Radio Télévision Suisse (RTS) is a Swiss public broadcasting organisation, part of SRG SSR. RTS handles production and broadcasting of radio and television programming in French for Switzerland. It was created on 1 January 2010 by a merger of Radio Suisse Romande and Télévision Suisse Romande.

Radio Suisse Romande (RSR) is the area of RTS in charge of production and broadcasting of radio programming in French for Switzerland.

Television Suisse Romande (TSR) is the area of RTS in charge of production and distribution of television programming in French for Switzerland.

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Faik Al-Aboudi is a French painter of Iraqi descent.

Born in Baghdad, Faik now lives in Lausanne since 1999. From 1990 he participated in numerous group exhibitions in Iraq, but his first personal exhibition at The Gallery Enae in Baghdad, arrived in 1996.

Since the start of his career Faik demonstrated interest in the history of Iraq, the land of Mesopotamian origin. His paintings reveal cuneiform symbols on the oldest written language. His paintings are in numerous private collections in several states of the world.

Le site officiel de l'artiste Faik Al Aboudi

Faik Al-Aboudi

7, rue du Crêt 1006 Lausanne Mobile: 00 41 78 648 55 01 www.faikart.ch

Faik Al-Aboudi, born in Baghdad, Diploma, Fine Arts Institute, Baghdad -and has been living in Lausanne since 1999. He participated in several collective exhibitions at the Baghdad Fine Arts Center from 1990 to 1997, and his first personal exhibition was at the “Al Enae” Gallery in Baghdad in 1996. He presented his works in the United Arab Emirates in 1998, and in Switzerland and France as from 1999. Faik Al-Aboudi is a member of various fine arts academies.

The Suisse romande (lit.:"Romance Switzerland") is a local name for the French-speaking districts of western Switzerland. The name Romandie (Romandy) is also used. (Note that in French the word "romande" is an adjective and is not capitalised.) The term "Suisse romand" is used to refer to Swiss French, the variety of French spoken in Switzerland. There are about 1.6 million French-speakers in Switzerland, about 20% of the total population.

The word "romand/romande" indicates the Latin or Roman origin of the French language and the general orientation of the region to the French-speaking cultural sphere and to Roman Law. It is used in contrast to "Suisse alémanique" (German Switzerland) and "Suisse italienne" (Italian Switzerland).

The Suisse romande is not a precisely defined area, but in general includes the Cantons of Fribourg, Geneva, Jura, Neuchâtel, western Valais, Vaud and the northern part of Berne (known as the Jura Bienne or the Bernese Jura). The city of Geneva constitutes the largest urban area of the region.