Switzerland on Saturday won the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Swedish host city Malmo, beating runner-up Croatia, after having been among bookmakers’ top-three to win the competition. Billed as a feel-good celebration of European diversity, this year’s contest has been thrust into the political spotlight with calls for Israel to be excluded over its...
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Switzerland wins Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with Nemo’s ‘The Code’
MALMO, Sweden — Switzerland won the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 on Saturday in the Swedish host city Malmo, beating runner-up Croatia. Billed as a feel-good celebration of European diversity, this year’s contest was thrust into the political spotlight with calls for Israel to be excluded because of its military campaign in Gaza, triggered by Hamas’...
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Switzerland wins Eurovision Song Contest amid Gaza protests
Entertainment Switzerland wins Eurovision Song Contest amid Gaza protests Event held in Malmo, Sweden Croatia comes 2nd, Israel in 5th place Dutch participant disqualified from final Updated On: Sun, 12 May 2024 08:38:53 PKT MALMO (Reuters) –...
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Switzerland wins Eurovision, as Israel-Gaza war casts shadow over contest
Switzerland on Saturday won the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Swedish host city Malmo, beating runner-up Croatia, after having been among bookmakers’ top-three to win the competition. Billed as a feel-good celebration of European diversity, this year’s contest has been thrust into the political spotlight with calls for Israel to be excluded over its military...
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Swiss singer Nemo wins controversy-plagued Eurovision Song Contest
Swiss singer Nemo won the 68th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night with “The Code,” an operatic ode to the singer’s journey toward embracing their nongender identity. Nemo beat Croatia’s Baby Lasagna to the title by winning the most points from a combination of national juries and viewers around the world. “Thank you so much,”...
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Switzerland leads race for Eurovision Song Contest trophy | Entertainment
Switzerland was leading in the grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday after a partial vote count, ahead of France and Ireland in what remains a wide-open race as protests continued in host city Malmo over the war in Gaza. The winner of the competition is decided by votes from television audiences...
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Switzerland wins Eurovision Song Contest amid Gaza protests
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen Switzerland wins Eurovision Song Contest amid Gaza protests MALMO, Sweden -Switzerland on Saturday won the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Swedish host city Malmo, beating runner-up Croatia, after having been among bookmakers’ top-three to win the competition. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT...
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Switzerland wins Eurovision Song Contest 2024
By Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen HT Image MALMO, Sweden -Switzerland on Saturday won the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 in Swedish host city Malmo, beating runner-up Croatia, after having been among bookmakers’ top-three to win the competition. Unlock exclusive access to the latest news on India’s general elections, only on the HT App. Download Now! Download Now! Billed...
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Switzerland’s Nemo balances on metal disc during Eurovision performance
Switzerland’s Nemo Mettler, in a pink skirt and fluffy jumper, balanced on a tipping metal disc as they sang their entry The Code in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest. The disc also spun around as Nemo balanced on the edge while singing and rapping to the high tempo, operatic dance track at...
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A hiker discovered a wealthy traveler’s remains on a skiing glacier in Switzerland. They turned out to be 400 years old.
The Theodul Glacier was expanding when a mysterious man in thin leather shoes trekked across its surface about 400 years ago. This field of ice high in the Alps, below the iconic and imposing Matterhorn, formed a treacherous pass between what is now Switzerland and Italy. It was the middle of the Little Ice Age,...
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Swiss Army Knife set to release a new pocket tool — without a knife — citing ‘violence in the world’
The manufacturer of the iconic Swiss Army Knife said that’s releasing a new multi-tool that comes without a knife. The pocket tool-maker Victorinox’s CEO Carl Elsener said in an interview with Swiss media outlet Blick that the company is “concerned about the increasing regulation of knives due to violence in the world.” “We’re actually working...
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UBS CEO says job cuts in Switzerland to start in late 2024 – ETHRWorld
Last August UBS said it would axe 3,000 jobs in Switzerland ZURICH: UBS’s CEO on Tuesday said the majority of job cuts in its home market, Switzerland, will start from around the end of the year and continue into 2025 and 2026. In a call with journalists, Sergio Ermotti said the cuts are not something...