Switzerland

Swiss Olympic Olympic Meeting 2023: Roger Federer and Thomas Zurbuchen Inspire Top Swiss Athletes for Paris 2024

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Swiss Olympic Olympic Meeting 2023: Roger Federer and Thomas Zurbuchen Inspire Top Swiss Athletes for Paris 2024

Sursee/Ittigen, November 3, 2023. Roger Federer and Thomas Zurbuchen inspired top Swiss athletes with their performances at the Swiss Olympic Olympic meeting. In accordance with the Swiss mission statement for Paris 2024 – “United4Excellence” – the Olympic meeting also provided numerous cross-sport encounters and discussions. Cartoonists, a magician, a boules court, French food and exciting … Read more

Differentiating Sweden from Switzerland: A Swiss Ambassador’s Response to Visit Sweden’s Video Campaign

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Differentiating Sweden from Switzerland: A Swiss Ambassador’s Response to Visit Sweden’s Video Campaign

With a promotional video, Sweden wants to differentiate itself from the confusingly similar Switzerland. Now the Swiss ambassador to the USA is firing back. Ambassador Jacques Pitteloud believes that you can’t assemble Ikea furniture without Swiss Army knives. – YouTube / Embassy of Switzerland in the United States Ad the essentials in brief Sweden and … Read more

Emmetten Welcomes Two New Photo Spots as part of Cradle of Switzerland Sponsorship

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Emmetten Welcomes Two New Photo Spots as part of Cradle of Switzerland Sponsorship

Emmetten receives two photo spots Since last year, the Cradle of Switzerland sponsorship has been providing the most beautiful viewing points with photo spots. Now they are also being set up in Emmetten. Two building projects for Emmetten were recently advertised in the official gazette of the canton of Nidwalden. These are photo spots. Behind … Read more

Ingeborg Bachmann: A Journey to the Desert – A Film Review

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Ingeborg Bachmann: A Journey to the Desert – A Film Review

Wolfgang Ennenbach MFA Alamode Film A daughter of the desert? Vicky Krieps as Ingeborg Bachmann Hardly any other relationship has been illuminated as much as the destructive love of Max Frisch and Ingeborg Bachmann. The correspondence between the two writers has now been published, not just the features section, but generations of German scholars are … Read more

The SVP’s Folk Music-filled Rally Against Asylum Seekers in Switzerland’s Nidwalden

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The SVP’s Folk Music-filled Rally Against Asylum Seekers in Switzerland’s Nidwalden

The three musicians turn up the heat. Two accordions, one cello. They perform folk tunes from Central Switzerland. The performance is so loud that the guests in the panoramic hall of the Rössli inn almost have to scream if they want to understand each other. The oval room in the Rössli in Beckenried, right on … Read more

Football Players from Spain, Scotland, and Turkey Advance to Next Year’s European Championship in Germany

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Football Players from Spain, Scotland, and Turkey Advance to Next Year’s European Championship in Germany

Football players from Spain, Scotland and Turkey advanced to next year’s European Championship in Germany. The Spaniards won Sunday’s qualifying match 1:0 on the soil of Norway, and the northerners cannot catch up with their opponent or the Scots in points in the A-group. The only goal for the Spaniards was scored by Gavi in … Read more

EHD Outbreaks and Prevention Measures in Europe: Latest Updates and Implications

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EHD Outbreaks and Prevention Measures in Europe: Latest Updates and Implications

The viral disease epizootic haemorrhagic disease (EHD) has been diagnosed in a five-month-old calf near Bern, Switzerland. The disease first emerged last year in Italy, Spain and Portugal. The disease was first confirmed in France on September 21. There the disease has spread in a large area north of the Pyrenees. More than fifty companies … Read more

Doubt Casts over Israel-Switzerland European Championship Qualifying Match Following Rocket Attack

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Doubt Casts over Israel-Switzerland European Championship Qualifying Match Following Rocket Attack

After the rocket attack on Israel, the European Championship qualifying soccer match between Israel and Switzerland in Tel Aviv scheduled for Thursday is in doubt. The Swiss football association said it was in contact with the European football association Uefa, the Swiss federal police and the Swiss embassy in Israel. The decision lies with UEFA. … Read more

UBS Denies Knowledge of DOJ Investigation into Sanctions Violations, Trading Halted

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UBS Denies Knowledge of DOJ Investigation into Sanctions Violations, Trading Halted

Today, September 30, UBS stated that it is not aware of the investigation by the US Department of Justice into possible violations of sanctions laws. “Recent reports of an alleged investigation by the US Department of Justice into sanctions violations at Credit Suisse and UBS are inaccurate. We are not aware of such an investigation,” … Read more

Schlager shot Leipzig to their opening Champions League victory

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Schlager shot Leipzig to their opening Champions League victory

Xaver Schlager celebrates a rare sense of achievement Photo: APA/AFP MWith his first Champions League goal, Xaver Schlager scored RB Leipzig’s 3-1 opening win in Bern. The ÖFB team player paved the way for the German Bundesliga club with a precise long-range shot to make it 2-1 (73′), and former Salzburg player Benjamin Sesko made … Read more