Swiss Identity

Army officer takes charge of Olympic Committee

This content was published on Nov 16, 2003 swissinfo spoke to Lacotte as he prepares for next summer’s Olympic Games at a time when many sports are dogged by doping scandals. Lacotte is the right-hand man of Jacques Rogge, the IOC’s Belgian president. He started his new role on November 1, filling a seat that had been occupied for 14 years by Swiss…

Culture

Photography centre puts Winterthur in the picture

This content was published on Nov 15, 2003 Within its walls, the building will house future images of the country and its people, as well as nearly 30,000 pictures collected since 1971. Winterthur’s photography museum has staged 60 exhibitions since it opened in 1993 and attracts some 30,000 visitors a year. The Swiss Foundation of Photography was created in 1971 and until now…

Culture

Bern looks to score from football film

This content was published on Nov 15, 2003 A film about West Germany’s surprise victory over Hungary in the 1954 World Cup final has been a hit at the German box office.

Culture

Brienz brings the sound of music back to Baghdad

This content was published on Nov 14, 2003 The school of violin making in the Swiss lakeside town of Brienz has given an apprentice the job of repairing violins for the Baghdad school. The idea of donating instruments to the school came from a journalist working for Swiss German radio, shortly before he was killed in an accident. The school was almost completely…

Demographics

Diabetes among the young causes concern

This content was published on Nov 14, 2003 More than 250,000 people in Switzerland are registered diabetics, and the growing incidence of Type Two diabetes – particularly among young people – is causing alarm. If present trends continue, the World Health Organization estimates the figure will rise to 300,000 in 2025. “Ten years ago, you would never see Type Two diabetes in children,”…

Culture

Power of colour lights up Lausanne

This content was published on Nov 13, 2003 The title of the exhibition in the Musée de l’Elysée says it all: Colour is Power. Nearly 30 years ago, Canadian photographer Robert Walker concluded that only colour could do justice to the visual riot of the urban scene. His work eventually led him from Montreal to Toronto, New York, Rome, Paris, Warsaw and many…

Culture

Swiss Brass Consort: Fireworks. Lully, Handel, Vivaldi, J.S.Bach.

This content was published on Nov 13, 2003

History

Buddha’s reincarnation faces delay

This content was published on Nov 12, 2003 However the United Nations heritage organisation, Unesco, says it is far too early to make a decision on the project. Researchers from the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have prepared a blueprint for reconstructing the Buddhas of Bamiyan, which were the oldest and tallest standing statues in the world. On Wednesday, team leader Armin…

Culture

Volksmusik-Gala Vol.3

This content was published on Nov 12, 2003

Stärnchörli Bärnerland, Schwarzenburg: Fründschaft

This content was published on Nov 12, 2003

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