DJIBOUTI – State of strategic Strength

The rise of the global shipping trade is creating immense opportunities for cargo-handling ports on busy sea routes. Djibouti, in the Horn of Africa, is no exception. The country’s service economy is seeing increased growth this year following the government’s corporation agreement with Dubai Ports World, which is investing up to $600 million in a...

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Ernest Ansermet 1883-1969

If you listen to classical music on the radio, you will hear the name of Ansermet, the conductor, mentioned almost as many times as Stravinsky, the composer. The name of Ansermet is also inseparable from that of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. A modest, upright, uncompromising, and stubborn man, Ernest Ansermet hated celebrity. Nevertheless,...

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