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New age harpist returns to the music scene

This content was published on Nov 26, 2005 The Zurich-born musician introduced the harp into pop music with great success in the 1980s. His new album is titled VOX. Vollenweider has made a name for himself in the United States in particular, where he is regarded as being at the forefront of “new age” music. The son of a leading organist, he plays…

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Hooligan detector tested for Euro 2008

This content was published on Nov 25, 2005 But Switzerland, which is co-hosting the football championship, must pass new laws liberalising the use of such data before the system can be introduced as intended in three years’ time. The ice hockey match between SC Bern and EHC Basel will be the first sporting event in Switzerland to employ such technology, called BioSafety. Cameras…

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Plans outlined for secret jails inquiry

This content was published on Nov 25, 2005 Dick Marty, a member of the Senate, is trying to establish the facts for the Council of Europe, a human rights watchdog, which is looking into allegations published in the United States media. In his position as chief investigator for the council, Marty in particular wants to investigate suspicious movements by 31 aircraft allegedly belonging…

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Is Zurich University losing its Swissness?

This content was published on Nov 25, 2005 At the same time an ever-increasing number of Germans are teaching at the university, leaving some Swiss asking just how “Swiss” their universities still are. Signed by 29 education ministers in 1999, the Bologna reforms are intended to create a European university community and to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness as a university location. In Switzerland, this…

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Swiss to advise Belgrade on Kosovo talks

This content was published on Nov 25, 2005 The announcement came as a special envoy to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan opened talks on how the Balkan province should be governed in future. Negotiations formally started on Monday when the former Finnish president, Martti Ahtisaari, arrived in Kosovo. The province has been under UN and Nato administration since a 78-day Nato-led air war…

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Mobile units on standby for bird-flu alert

This content was published on Nov 25, 2005 Two mobile extermination units are on hand to tackle an outbreak if and when it occurs. Romania was the first European country to detect the deadly H5N1 strain of the disease in poultry last month. Since then the disease has migrated westwards to Croatia. Earlier this week the Swiss unveiled their strategy for dealing with…

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Swiss taken to task over domestic violence

This content was published on Nov 24, 2005 The campaigning group is calling for improved coordination between cantons and the federal government to provide more beds in shelters, better help for migrant women and counselling for aggressors. The demands – made on the eve of the United Nations-sponsored International Day Against Violence Against Women on Friday – will be repeated throughout 2006 in…

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First Swiss visa fraud case begins

This content was published on Nov 24, 2005 The 78-year-old Swiss is accused of making more than SFr200,000 ($152,000) from selling Swiss visas. Investigations into other suspected cases of visa fraud are ongoing. The former honorary consul is accused of falsifying visa application forms and destroying documents between 1999 and 2003. The accused, from canton Thurgau, was authorised to issue passports to Omani…

Culture

Deborah Marchetti. Violine. Saint-Saëns, Wieniawski, Mozart, Kreisler, Bartok, de Sarasate. Academia Orchestra. François-Pierre Deschamps, cond.

This content was published on Nov 24, 2005

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Swiss welcome democracy in Liberia

This content was published on Nov 24, 2005 The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) argues that United Nations peacekeepers must stay in the country once the civil unrest has died down. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Liberia’s former finance minister, became the first woman to be elected head of state of an African country on Wednesday. Official results from the run-off on November 8…

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