Commemoration

• Escalade: celebrating Geneva's history: part commemoration of the victory that allowed Geneva to remain independent, part homage to the Genevois who died fighting off a Savoyard attack in 1602, the annual Escalade is also two days packed full of festive fun that transforms the city's Old Town.

[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] On normal weekends, when government offices in historical buildings are empty, Geneva's Old Town starts to get quiet--a feel...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2008, Avril 2008

• Rapport de politique étrangère, juin 2007

... visite aura lieu en prélude à la commémoration, en 2008, des soixante ans du Traité d'amitié li...

• Feuille Fédérale num. 30, 24 juillet 2007
• Seccion Unica

• Ibsen in the Spotlight

One century after his death, the plays written by Norway's Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) remain as topical and provocative as ever. Theaters all over the world continue to stage The Pillars of Society, A Doll's House, Ghosts, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, Hedda Gabler and The Wild Duck. In the USA and Russia, in France or China, it is virtually impossible to take a course in world literature without taking a long hard look at the works of Henrik Ibsen, the father of modern drama. It is said that Ibsen is today the most frequently performed dramatist in the world, next to Shakespeare. Two new biographies of Ibsen are scheduled for publication; public Norwegian radio will stage a version of "Love's Comedy," which will later be adapted into rock musical; and it seems the film "Playing Ibse...

... Theatre is planning a very special commemoration of the anniversary of Ibsen's death on 23 May. AUG...

• Nordic Reach
• Vol. 19 Num. 16, Février 2006
• Culture Shock

• What Where When Who

It was my dream for many years, to have an ensemble and tourand do alt kinds of things," [Sukula-Lindblom] said before the performance at West Bank Café. "I wanted to do vaudeville, musical theater, children's theater... so I founded VästEnsemblen. What we bring to New York is a small part from our second production, the play Swing Sisters. I first saw the play in Copenhagen in the 1990's and knew right away I wanted to do it. So, since we're Finnish-Swedes and speak Swedish, I had it translated from Danish into Swedish and we put it up in 2006. We've performed it for about 6,000 viewers now, and in November last year, we received a prize from the Swedish Culture Fund in Finland for it. Now, Swing Sisters is quite a big production, and we couldn't possibly bring the whole thing here to...

... Srieg will open as part of the 2007 commemoration of the composer Edvard Grieg. For more info, see: ...

• Nordic Reach
• Vol. 20 Num. 20, Février 2007
• News

• Bewitched Switzerland: prior to scientific rationalism, witchcraft was supposed to cause diseases, famines, death of cattle, natural catastrophes and all other calamities. The Swiss Alps have had their fair share of a witch-hunt that lasted three centuries.

... January was instituted in 1983 in commemoration of the unfortunate Witch of Hegdorn. Modern people...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2004, Mai 2004

• Lakeside tales.

...August 1: Swiss National Day -- commemoration and fireworks . August 4-9: International Choir Fe...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2003, Juin 2003

• A legend comes to life.

...Centerpiece of the commemoration is an exhibition at Geneva's Musee d'art et d'hist...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2002, Juin 2002

• Message concernant la continuation de mesures de promotion civile de la paix et de renforcement des droits de l'homme

... * commémoration. * matériel éducatif . droit à la réparation...

• Feuille Fédérale num. 28, 10 juillet 2007
• Seccion Unica

• Terrorism in Europe: Europe's biggest massacre committed by Islamic terrorists decided an election campaign in favour of Spain's Socialists and triggered a far-reaching political realignment on an international level. It also jolted the EU into adopting tighter security measures.

... Shiites during this year's Ashura commemoration in Iraq as a sign of weakness, revealing, "unable ...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2004, Mai 2004

• Checking out Neuchatel.

...Aug. 1: Swiss National Day--commemoration and fireworks . Aug. 10-14: Buskers Festival--stre...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2004, Mai 2004