Cluster: Swiss Identity

Three uncapped players for vital England game

This content was published on May 27, 2011 One stalwart, Hakan Yakin of FC Lucerne, has been dropped from the team announced on Friday. The uncapped trio are all forwards: Granit Xhaka of FC Basel, a member of the Swiss Under-17 squad which won the World Cup in 2009, Admir Mehmedi of FC Zurich, and Innocent Emeghara who plays for Grasshoppers. Hitzfeld said…

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Football bribery scandal reaches the top

This content was published on May 27, 2011 The current president, Sepp Blatter, who is standing for a fourth term, has been ordered to submit a statement to Fifa’s ethics committee by Saturday in connection with allegations of bribery surrounding his rival in the election, Mohamed bin Hammam of Qatar. He is due to meet the committee on Sunday. Fifa executive committee member…

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Swiss press cynical about Mladic arrest

This content was published on May 27, 2011 Serbian President Boris Tadic announced that Europe’s most wanted war crimes fugitive had been arrested on Thursday and was headed to the International Criminal Tribunal at The Hague. Several newspapers said Serbia and Tadic himself had much to gain by the move. Former Bosnian Serbian army commander Mladic had been on the run since 1995…

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Del Ponte hails ‘great day for international justice’

This content was published on May 26, 2011 Del Ponte, a Swiss lawyer who was prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia from 1999 to 2007, had previously accused Belgrade of lacking a “focused and coordinated plan” for Mladic’s arrest, calling its handling of the case “unprofessional”. In April she told a Serbian newspaper that Mladic was in Serbia “because…

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General Guisan’s jacket sold for SFr155,000

This content was published on May 26, 2011 The jacket is believed to have been worn by the general between 1939 and 1945. The Stuker auction house in Bern, which sold the jacket, had estimated it would sell for SFr7,000. Guisan is perhaps Switzerland’s most famous soldier. He is credited with having mobilised both the Swiss army and the country into preparing a…

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War crimes fugitive Ratko Mladic arrested

This content was published on May 26, 2011 Mladic has been on the run since 1995 when he was indicted for genocide by the United Nations war crimes tribunal in The Hague for the slaughter of some 8,000 Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. Mladic’s long evasion of arrest has blocked Serbia’s progress towards joining the European Union. “On behalf…

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Ländlerkapelle Vadret: Äs Bündner Plättli

This content was published on May 26, 2011 Herbstwätter (Schottisch) Ländlerkapelle Vadret

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Irène Schweizer: The very last tango

This content was published on May 26, 2011 Irène Schweizer: The very last tango The pianist performs with her group, les Diaboliques.

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Irène Schweizer: Angel

This content was published on May 26, 2011 Irène Schweizer: Angel The pianist plays with South African drummer Louis Moholo.

Basel retain Super League title

This content was published on May 26, 2011 By half time the title was already secure for the Basel side after two goals by Shaqiri – best scorer of the tournament – before the 44th minute. Delighting the home fans at St Jakob’s Park, Zoua headed a third goal in the 54th minute after a corner by Alex Frei. It’s the 14th time…

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