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Editor's events agenda, from 17 March 2007

March 17, 2007 - 07:10 Lake Geneva region :: posted by Ellen Wallace

Chocolate festival in Versoix, 17 March, 10:00-17:00, place de la Gare. Free entry. Tasting and making, and Favarger opens its factory doors to the public.
216 igloos (Fr) are open to the public Sunday 17 March above Crans-Montana. Boy Scouts are building the igloos and sleeping in them the weekend of 17-18 March as part of the centenary celebrations of the Scouts. Each igloo represents a country and the scouts who build them are sending messages of peace to "their" country.
South Africa is in the cultural limelight: Fribourg Film Festival, 21 March and as a highlight of the Cully Jazz Festival, 27 March. Details for both, in English: Cully festival. See swissinfo, the film festival.
"Future of business: Focus on China," 20 March 18:00-20:30, Geneva Women in International Trade (GWIT) panel discussion. Ramada Hotel near the airport, Geneva. SFr25; GWIT members SFr15.
Edvard Munch, important retrospective exhibit, 120 paintings, 20 sketches. 18 March-15 July 2007, Fondation Bayeler, Reihen/Basel. Daily 10:00-18:00, Tuesdays to 20:00. Review in French, Le Temps
International exhibit of inventions, 18-22 April. 2007 Guest of honour: Cern. Geneva; details here later.
Check the Tribune de Geneve's English list of events for details of the hot air balloon event in Geneva this week and other popular attractions.