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ICRC to remove staff from Iraq after terror threat

This content was published on Aug 25, 2003 The Geneva-based organisation is reconsidering its position after last week’s deadly attack on the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad. Florian Westphal, spokesman for the ICRC, told swissinfo that the organisation had no idea why it might be attacked but could not afford to take any chances. “We really have no choice but to tighten further…

Culture

Ibert. Khachaturian. Flute Concertos. Emmanuel Pahud. Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Dir. David Zinman.

This content was published on Aug 25, 2003

Culture

Exhibition explores Klee’s difficult last years

This content was published on Aug 23, 2003 Its main focus is how the hardship Klee suffered during this period brought about a dramatic transformation in his work. During the period 1930 to 1940, the artist’s life was disrupted by two events. In 1933, the Nazi Party expelled Klee from his teaching post at the Düsseldorf Academy, where he had taught since 1931.…

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Switzerland played key role in the slave trade

This content was published on Aug 22, 2003 As Unesco marks the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition, history professor Hans Fässler told swissinfo it was time Switzerland faced up to its past. Being a landlocked country did not stop Switzerland from playing its part in the transatlantic slave trade triangle, linking West Africa, America and Europe…

Education

Teachers told to ditch dialect for High German

This content was published on Aug 22, 2003 The move, which coincides with the start of the academic year, is aimed at improving literacy levels among Swiss teenagers. An international study conducted by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2001 found that up to 20 per cent of Swiss 15-year-olds could not understand even the most basic written information. The…

Culture

Fritz Dünner und Willi Valotti spielen Tänze vom Altmeister Sepp Feierabend

This content was published on Aug 22, 2003

Culture

LUV

This content was published on Aug 22, 2003

Swiss bewitched by magic of the Middle Ages

This content was published on Aug 22, 2003 The main aim is to entertain and appeal to the imagination, but re-enactments are also helping visitors to rediscover their cultural heritage. To celebrate canton Bern’s 650th anniversary as part of the Swiss Confederation, the city’s historical museum set up the usual themed exhibitions. But it went further than wheeling out more relics for its…

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Bucher eyes title defence

This content was published on Aug 21, 2003 The reigning world champion over 800 metres insists he can defend his title, despite last week’s poor showing in Zurich. The 26-year-old from Lucerne had to settle for eighth place at last Friday’s prestigious Weltklasse meeting, after being swallowed up by the field in a furious opening spurt. But speaking to swissinfo before leaving for…

Krauss: Today Is Not Yesterday

This content was published on Aug 21, 2003

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