Cluster: Swiss Identity

Normal Swiss flight operations slowly resume

This content was published on Dec 2, 2010 More than 200 passengers had been stranded because of the weather conditions. An airport spokesman said that 60,000 cubic metres of snow or 2,000 truck loads had to be cleared. Bertrand Stämpfli said that “traffic was returning slowly to normal” after snow-clearing teams had worked “hundreds of hours ”. Many of the passengers spent a…

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Swiss ski coaches injured in Sweden

This content was published on Dec 1, 2010 A Swiss team representative said Steve Locher and Curdin Fasser were seriously injured when their minibus crashed into a truck on Wednesday morning. Two other coaches, Reto Nydegger and Werner Zurbuchen, received lighter injuries. Suffering a fractured pelvis and cervical fracture, Locher – who won a bronze medal in the 1992 Olympics in Albertville –…

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Beckham in Zurich

This content was published on Dec 1, 2010 On Tuesday Prince William, British Prime Minister David Cameron and David Beckham arrived in Zurich to help England’s 2018 World Cup bid. They hope to limit the potential damage caused by a BBC television investigation that accused three Fifa voters of corruption. On this occasion David Beckham made a surprise visit to a gym class…

New HIV programme unveiled on World Aids Day

This content was published on Dec 1, 2010 For the first time, other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are being included in addition to HIV. The main aim is to reduce the number of new cases of HIV and other STIs and to avoid the adverse health consequences that follow on from these infections. The Health Office said in a statement that STIs were…

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Putin not coming to Zurich for World Cup vote

This content was published on Dec 1, 2010 Putin says he wants to avoid exerting any pressure on Fifa officials ahead of the vote. Analysts say Putin, who had been slated to speak on behalf of the bid, could be distancing himself from the Russian campaign because he does not want to be linked to a loser. Putin made a high-profile trip to…

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Joseph Haydn: Die Schöpfung – The Creation. Kammer-Solisten Zug

This content was published on Dec 1, 2010 Vollendet ist das grosse Werk Kammer-Solisten Zug

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Pressure builds ahead of Fifa World Cup vote

This content was published on Nov 30, 2010 Three highly ranked Fifa officials, who will cast votes, were accused by a BBC Panorama programme aired on Monday of taking bribes in the past. Two other officials have already been suspended and will take no part in the vote. The allegations have spilled over into another sporting organisation housed on Swiss soil – the…

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Cancellara joins Schleck brothers in Luxembourg

This content was published on Nov 30, 2010 The 29-year-old two-time Olympic gold medallist, who achieved a rare Tour of Flanders Paris-Roubaix classic double this year, is joining from Bjarne Riis’s Saxo Bank team. Tour de France runner-up Andy Schleck and his brother Frank also left Saxo Bank at the end of the season to launch their own team – which has no…

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Prince William lobbies in Zurich

This content was published on Nov 30, 2010 On Tuesday Prince William, British Prime Minister David Cameron and David Beckham arrived in Zurich to help England’s 2018 bid. They hope to limit the potential damage caused by a BBC television investigation that accused three Fifa voters of corruption. World football’s governing body, which has its headquarters in Zurich, said it had no intention…

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Women’s protection campaign tackles date rape

This content was published on Nov 30, 2010 Various substances, often described as knock-out drugs or liquid ecstasy, can be mixed with a beverage or food to make a person lose control and even consciousness. “I don’t think people are that well informed about liquid ecstasy, which is why we’re doing this campaign,” said Cornelia Englmann, a gynaecologist at Bern University’s gynaecology clinic…

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