18, 2007 The show, which ended on Sunday, was also a commercial success. Many gallery owners said sales were the best ever, and hotels in the city were fully booked. Three hundred galleries displayed the work of around 2,000 artists over the five days which, according to the organisers, transformed Basel into “a world Mecca of art”.…

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Geneva wants dangerous dogs on a tighter leash

This content was published on Jun 18, 2007 It is the first time in Switzerland that the people have voted on a law governing dogs, and follows the killing of a child by pitbull terriers in November 2005. Although Geneva is a canton of dog lovers – 30,000 dogs live on its territory of less than 250 square kilometres – more than 80…

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Foreigners gain greater say over Swiss affairs

This content was published on Jun 17, 2007 On Sunday voters in canton Neuchâtel approved extending the right to foreign nationals. But in neighbouring canton Jura the proposal was narrowly rejected. Neuchâtel joins Vaud and Fribourg as one of the few Swiss cantons where foreigners can stand for election as a local member of parliament or government. But Neuchâtel voters drew the line…

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“Shameful” Streisand tour to open in Zurich

This content was published on Jun 17, 2007 Streisand had originally planned to launch her tour at Rome’s Flaminio Stadium last Friday, but “production delays” resulted in the concert’s cancellation – although Italian consumer groups had previously described the high ticket prices as “absurd and shameful”. The 65-year-old Streisand, whose inimitable style and hits such as “Woman in Love”, “Evergreen” and “The Way…

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Tour de Suisse saddled with doping fallout

This content was published on Jun 15, 2007 They are confident that Switzerland’s largest cycling competition will attract the crowds despite the absence of the tour winners of 2005 and 2006. The race, over 1,252 kilometres and over nine stages, will end in the Swiss capital, Bern, on June 24. It is traditionally seen as the final warm-up for cycling’s most prestigious event,…

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Calls for paternity leave become louder

This content was published on Jun 15, 2007 The launch of their campaign – in a country that lags way behind other European nations on the issue – comes ahead of Sunday’s first national Father’s Day. The president of family organisation Pro Familia, Laurent Wehrli, told a news conference in Bern on Friday that fathers were often confronted with pressure from male colleagues…

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Coffee art

This content was published on Jun 15, 2007

Police crack down on east European prostitutes

This content was published on Jun 14, 2007 Police argue the measures are needed to stop work permit abuses and to stem a flood of women coming to the canton from countries including Poland, Hungary and Slovenia. At the same time, a campaign has been launched against forced prostitution during the Euro 2008 football tournament hosted by Switzerland and neighbouring Austria. Experts say…

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Swiss hand back stolen statue from Crete

This content was published on Jun 14, 2007 The recovery of the 1,900-year-old headless marble sculpture comes as Greece campaigns for the repatriation of illegally exported antiquities. The Federal Culture Office said the 1.3-metre torso of a young man was loaded on a plane in Zurich bound for Athens, where it arrived on Thursday. The Culture Office added that Switzerland was implementing measures…

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Prosecutors to appeal Swissair acquittal

This content was published on Jun 13, 2007 The prosecution will decide on the extent of the appeal once it receives the written verdict, said federal prosecutor Christian Weber in a statement on Wednesday. The decision to request canton Zurich’s higher court to review the judgment was announced a week after a Zurich district court acquitted all defendants accused of bringing down the…

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