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Events that shaped a century: the post-war era

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Dawn of a new millennium – What millennium?

This content was published on Dec 31, 1999 For people intending to celebrate the arrival of Y2K, or Year 2000, on December 31st: Lay in those supplies of champagne and order the caviar. For those who are looking forward to see in the beginning of the next 1000 years: Put away those Millennium Magnums – it is not happening. This is not the…

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Billions of dollars in storm damage

This content was published on Dec 30, 1999 Switzerland’s largest re-insurer, Swiss Re, has estimated the damage from the storm that hit Europe earlier this week at several billion dollars. Swiss Re said the intensity of the gale-force winds and level of destruction made it worthy of the title, Storm of the Century. Swiss Re said the latest storm combined with natural disasters…

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Duttweiler: The man who revolutionised the Swiss retail industry

This content was published on Dec 30, 1999 Switzerland has produced some amazing personalities over the past 100 years, their achievements ranging from business to ballooning, from science to the ski-slopes. One of those eminent persons was Gottlieb Duttweiler. It was the late actor Orson Welles who, in the film “The Third Man,” said the Swiss had had 500 years of peace and…

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Bertrand Piccard: A Swiss who reached for the skies

This content was published on Dec 29, 1999 Switzerland has produced some amazing personalities over the past 100 years, their achievements ranging from business to ballooning, from science to the ski-slopes. One of those eminent persons was Bertrand Piccard. It was the late actor Orson Welles who, in the film “The Third Man,” said the Swiss had had 500 years of peace and…

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Storm causes unprecedented damage to Swiss forests

This content was published on Dec 29, 1999 The Federal Environment Agency says the weekend storm, Lothar, caused the worst damage done to Swiss forests since records began being kept in the last century. The agency said trees amounting to more than 8 million cubic metres were knocked down in the gale-force winds. It said the storm did in one day what woodcutters…

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Second wave of fierce gales batters Switzerland

This content was published on Dec 28, 1999 Another wave of fierce gales hit western Switzerland and the country’s low-lying midland region on Tuesday, tearing off roofs, knocking out electricity and disrupting traffic. The weather system, carrying top wind speeds of 100 kmh (62 mph), swept across the Lake Geneva region and then moved towards the capital Berne. The winds again tore down…

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Le Corbusier: A Swiss who redesigned modern architecture

This content was published on Dec 28, 1999 Switzerland has produced some amazing personalities over the past 100 years, their achievements ranging from business to ballooning, from science to the ski-slopes. One of those eminent persons was Le Corbusier. It was the late actor Orson Welles who, in the film “The Third Man,” said the Swiss had had 500 years of peace and…

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Switzerland tackles clean-up after deadly weekend storm

This content was published on Dec 27, 1999 Switzerland was on Monday tackling major clean-up operations after the worst storm in decades killed 12 people and wreaked havoc with road, rail and air traffic. Tens of thousands of people were still without power Monday morning, even though police, firefighters and volunteers worked round the clock to repair damage caused by hurricane-force winds of…

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Events that shaped a century: the post-war era

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Dawn of a new millennium – What millennium?

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Billions of dollars in storm damage

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Duttweiler: The man who revolutionised the Swiss retail industry

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Bertrand Piccard: A Swiss who reached for the skies

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Storm causes unprecedented damage to Swiss forests

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Second wave of fierce gales batters Switzerland

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Le Corbusier: A Swiss who redesigned modern architecture

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Switzerland tackles clean-up after deadly weekend storm

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