La ville de Moutier rejoindra le canton du Jura le 31 décembre à minuit. Un gros changement pour les habitants de la cité prévôtoise, mais aussi pour les citoyens jurassiens.

The British-Egyptian dissident Alaa Abd el-Fattah has arrived in London after the Egyptian government lifted a travel ban that it had imposed on him despite releasing him from jail in September. Abd el-Fattah had been held in jail nearly continuously for 10 years, mainly due to expressing his opposition to the treatment of dissidents by the Egyptian government. A previous attempt by Abd el-Fattah to leave Cairo for London in November after his release from jail, was blocked by the security forces a month ago. View image in fullscreen Alaa Abd el-Fattah pictured in September in Cairo after he was given a presidential pardon. Abd el-Fattah, from a family of human rights activists, became a leading voice during the Arab spring.

Record numbers of Swedish retirees are enrolling in a university run “by pensioners for pensioners” amid increased loneliness and a growing appetite for learning and in-person interactions. She added: “It’s totally fascinating that there are so many who want to learn more and learn more about the world. Susanne Abelin, 66, a former journalist from Norrtälje, near Stockholm, volunteers on the university’s newsletter and is learning Italian. “I’m absolutely not fluent in Italian and will never be, but it is inspiring and it keeps your mind alert. Pensioners is a word I hate.”By volunteering, he said, “we are contributing to some kind of democracy project.

Dans une démocratie, c'est la politique qui détermine les moyens de l'armée, explique dans un entretien diffusé samedi par la Neue Zürcher Zeitung le chef de l'armée suisse, qui quitte ses fonctions à la fin de l'année. Cette situation, il dit l'accepter. Mais comme responsable de la troupe, il trouve difficile d'accepter le fait qu'en cas d'urgence, seul un tiers des soldats serait entièrement équipé.

Cette version prévoit un gel de la ligne de front sans offrir de solution immédiate concernant les revendications territoriales de la Russie, qui occupe plus de 19% de l'Ukraine. "Nous avons un programme chargé, cela se passera pendant le week-end, je pense dimanche, en Floride, où nous aurons une réunion avec le président Trump", a déclaré vendredi le chef de l'Etat ukrainien.

Pay Plages de vieJ’adore faire des listes. J’en rédige bien sûr pour les commissions et parfois je les oublie sur la table de la cuisine. Mais ces pense-bêtes me rassurent. J’énumère aussi sur des post-it mes tâches professionnelles à accomplir, comptabilisant les arti...

Hockey sur glaceLe Team Canada a réussi son entrée en lice à la Coupe Spengler à Davos. Dans le groupe Cattini, il a battu les US Collegiate Selects 3-2 dans un affrontement entre Nord-Américains.

Pay Sports de combatBlessé à une main, Leonid Berisha a aisément remporté son deuxième combat pro vendredi à Berne. Le poids lourd-léger broyard a pris le meilleur sur son adversaire grec Charilaos Malichoudis

Ville de FribourgUn chemin enchanté en Vieille-Ville en attendant l’EpiphanieLe magicien Hubert Audriaz attend petits et grands dans le quartier de l’Auge, à Fribourg.

Mara Kapsopoulos, violoniste et boxeuse. «Les femmes qui boxent ont souvent l’impression qu’elles doivent mériter leur place»Musicienne accomplie, la Fribourgeoise est tombée amoureuse de la boxe. Une passion qu’elle enseigne à ceux – et surtout celles – qui n’auraient jamais imaginé monter sur un ring.

Scientists are developing a simple blood test to predict who is most at risk from the world’s most common inherited heart condition. But others can suffer complications, such as heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms, which can lead to a cardiac arrest. The blood test could identify those patients most in danger of complications, enabling them to be monitored more closely or receive life-saving treatment. A blood test measuring NT-Pro-BNP could transform the care of millions of people with the world’s most common inherited heart condition. This study shows that measuring various proteins circulating in the blood could help predict how the heart is functioning and future risk of complications from heart disease.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is to travel to the US for a planned meeting with Donald Trump on Sunday, as Washington continues to push for a possible peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow. Zelenskyy later told journalists the high-stakes meeting with Trump was planned for Sunday and would focus on some of the most sensitive parts of the peace talks, including Ukrainian security guarantees and reconstruction. “This meeting is specifically intended to refine things as much as we possibly can,” Zelenskyy said. “Russia constantly looks for reasons not to agree” to the peace proposals, Zelenskyy told reporters. In an interview with Politico on Friday, Trump said he anticipated a “good” meeting with the Ukrainian leader, though he offered no endorsement of Zelenskyy’s plan.

As this week has been too busy, these will be short reviews, with some remaining films not to miss…L’INCONNU DE LA GRANDE ARCHE *** (vo French)If you’re interested in architecture, this film based on the construction of the Cube or La Grande Arche in the La Defénse district of Paris will fascinate you. THE HOUSEMAID (La femme de ménage) *This piece of Hollywood schlock is the sort of film which makes you feel grimy after you’ve sat through it. Films worth seeing before they’re gone (all reviewed previously) :LA VOIX DE HIND RAJABL’ÉTRANGERFRANKENSTEINALL THAT’S LEFT OF YOUUN SIMPLE ACCIDENTREBUILDINGBUGONIARELAYDOSSIER 137(You can find all film schedules on cineman.ch – Geneve.) Superb **** Very Good *** Good ** Mediocre * Miserable – no starsBy NeptuneNeptune Ravar Ingwersen reviews film extensively for publications in Switzerland. She views 4 to 8 films a week and her aim is to sort the wheat from the chaff for readers.

Next spring, we will finally get a museum to celebrate the results: the Museum of Failure is coming to the UK. “The Brits totally get it.”The Museum of Failure, a travelling exhibition, is dedicated entirely to missteps, flops and aborted ambitions. UK-born exhibits include the Titanic, the Sinclair C5, the NHS’s national IT programme, Dyson’s Zone, Amstrad and The Body Shop. View image in fullscreen Brexit is among the UK-born exhibits in the Museum of Failure. “In the US, failure is framed in the narrative of success, and so visitors there found the museum funny,” said West.

20 Minutes, Switzerland’s free commuter newspaper, appeared in print for the last time on Tuesday, ending a 26-year run, reported the newspaper. The closure also consigns to history the blue distribution boxes that once stood at railway stations and tram stops across the country. Pietro Supino, the boss of TX media @ 20 MinutesThe paper marked the occasion with a special farewell edition, distributed in German-, French- and Italian-speaking Switzerland. Launched in December 1999, 20 Minutes helped to reshape Switzerland’s media landscape. Early on, 20 Minutes also built a strong online presence, which eases the transition.