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Alberto Giacometti -- A Retrospective In Geneva

New Show Launches At Musée Rath Sculptures, paintings and drawings by major Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966) reveal not only the breadth of his art but the role of Geneva in his life. Many are surprised to discover...

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World Heritage Treasures In Switzerland

The UNESCO List Features Ten Swiss Sites Along with cultural and natural heritage highlights, Switzerland also boasts two UNESCO biospheres. UNESCO is the Paris-based United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural...

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There's gold in them thar Swiss hills

SURSELVA, Switzerland, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The new century's first gold rush may happen in Switzerland, says a Canadian mining company planning exploration drilling there. Murray Brook Minerals says the Surselva region in the...

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Grain Noble ConfidenCiel Sweet Wines

Swiss Vintages Made From Over-Ripe Grapes Grain Noble wines are natural sweet whites made from withered and botrytized grapes by over 30 charter-bound winemakers in Switzerland's canton Valais. mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm...

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Swiss lean towards new radon norms

Authorities in Ticino have been carrying out a large radon-measuring project (Keystone) Hundreds of thousands of Swiss homes are subject to higher levels of the potentially harmful gas radon than is allowed under World Health...

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Setting off fireworks in memory of the immigrants

Festa participants parade through the streets of Hepburn Springs (flickr/Lisa Gervasoni) The Swiss Italian Festa in two small communities in Australia has become a must for lovers of history and good food. Daylesford celebrate...

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Log cabin style chalet with golfcourse view

Log cabin style chalet with golfcourse view [Id: 14442] Log cabin style chalet, 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, in FLims Laax area. Sedrun Switzerland, Graubünden, Inn 4 rooms total, 2 floors, 1 bathrooms, 3 bedrooms, 1 Guest toilets,...

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"Everyone is going to Australia nowadays"

Emigranti from Poschiavo in Australia in the early 20th century (Archivio privato Rocco Rampa) Between 1856 and 1860 "Australia fever" struck Val Poschiavo, in the Italian-speaking part of Canton Graubünden. "Yesterday morning...

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Countries mull progress on Nazi looted art

An American Soldier studies paintings, part of the loot gathered from all parts of Europe by Hermann Goering, in 1945 in Germany. (Keystone) Switzerland is among 49 nations meeting in the Czech Republic from Friday to discuss,...

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