Swiss Identity

Swiss garden of art blossoms in Venice

This content was published on Jun 16, 2003 Described as “a mystical experience”, it is expected to be one of the highlights of the festival, which features all aspects of contemporary visual and performing arts. The joint installation by Gerda Steiner and Jörg Lenzlinger, “Falling Garden”, is every bit as mystical as its location – the Church of San Staë on the Grand…

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Swiss shine at Venice Biennale

This content was published on Jun 15, 2003 The jury credited the video-artist duo Peter Fischli and David Weiss with presenting the best work at this year’s festival. The Zurich-based team were congratulated on “their modesty, clarity and artistic quality, for asking questions that help us to understand one another, and for having created a work that captures the true nature of dreams…

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Between fantasy and reality

This content was published on Jun 15, 2003 Antille will represent Switzerland at the Biennale art festival in Venice, projecting her latest work “Angels Camp” – a violent fairytale – onto new screens. Antille’s loving fingers caress a kitten as she tenderly holds it steady. With the other hand Antille reaches for a small rock and violently clubs the kitten to death. This…

Swiss nurse saves lives in South Africa

This content was published on Jun 15, 2003 Sylvia Hamilton-Schweizer heads up a team of 21 carers who look after sufferers and their families in a country that has the largest HIV population in the world. In South Africa, one in five people are infected with the HIV virus. Hamilton-Schweizer’s team work mainly in the remote town of Ingwavuma in the eastern province…

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Slamming the door on violent offenders

This content was published on Jun 13, 2003 Parliament has recommended that the issue should not be put to a nationwide vote, but supporters say they will ensure it reaches the ballot box. On Friday, the Senate followed an earlier decision by the House of Representatives in overwhelmingly voting against the proposals of a people’s initiative. Supporters of the initiative want offenders found…

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Even Flow: Straight On

This content was published on Jun 13, 2003

Swiss condemn US opt-out

This content was published on Jun 12, 2003 The Swiss ambassador to the United Nations, Jenö Staehelin, had earlier condemned the move, saying it “clearly undermined” the authority of the court. On Thursday the United Nations Security Council approved a one-year extension to UN resolution 1422, which was adopted in July 2002. The resolution authorises a year-long exemption from arrest or trial for…

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This content was published on Jun 12, 2003

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Swiss oppose US extradition deal

This content was published on Jun 11, 2003 Together with five other countries, the Swiss have called on the United Nations Security Council to debate the proposed one-year extension. On Monday Washington said it was seeking an extension of UN resolution 1422, which came into force in July last year. The resolution granted peacekeepers from non-signatory countries to the 1998 Rome Statute –…

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Security expert warns of chaos in Afghanistan

This content was published on Jun 11, 2003 Albert Stahel, who has just returned from a fact-finding mission to Kabul, is calling on the UN to hand over control to the Afghan people. Stahel told swissinfo that war was still raging in the country almost two years after United States-led forces overthrew the Taliban regime. He said a series of wrong decisions had…

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