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Updates in 2025 to Global Geneva Insights articles
Culture: cinema
Peter Greenaway on the moment cinema died: “I'll give you a date": August 31st, 1983, when the remote control was introduced into the living rooms of the world (LINK) 4 May 2025.
Peter Greenaway: The Visionary Master of Provocative Cinema (LINK)
Swiss culture
Architects Damian and Leentje Walliser Garrels 1592 restoration project has its open day on 4 May 2025: the Belwalder-Gitsch-Hüs near Grengiols, Valais, celebrates 10 years since reopening as a two-apartment in the Swiss "Holidays in Monuments" programme. (LINK) in German — 1 May 2025.
— The architects designed or used furnishings appropriate for the original period and a heat pump that did not change the way the house looks. Architects' photos — (LINK)
Decoding Swiss Chalet Kitsch: Authentic Alpine Life (LINK)
Grand Bahama
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines acquire Xanadu Beach Resort: the 0.19km2(40-acre) Xanadu property is valued at approximately $348 million. (LINK) — 30 April 2025.
— Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) President Ian Rolle noted similar investment projects like Celebration Key, the MSC development and the Xanadu Resort acquisition deal. "Our desire is to connect Bahamians with the opportunities right in front of them, pay attention to what's going on, do their research, gain knowledge and participate in this growing tourism economy which I think is going to be the most significant growth that we've ever had in Freeport within the next five years."
Reviving the Bahamas island of perpetual hope (LINK)
Women
Afghan women's radio station to resume broadcasts after Taliban say they're lifting suspension. — 23 February 2025 (LINK)
— Radio Begum launched on International Women's Day in March 2021, five months before the Taliban seized power amid the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops. The station's content is produced entirely by Afghan women. Its sister satellite channel, Begum TV, operates from France and broadcasts programs that cover the Afghan school curriculum from seventh to 12th grade. The Taliban have banned education for women and girls in the country beyond grade six.
Lessons from Afghanistan: Open press and mothers the only way to end Putin's war (LINK)
Culture
Banksy "Crude Oil (Vettriano)" art for sale by Blink-182 bassist is going up for auction, with an estimate of up to $6.3m, with some of the proceeds helping victims of the Los Angeles wildfires. — 18 February 2025 (LINK)
Banksy's street art comes to a new Swiss centre (LINK)
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