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Gay couples win partnership rights

This content was published on Jun 5, 2005 The result means that gay couples will now be granted the same legal rights as married couples in the areas of pensions, inheritance and taxes. But they will not be allowed to adopt children or have access to fertility treatment. The results of Sunday’s referendum put support for registered partnerships at 58 per cent, which…

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Federer crashes out of Roland Garros

This content was published on Jun 4, 2005 The Swiss lost in four sets to the fourth-seeded Nadal on Friday, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3. It was the first time that the 23-year-old Federer had reached the semi-finals, but in the end he was outclassed by rising star Nadal, who was also celebrating his 19th birthday. “I’m both satisfied and disappointed at the same…

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Foreign ministry plans action over visa fraud

This content was published on Jun 3, 2005 It said that it had been forced to take on more locals in recent years after a series of budget cuts. Ministry spokesman Alessandro Delprete said on Friday that some of the staff at Swiss embassies had been replaced by local people for financial reasons and the policy had been due to continue. But there…

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Rock tops the bill at summer festivals

This content was published on Jun 3, 2005 Old hands Joe Cocker, Diana Ross and Brian Wilson will all be performing at Swiss venues, as will popular acts Coldplay, Lenny Kravitz and Seal, and relative newcomers Franz Ferdinand. One of the main highlights of the open-air months is undoubtedly the 39th Montreux Jazz Festival on the shores of Lake Geneva. But as usual…

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Parliament pushes for domestic-market reform

This content was published on Jun 3, 2005 The move comes amid mounting criticism that politicians have spent the past decade dragging their feet on the issue of opening the market to competition. There is broad agreement across the political spectrum that Switzerland suffers from a divide between its export sector, which has to compete on world markets, and the domestic economy, much…

Culture

Opposition to swissinfo cuts increases

This content was published on Jun 3, 2005 They follow their counterparts in France, Germany and Italy in calling for the multi-language news platform to continue. “We believe that swissinfo/SRI is of great importance – not only for the Swiss abroad,” said a resolution approved by the conference of Swiss communities of Spain and Portugal and addressed to Swiss President Samuel Schmid. The…

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Chaconne. Brahms / Busoni / Lutz. Edna Stern, piano. Amandine Beyer, violin.

This content was published on Jun 3, 2005

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Study coughs up truth about smoking

This content was published on Jun 2, 2005 Basel University Hospital, which carried out the research, estimates that as many as 450,000 people in the country have the disease. Of the 25,000 smokers examined, 28 per cent were found to be suffering from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), which covers smoking-related conditions such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema. The authors of the study…

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Gotthard: Lift ‘U’ Up

This content was published on Jun 2, 2005

Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne: Reflets des concerts 2003-2004.

This content was published on Jun 2, 2005

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