Cluster: Swiss Identity

Zurich/Graubünden launches 2010 Olympics bid

This content was published on Nov 3, 2000 The organisers of the Zurich/Graubünden bid used deadline day to formally launch their candidacy with simultaneous news conferences in Zurich and Chur. Zurich/Graubünden is competing against a joint bid from Berne/Montreux which presented its arguments to the media on Monday. It’s been more than fifty years since Switzerland last hosted the Olympic Games in St…

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Lugano hammered in Euroleague basketball

This content was published on Nov 3, 2000 Thursday evening’s defeat put Lugano in fifth position in the league’s Group A. There are four groups of six teams each. The four best teams qualify for play-offs. Lugano’s track record in the Euroleague has been mixed so far. They lost against Peristeri of Greece 85-68, last week. But, the Ticino squad won against Zadar…

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Record-setting adventurer back in Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 2, 2000 Dozens of well-wishers from his home region of the Pays-d’Enhaut rang traditional Swiss cow bells on Thursday to greet the South African-born adventurer at Geneva airport. “I can’t believe I’m back on home soil,” Horn told swissinfo as he passed through customs. He said if he was asked to make the trek again, he would…

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Nicotine vaccine ready for clinical tests

This content was published on Nov 2, 2000 If the tests are successful, the vaccine could become the cheapest and most effective way to tackle nicotine addiction. One of the doctors behind the vaccine, Thomas Cerny, told swissinfo it was “a potentially important answer to a global problem”. Cerny, an oncologist at St Gallen’s cantonal hospital, developed the treatment with his brother Erich,…

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Lazarenko millions returned to Ukraine

This content was published on Nov 2, 2000 The money transferred to Ukraine is the SFr10.5 million ($5.9 million) held by Lazarenko in Swiss bank accounts, which was seized by prosecutors after his conviction. He admitted through his lawyer to having laundered SFr9 million ($5 million) through Switzerland. Lazarenko, who was Ukrainian prime minister from June 1996 to June 1997, is believed to…

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Dreifuss comes out in favour of national languages

This content was published on Nov 2, 2000 Her statement came as cantonal education directors gathered to discuss the controversial issue of introducing English at an earlier stage in the school curriculum. In an interview with the Lucerne-based “Neue Luzerner Zeitung”, Dreifuss said English could not “be like a steamroller running all over the world and destroying the wealth of languages.” Dreifuss said…

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Education leaders discuss the future of language teaching

This content was published on Nov 2, 2000 Many cantons, especially in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, believe Swiss children should learn one of the Swiss national languages, such as French, as a first foreign language. But Zurich education officials are adamant that English is the language both parents and children want to learn first. Regine Fretz, in charge of curriculum matters at…

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Cancer conference draws link between psyche and illness

This content was published on Nov 2, 2000 The conference, taking place in Berne on Thursday, will unveil eight “psycho-social intervention models” to help cancer sufferers deal with their disease. Jürg Bernhard, a psycho-oncologist and head of the Swiss Quality of Life Office, told swissinfo that roughly one fourth to one third of all cancer patients suffer from some form of psychiatric disease…

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Historic Roman mosaic on public display for the first time

This content was published on Nov 2, 2000 First traces of the mosaic, called the “Venatio”, were discovered during construction work in 1985 near the town of Avenches, which was the capital of Helvetia when it was a Roman province. Archaeologists soon found it was not only an art treasure, but was also much bigger – 97 square metres – than had been…

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Kafelnikov ends Federer’s campaign

This content was published on Nov 2, 2000 Roger Federer had already been in trouble in his first round match against Jan-Michael Gambill. Fortunately for the Basel player, the American abandoned due to back problems. Federer could not repeat his Swiss Indoors exploits. The Swiss player admitted: “My timing was out here in Stuttgart. My service wasn’t very good either.” This lack of…

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