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Environmentalists try to drown out jet noise

This content was published on Nov 3, 2005 If the people’s initiative launched by renowned Swiss environmentalist Franz Weber is accepted, voters will have to decide whether to ban military flights from holiday zones. With more than 113,000 validated signatures, the initiative was handed in to the federal chancellery in the Swiss capital, Bern, on Thursday. A people’s initiative needs at least 100,000…

Culture

BluesNETTwork: Hotter Than Hell Cooler Than A Frigidaire

This content was published on Nov 3, 2005

Culture

W. A. Mozart: Piano Concertos. Christian Zacharias, piano and conductor. Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. Vol. 2.

This content was published on Nov 3, 2005

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More suspect Mediaset bank accounts are found

This content was published on Nov 2, 2005 The Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s Office has confirmed information published by several Italian newspapers about the existence of accounts implicating the Italian prime minister. According to the Italian daily La Repubblica, investigators in Milan have been in contact with their Swiss counterparts to try to track down the people who opened the ten accounts. An 11th…

Culture

Paul E. Otth: Don’t Give Up

This content was published on Nov 2, 2005

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Education

Learning in harmony leaves the cantons cold

This content was published on Nov 2, 2005 Education is a key element of regional autonomy under Switzerland’s federalist system with 26 directors – one for each canton. The House of Representatives last month accepted a constitutional amendment on education aimed at forcing the system to streamline at a national level without interfering too much with decentralisation. Pending approval by the Senate –…

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Switzerland returns money to Angola

This content was published on Nov 1, 2005 The funds are to go directly towards humanitarian projects in Angola, in the first such agreement of its kind. The agreement, which follows an investigation by a court in Geneva, was signed by Walter Fust, head of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, and Joaquim António Carlos dos Reis, the Secretary of the Angolan…

Culture

Slokar Quartet: At The Opera.

This content was published on Nov 1, 2005

Culture

Baschi: Irgendwie Wunderbar

This content was published on Nov 1, 2005

Step closer to new Red Cross emblem

This content was published on Oct 31, 2005 The announcement came at the end of a three-day whirlwind tour of the Middle East by the Swiss foreign minister, Micheline Calmy-Rey. The Swiss foreign minister’s visit to the region was part of efforts by Switzerland – the depositary state of the Geneva Conventions – to find a new humanitarian emblem. A foreign ministry spokesman…

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