Historian claims Swiss banks may hold further Second World War secrets
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Bank archives could still hold secrets about Swiss actions during the Second World War and should be re-examined, especially those of UBS, says Marc Perrenoud, a historian who worked on the Bergier Commission.
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Billions of people around the world will be marking the New Year somehow – and the tradition-loving Swiss are no exception.
Swiss invention: 90-year anniversary of first T-bar ski lift
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On Monday it will be 90 years since the world’s first T-bar ski lift went into service in Davos. This Swiss invention was an instant success.
Ubersitz, the utterly unique – and deafening – Swiss custom
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At the end of the year the villages around Meiringen pump up the volume and bizarre characters celebrate the ancient tradition of Ubersitz.
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Geneva celebrated "Escalade" this weekend, the battle that saw the Protestant city repel an invasion from the Catholic Duke of Savoy on the night of December 11-12, 1602.
Rare Roman coin auctioned for almost CHF2 million in Geneva
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A rare Roman coin with a portrait of Brutus, the assassin of Julius Caesar, was sold at a Geneva auction on Monday for CHF1.89 million ($2.15 million), according to the organiser of the sale.
Association celebrates UNESCO status for Swiss watchmaking
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The Franco-Swiss Arc Horloger association has been created in Switzerland to promote UNESCO's listing of watchmaking as an intangible cultural heritage.
The Swiss globetrotter who followed closely in Jules Verne’s footsteps
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Inspired by Jules Verne’s newly printed book Around the World in 80 Days (1872), Emilio Balli, a young Swiss from canton Ticino, undertook his own extraordinary round-the-world journey in 1878-1879.
