Cluster: Swiss Identity

The great sausage test

This content was published on Jan 21, 2008 While Germany was happy to replace banned Brazilian skins with an alternative, the more exacting standards of the Swiss cervelat have defied all attempts to find a suitable skin replacement. The cervelat was facing extinction from the national menu following an import ban on Brazilian cow intestines used to wrap the iconic sausage. Switzerland was…

Asylum family almost freezes in mountains

This content was published on Jan 21, 2008 The family of asylum seekers, which included four children, had got lost near Monte Lema in the Italian-speaking southern canton of Ticino, while illegally trying to cross into Switzerland. According to the Ticino police, the family was saved by the fact they were carrying a walkie-talkie. Their appeals for help in English were picked up…

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Galliker takes silver in Italian bob event

This content was published on Jan 20, 2008 Galliker achieved the best result of his career on Sunday behind Janis Minins of Latvia and ahead of Germany’s André Lange. The Swiss was first down the 2006 Olympic track when the race started and the fast, colder ice offered a clear advantage, with Galliker just one hundredth of a second off the track record…

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The theatrical life of a nomad

This content was published on Jan 20, 2008 The Italian-speaker, a former winner of the public choice Swiss Award for theatre, has worked with the prestigious Cirque de Soleil and choreographed the closing ceremony of the Turin Winter Olympics in 2006. He is also the founder of the Lugano Sunil Theatre. swissinfo: Director, author, choreographer, clown – you are a very talented person.…

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Cuche crowns his career in Kitzbühel classic

This content was published on Jan 19, 2008 Bode Miller of the United States and Austria’s Mario Scheiber were joint second, 0.27 of a second behind. The 33-year-old Cuche raced down the 3,212-metre course in one minute, 52.75 seconds for his fourth World Cup downhill success. Cuche’s win comes six days after his second place in the other Alpine classic downhill – the…

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Federer suffers big scare at Australian Open

This content was published on Jan 19, 2008 Federer, who had breezed through earlier rounds, scrambled to defeat world number 49 Serb Janko Tipsarevic 6-7, 7-6, 5-7, 6-1 and 10-8. The thriller match lasted four hours and 27 minutes. The Swiss lost the first set, having served for it at 5-3, but hit back to level, only to lose the third after holding…

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Swiss rethink flood control measures

This content was published on Jan 18, 2008 Switzerland was not spared. In August 2007 torrential rain left low-lying areas and the northwest of the country under water. This followed heavy flooding in 2005 that cost the country an estimated SFr2.5 billion ($2.04 billion). The Centre for Research on Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) said on Friday that in 2007 there were some 399…

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100 years of Toblerone

This content was published on Jan 18, 2008 The world famous Toblerone chocolate bar celebrated its 100th birthday in 2008.

Another podium finish for Cuche

This content was published on Jan 18, 2008 Mario Büchel of Liechtenstein won the race ahead of Austria’s Hermann Maier. Another Austrian, Mario Schreiber, recorded the same time as Cuche. Cuche was the only member of the Swiss men’s alpine team to compete with the best. Didier Défago, Ambrosi Hoffmann and Marc Berthod all finished within the top 20. The race came ahead…

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Toni Vescoli: 66

This content was published on Jan 18, 2008

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