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Horses whisper management skills

This content was published on Apr 20, 2006 The lessons offered by a local consultancy are based on the view that when it comes to leading people there is much to learn from the behavioural patterns of equine herds. The list of firms that have already sent their hotshots on the seminar, which takes place in stables in the rolling hills north of…

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Gitta Kahle Quintet: Blue Tide Red (feat. Arthur Blythe)

This content was published on Apr 19, 2006

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Militants take symbolic snowman prisoner

This content was published on Apr 19, 2006 In the early hours of Wednesday morning, the thieves smashed a window of the garage where it was stored, leaving a chocolate Easter bunny and a hammer and sickle emblem in its place. The extremist group, calling itself the “1. Mai – Strasse Frei” (loosely translated as Retaking the Streets on May Day), sent a…

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Fritz Brun. Othmar Schoeck. String Quartets. AMAR Quartet.

This content was published on Apr 19, 2006

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Swiss president to forego Rütli speech

This content was published on Apr 18, 2006 A spokesman for Moritz Leuenberger told Swiss television on Tuesday that this year’s president would not deliver his August 1 speech from the Rütli meadow. The spokesman said Leuenberger did not want to start a tradition of Swiss presidents delivering their national day speeches from the meadow. He said it was important for the president…

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US-born cartoonist draws the Zurich crowds

This content was published on Apr 18, 2006 The illustrator, who was born in the United States but who has lived most of his life in Switzerland, believes his insider-outsider status is the perfect platform to send up Zurich society. This year Mike van Audenhove celebrates the tenth anniversary of his weekly “Zürich by Mike” comic strip in the Tages-Anzeiger’s züritipp section. The…

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Government clamps down on visa fraud

This content was published on Apr 18, 2006 Over the past couple of years, several cases of suspected visa fraud at Swiss missions abroad have come to light, most recently in Pakistan. The authorities are currently investigating cases involving Swiss embassies in Oman, Peru, Russia, Nigeria, Serbia and Eritrea. In November last year, the former honorary Swiss consul in Oman was given a…

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Tight squeeze for first financial daily

This content was published on Apr 18, 2006 But the launch of the free journal Cash Daily in the autumn will add pressure to its sister weekly newspaper Cash in an already highly competitive market, according to media observers. Project leader Hans Ott told swissinfo that it is about time Switzerland had a daily journal dedicated to its financial community. Cash Daily will…

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Sion make it ten out of ten in the Swiss Cup

This content was published on Apr 17, 2006 Sion had to make it through extra time and a penalty shoot-out before finally lifting the cup. They won 5-3 on penalties, with the teams level at 1-1 after 120 minutes. This was the tenth time that Sion had played in a cup final and they returned to canton Valais unbeaten again. All five penalty…

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