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US gives Swiss more time to hand over flight data

This content was published on Sep 10, 2003 Swiss was facing a deadline of September 12 to adhere to the new regulations or risk losing landing rights in the US. The Swiss Civil Aviation Office said on Wednesday that the US had agreed to give Swiss more time to comply with the regulations, introduced in the wake of the September 11 attacks. Urs…

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Switzerland marks one year at the UN

This content was published on Sep 10, 2003 Switzerland took its seat at the world table one year ago, when it was confirmed by the General Assembly as the UN’s 190th member last September. “We have managed to strengthen our foreign policy tools and use them better in the context of the UN… so that is an asset and advantage for Switzerland,” said…

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Daniel Schnyder / Kenny Drew Jr. Quartet

This content was published on Sep 9, 2003

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Mia Aegerter: Right Here Right Now

This content was published on Sep 9, 2003

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Haydn: The Eszterhaza Operas. Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne. Antal Dorati.

This content was published on Sep 9, 2003

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New tour gives blind sense of Bern

This content was published on Sep 9, 2003 swissinfo accompanied one of the first groups to take the tour around the Old Town, designated a Unesco World Heritage Site. As with every walking tour organised by the tourist office, this one starts at the railway station where visitors to the city meet their guide who equips them with a small map. A relief…

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Free newspaper sees circulation soar

This content was published on Sep 9, 2003 The 30-page tabloid, which carries Swiss and international news in short, easy-to-read articles, has seen its readership rocket from 526,000 to 720,000. Launched in December 1999, 20 Minutes is now the second-biggest newspaper after the German-language tabloid, “Blick”, which pulled in 746,000 readers – up 12,000 on 2002. Its success is all the more remarkable…

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Ernest Bloch: Piano Quintets. Aura Quartet. Hans Joerg Fink, piano.

This content was published on Sep 8, 2003

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-STIP: Unlimited

This content was published on Sep 8, 2003

Brienz offers tourists a hands-on treat

This content was published on Sep 6, 2003 But the town’s largest souvenir shop is trying to carve out a new niche in a bid to attract the few foreign tourists who have made the journey to Switzerland. “Our new ‘hands-on event’ lets people experience what it’s like to make a traditional craft – whether it’s wood carving or assembling a music box,”…

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