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Michael Iani: Sers-toi

This content was published on Nov 3, 2004

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Y’en a point comme nous…

This content was published on Nov 3, 2004

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Magazine editor casts a critical eye on the US

This content was published on Nov 2, 2004 As voters went to the polls on Tuesday, Swiss magazine editor Pierre-Marcel Favre told swissinfo why Europeans were still fascinated by the US. Radio stations, television networks and newspapers in Switzerland and across Europe have been keeping their listeners, viewers and readers informed about the latest news from the Bush and Kerry campaign trails for…

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Music festival rolls from station to station

This content was published on Nov 2, 2004 The theme of the festival is “Trans-it”, reflecting the fact that the event will be taking place in 11 different cities across the country – all linked by a special “Sound Train”. Every year, the Amsterdam-based International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM) stages a World New Music Days festival in one of the world’s major…

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Galloping through the snow

This content was published on Nov 1, 2004 The White Turf event has been held in St Moritz since 1907. The competition began when a few intrepid souls wondered what it would be like to be pulled behind a horse on skis. “Skikjöring” (the name is Norwegian and roughly translates as “ride on a rope”) proved to be a huge success and is…

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Spanish Phonak rider denies doping allegations

This content was published on Oct 31, 2004 Perez – the third Phonak rider to be implicated in a doping scandal this year – denies any wrongdoing. The 24-year-old Spanish rider said he had been told that an irregular blood test result suggested he underwent a transfusion, seen as a way of boosting an athlete’s performance by increasing his or her red blood…

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Schlummerland. Guetnachtliedli für chlyni Chind.

This content was published on Oct 30, 2004

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Arafat “had a great admiration” for Switzerland

This content was published on Oct 29, 2004 Arafat, who led the Palestinians for decades, had been hovering between life and death for two weeks. Tonti ran the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) office in Jerusalem between 1994 and 2001, also serving as Swiss government representative to the Palestinian Authority. It was in this role that she met Arafat on a…

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WEF director resigns over undeclared fees

This content was published on Oct 29, 2004 Figueres stepped down on Friday after confirming he had received more than $900,000 (SFr1.1 million) in consultancy fees from the French telecommunications firm, Alcatel. The WEF, which hosts an annual meeting of business and government leaders in the Swiss alpine resort of Davos, said it had only learned of the payment through the media. In…

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