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Neuchatel pays homage to Dürrenmatt

This content was published on Apr 5, 2000 The university library in Neuchatel has opened an exhibition on one of the city’s most distinguished former residents, the Swiss playwright, novelist and essayist Friedrich Dürrenmatt. It takes the form of an illustrated chronological account of the writer’s life and work in Neuchatel, after he moved there in 1952. Dürrenmatt was a Swiss-German born in…

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Swiss architects design French museum

This content was published on Apr 5, 2000 Two Zurich architects, Annette Gigon and Mike Guyer, have been commissioned to design an art museum at Mouans-Sartoux in the South of France. The building will be in the park of a 15th century château used for temporary exhibitions, and which is regarded as one of the region’s most important cultural attractions in the field…

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Metzler begins Kosovo visit

This content was published on Apr 5, 2000 The Swiss Justice Minister, Ruth Metzler, has begun a three-day working visit to Kosovo. The trip will include talks with the deputy head of the United Nations mission in Kosovo, Jock Covey, and the chief of the civilian police in the province. Meetings are also scheduled with representatives of the UN’s refugee agency and of…

Radio still tops with German-speaking Swiss

This content was published on Apr 4, 2000 The German-speaking Swiss spend more time listening to the radio than watching television. Audience research figures just out show they listen for an average of three hours and 20 minutes each day, compared to two hours and 17 minutes spent in front of the small screen. The German-speakers’ love-affair with the radio, over and above…

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“South meets West” in Berne

This content was published on Apr 4, 2000 An exhibition of contemporary African art has arrived in Berne from Ghana, where it drew large and enthusiastic crowds. Entitled “South meets West” it has involved much more than bringing art to Europe. All the exhibits are works by artists from two very different regions of Africa – the South and West. The idea of…

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Geneva conference tackles urban poverty

This content was published on Apr 4, 2000 Officials from cities around the world have converged on Geneva for a major conference on how to tackle poverty in urban areas. The second global forum of the World Alliance of Cities Against Poverty (WACAP), is being jointly organised by the City of Geneva and the United Nations Development Programme, and brings together representatives from…

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Minister to visit Kosovo

This content was published on Apr 4, 2000 The Swiss Justice Minister, Ruth Metzler (file picture), begins a working visit to Kosovo today. The aim of the three-day trip is to ensure conditions are adequate for the repatriation of some 40,000 Kosovar refugees who have been housed in Switzerland since last year. They were collectively granted temporary refugee status last year, during the…

Geneva prosecutors make first charge in Nigerian dirty money case

This content was published on Apr 3, 2000 The justice authorities in Geneva have made their first charge during an investigation into allegations that the former Nigerian dictator, Sani Abacha (pictured), poured millions of dollars into Swiss accounts, which he had plundered from the state. The charge concerns an Indian businessman, who is accused of using fraud to deposit huge sums into an…

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UN pays tribute to Swiss diplomats

This content was published on Apr 3, 2000 Three Swiss diplomats who helped save the lives of thousands of Jews during the second world war, are among those being honoured today at a special ceremony at the United Nations headquarters in New York. Dr Harald Feller, who is the only surviving member of the trio, is not attending the ceremony. He was Chargé…

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Exhibits recapture the Roman past of Valais

This content was published on Apr 3, 2000 Roman objects from Canton Valais dating back to 15 BC are on display at the Vidy museum in Lausanne. Items never before seen in public are included in the exhibition, which traces the history of the Rhone Valley in Switzerland when it was part of the Roman Empire. The Romans took control for economic reasons,…

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