Swiss Identity

Basel opens first warehouse for art

This content was published on Jun 4, 2003 But this latest addition to Basel’s cultural scene is unlikely to let the small matter of an identity crisis prevent it from leading the way in which art works are stored. “It’s something between a storage house and a museum,” Schaulager director Theodora Vischer told swissinfo. “And as far as we know, the first of…

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Ensemble Contrechamps. Works by Brian Ferneyhough (1943), Hans Ulrich Lehmann (1931), De-qing Wen (1958), Xavier Dayer (1972), Elliott Carter (*1908).

This content was published on Jun 4, 2003

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Parliament cracks down on domestic violence

This content was published on Jun 3, 2003 Around one in five Swiss women is the victim of abuse in the home but many are unwilling to press charges. If the proposals also receive the Senate’s backing, the police will be able to investigate an incident without needing an official complaint from the victim. Domestic violence would also be classed as a specific…

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DNA profiling gets approval

This content was published on Jun 3, 2003 On Tuesday, the House of Representatives approved the use of large scale DNA testing to track down criminals. The house approved the measure by 95 votes to 50, though it still needs the Senate’s approval. “Large scale DNA tests are an important tool when the police do not have a suspect,” said parliamentarian, Dorle Vallender.…

Authorities and protesters proclaim G-8 a success

This content was published on Jun 2, 2003 But they expressed regret that the event was marred by a number of violent incidents that took place on the sidelines of this weekend’s peaceful anti-G8 protests. There had been fears that Sunday’s protest march from Geneva to the French border would become a battlefield for police and demonstrators. However, aside from some outbreaks of…

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Kaspar Ewalds Exorbitantes Kabinett: Räuber

This content was published on Jun 2, 2003

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Ticino lawyer on trial for money laundering

This content was published on Jun 2, 2003 Francesco Moretti, 62, faces charges of belonging to the mafia, fraud, financing drug deals and money laundering. Calabrian-born Moretti, a Swiss citizen with his own law firm in Lugano, has been remanded in custody for the past 33 months. He was arrested in Ticino in August 2000, after investigators found SFr12 million ($9 million) in…

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Anti-G-8 protests marred by isolated violence

This content was published on Jun 2, 2003 However, the day was marred by a small number of violent altercations between protesters and security forces. The march which ran from Annemasse in France to Geneva and involved around 30,000 people, proceeded peacefully for most of Sunday. But police came out in force when protesters returned to Geneva. swissinfo’s correspondent, Anna Nelson, said officers…

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G-8 violence overshadows peaceful protests

This content was published on Jun 2, 2003 Newspapers warned that the violent protests not only threatened fundamental freedoms but could also short-circuit the debate on globalisation. The French-language “Tribune de Genève” said the actions of a few violent protesters had stolen the thunder of a peaceful and necessary political action. Geneva’s only local paper warned that legitimate political opposition could fall prey…

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Museum reinvents itself to communicate

This content was published on Jun 2, 2003 The new focus of the exhibition is the social and cultural effects of communications technology on the people using it. Visitors begin their tour by entering a dark tunnel, from the sides of which come a weird assortment of voices and sounds – a kind of acoustic landscape. It leads to a section dealing with…

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Ensemble Contrechamps. Works by Brian Ferneyhough (1943), Hans Ulrich Lehmann (1931), De-qing Wen (1958), Xavier Dayer (1972), Elliott Carter (*1908).