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New music academy in Lucerne

This content was published on Mar 28, 2002 This joint project with the Lucerne Music Academy is due to get underway during the summer festival in 2004. In a statement, the festival said the academy would offer practical experience to young musicians dedicated to the music of the 20th and 21st centuries. They will be selected internationally on the basis of auditions after…

Humanitarian workers face constant danger in West Bank

This content was published on Mar 28, 2002 In the last few days, violence in the region has left dozens of people dead, including a Swiss woman, and spokesmen for humanitarian organisations say it is difficult to predict and avoid the dangers. On Tuesday evening Catherine Berruex, 25, a Swiss who worked as a monitor for the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH),…

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Monet lends some weight to digital art

This content was published on Mar 28, 2002 The exhibition – entitled “Claude Monet – up to digital Impressionism” – seeks to place the father of Impressionist art in context with artists working in the late 20th century and beyond. Artists whose works are being put on display alongside those of Monet include Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and the renowned American abstract expressionist,…

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Friendly match ends in draw

This content was published on Mar 27, 2002 Ricardo Cabanas rescued the Swiss team in front of 19,096 spectators in Malmö by scoring early in the second half to give Switzerland a 1-1 tie against World-Cup-bound Sweden. The first goal of the match was scored in the 29th minute, when Swede Marcus Allback, a likely starter up front in the World Cup, kicked…

Hingis crashes out of Miami

This content was published on Mar 27, 2002 The eighth-seeded American Serena Williams overpowered Hingis in both sets and beat the Swiss world number four 6-4, 6-0 in less than one hour. Hingis’ play showed weaknesses right from the beginning of the match as it took her six games to break the American’s serve in the first set. Shortly afterwards, the 21-year-old missed…

Zehnder takes European junior title

This content was published on Mar 27, 2002 The 19-year-old from St Gallen lived up to her ranking as top seed at the tournament, coming back from one game down to lift the title 8-10, 9-6, 9-2, 9-5. The win is Zehnder’s biggest success to date and marks the best ever performance by a Swiss player on the women’s circuit. Zehnder first came…

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Moving at the movies

This content was published on Mar 27, 2002 Constructed on the Yverdon site at a cost of SFr 6 million ($3.6 million), the “Circuit” installation will be among the more unusual sporting attractions at Expo 02 and is intended to increase public awareness of the excitement and benefits of sport. Interviews with top sport stars such as André Bucher and Kubilay Türkyilmaz will…

Exhibition searches soul of Hesse

This content was published on Mar 27, 2002 But although it focuses on a time of personal crisis, the exhibition at the Swiss national museum also sheds light on happier moments of Hesse’s life and provides an insight into how he worked on two of his greatest books, “Siddhartha” and “Steppenwolf”. The exhibition marks the year of the 125th anniversary of the birth…

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Deiss condemns West Bank killing

This content was published on Mar 27, 2002 At a press conference on Wednesday, Deiss extended his condolences to the 25-year-old woman’s family and called for a full inquiry into her death. Catherine Berruex from canton Vaud was shot dead along with a Turkish co-worker, Turtug Cengiz Toytunc, in an attack outside the town of Hebron. Three observers, who worked for the Temporary…

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Swiss win plaudits for treatment of prisoners

This content was published on Mar 27, 2002 The European committee for the prevention of torture applauded Switzerland’s treatment of prison inmates, but condemned its policy of forcibly repatriating foreigners. Its findings were released after an investigation in six cantons during a ten-day visit to the Switzerland last February. The committee’s secretary, Fabrice Kellens, told swissinfo that Swiss police generally treated inmates correctly…

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