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Global tourism proves crisis resistant

This content was published on Aug 29, 2006 Around 70 researchers from around the world are discussing how to deal with “volatile demand in tourism” at a weeklong conference in the mountain resort of Pontresina. Stephen Witt, a visiting professor at Hong Kong’s Polytechnic University, told the annual meeting of the International Association of Scientific Experts in Tourism (AIEST) that the impact on…

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s’ allerbescht Schwiizer DJ Album 2

This content was published on Aug 29, 2006

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The Classical Clarinet. Wenzel Grund, clarinet / Michaela Sopikova, piano.

This content was published on Aug 29, 2006

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Rock Schwiiz. Die beschte Rockknaller.

This content was published on Aug 29, 2006

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Cinemagoers warm to Swiss films

This content was published on Aug 29, 2006 Ice Age 2, a computer-animated comedy, has notched up the most ticket sales since being released in 160 of Switzerland’s 323 cinemas in May and recently became the fourth film ever to sell more than a million tickets in Switzerland. The others are Titanic (1997), Finding Nemo (2003) and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone…

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Swissfirst CEO throws in the towel

This content was published on Aug 28, 2006 A statement on Monday announced that Matter was stepping down due to the growing campaign against him. The merger of banks Swissfirst and Bellevue is being investigated by Swiss authorities on suspicion of illegal insider dealing. “As before, I am utterly convinced that all transactions and business dealings surrounding the merger were conducted in accordance…

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Ragweed invades Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 28, 2006 swissinfo journalist Dale Bechtel, who thought he’d escaped ambrosia when he emigrated to Switzerland from Canada some years ago, investigates how big a problem the plant really is. Even though the authorities have declared war on the non-native plant, I was told by members of the Swiss medical profession that there is no cause for…

Federer aims for third straight win at US Open

This content was published on Aug 27, 2006 Apart from Federer, five other Swiss have qualified for the event, which is the last Grand Slam tournament of the season. After his fourth consecutive win at Wimbledon in early July, Federer is now trying to match the achievement of only two players before him – John McEnroe (1979, 1980 and 1981) and Ivan Lendl…

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Swiss get into Highland spirit

This content was published on Aug 25, 2006 More than 9,000 Swiss lovers of Scotland gathered over the weekend to cheer on kilted athletes and bagpipe-wielding musicians in various competitions. Stefan Piller, a spokesman for the festival, explained how a Swiss-Scottish cultural association was founded in 1999 by two Swiss who had been to Scotland several times on holiday and had “fallen in…

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Appenzell dogs

This content was published on Aug 25, 2006

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