“Impression, Soleil Levant” (Impression, Rising Sun), painted in 1872 by French Impressionist Claude Monet, has gone on display at the Gianadda Foundation in Martigny, canton Valais.
The well-guarded painting, which measures 50cm x 65cm, will remain part of the exhibitionExternal link, “Hodler Monet Munch. Painting the Impossible”, for one month.
Swiss football boss wants crackdown on individual hooligans
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The head of the Swiss Football League says he prefers a harsher approach to individual hooligans rather than collective punishment measures affecting all fans.
Amherd: Council of Europe is ‘as urgently needed as ever’
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The Swiss government emphasised on Sunday the vital role of the Strasbourg-based Council of Europe, 75 years after it was founded.
Swiss minister: Italy will back Switzerland in EU talks
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Bern can count on the backing of Italy as it re-enters talks with the European Union on future relations, Viola Amherd says.
Student protestors at University of Lausanne continue pro-Palestine sit-in
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Since Thursday, a hall on campus has been occupied by students calling for a boycott of Israeli academic institutions and a ceasefire in Gaza.
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Swiss public broadcasters RTS and SRF are drastically reducing their communications via the social network X (formerly Twitter).
Israel: president of Swiss universities rejects academic boycott
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Luciana Vaccaro, president of Swissuniversities, the umbrella group of Swiss universities, is not in favour of an academic boycott of Israeli universities.
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Masterpieces of Zurich arms dealer on show
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A collection of Impressionist and post-Impressionist masterpieces built up by Zurich arms dealer Emil Georg Bührle are on display in Lausanne.
Swiss seize Monet and Van Gogh paintings in 1MDB case
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A spokeswoman for the Federal Office of Justice said the paintings were Vincent van Gogh’s La maison de Vincent à Arles and Claude Monet’s Saint-Georges Majeur and Nympheas avec Reflets de Hautes Herbes. She was confirming a report by the Neue Luzerner Zeitung newspaper. “The operation is not over yet so we will not comment…
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A painting by Claude Monet has surfaced in a suitcase owned by Cornelius Gurlitt, who left his entire collection of controversially sourced art to Bern’s Museum of Fine Arts in May.
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