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Voices and Visions. Yodel and Alphorn.

This content was published on Aug 24, 2005 Voices and Visions. A programme produced by Christian Strickler and André Scheurer, swissinfo/Swiss Radio International. Voices and Visions. Yodel and alphorn sounds. Speakers: Marion Canute and Ron Green.Archives swissinfo/Swiss Radio International. Programme produced in 1993.

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Swatch Group heads towards record year

This content was published on Aug 24, 2005 The world’s largest watchmaking concern, which includes such brands as Breguet, Omega and Tissot, said sales had risen by 6.1 per cent to SFr2.08 billion. A statement from the group’s headquarters in Biel in western Switzerland said that demand appeared to continue unabated, particularly for watches in the upper price bracket. It said the trend…

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s’ bescht DANCE Album wo’s git

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Thun in seventh heaven

This content was published on Aug 24, 2005 The small club from the Bernese Oberland overcame Sweden’s Malmö 3-0 to become the third Swiss team ever to earn the right to take on the might of Europe. The third-round qualifying tie between Thun and the Swedish champions saw the Stade de Suisse in Bern packed to the rafters for the first time since…

FC Thun realise Champions League dream

This content was published on Aug 23, 2005 The minnows from Switzerland beat Swedish champions Malmö 3-0 in the second leg of their third-round qualifying match. Thun, a humble club with an annual budget of only SFr5 million ($3.9 million), took just over an hour to seal victory against the Swedish team. They had already won the first leg 1-0 away. A successful…

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Blocher says tighter asylum law is paying off

This content was published on Aug 23, 2005 But the non-governmental Swiss Refugee Council has rejected the findings, saying the measures have had an adverse effect on human rights. Blocher said requests for asylum in Switzerland had fallen by 42 per cent since parliament decided more than a year ago to strip rejected asylum seekers of the right to claim social security benefits.…

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Calmy-Rey pleads for new markets and friends

This content was published on Aug 22, 2005 Addressing the annual meeting of Swiss ambassadors, she said Switzerland could not afford to focus its foreign policy exclusively on Europe. In her opening speech on Monday, Calmy-Rey said that as Switzerland was an independent country outside the European Union, it was giving more importance to other key players including the United States and China.…

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Art collector defends controversial exhibit

This content was published on Aug 22, 2005 Art collector Uli Sigg, a former Swiss ambassador to China, was speaking after the museum withdrew the exhibit in response to a complaint, and set up the panel to discuss the work. Sigg said that the piece of art had been shown before – at the Venice Biennale in 1999 – without controversy. Bern’s Fine…

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World youth “Play for Peace” in Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 22, 2005 The Swiss contribution to the United Nations Year of Sport and Physical Education, it promotes peace through sports. Spearheaded by Adolf Ogi, a former Swiss president and current UN Special Advisor on Sport for Development and Peace, the camp aims to “show through small things what is possible in larger things”. “Sport is an effective…

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Expert sheds light on spread of bird flu

This content was published on Aug 21, 2005 Swiss officials announced last week that they had started an avian flu information campaign for poultry farmers. The first Russian cases of bird flu were detected in a Western Siberian region in July, having seemingly spread from southeast Asia where more than 50 people have died from the virus. On Thursday the Federal Veterinary Office…

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