Cluster: Swiss Identity

Robbery attempt on Crossair jet leaves six injured

This content was published on Oct 9, 2000 The robbery attempt turned into a gun battle between police and two robbers, armed with kalashnikovs. The men were trying to seize a shipment of banknotes, which were being loaded on to the plane, when police intervened. Six people, including the robbers, two civilians and two police officers, were injured. The gunmen were then arrested.…

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Swisscom Challenge: Gagliardi falls to Dokic

This content was published on Oct 9, 2000 Gagliardi was beaten in straight sets by Australian teenager Jelena Dokic who will now meet Switzerland’s most famous player, Martina Hingis, in the second round. The match will be the first encounter between the two players since the Australian’s shock win over Hingis in the first round of last year’s Wimbledon tournament. The majority of…

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On the hunt in Graubünden

This content was published on Oct 9, 2000 The festival is a major event in Graubunden, which has 5,500 licensed hunters, the highest number in Switzerland. It’s widely accepted in the canton that a “regulated” hunt plays an important role in nature and wildlife protection. The service at St Carl’s church in St Moritz will take a look at the hunt as a…

Hingis speeds to Swisscom Challenge in Zurich

This content was published on Oct 9, 2000 The tournament is one of the most important European indoor events on the WTA Tour, and Hingis will be striving to win her first tournament title on home-soil. On Sunday, Hingis left the Filderstadt tournament after winning her fourth Porsche in five years. The Swiss player raced through her week in Filderstadt without dropping a…

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Six injured in attack on Crossair plane

This content was published on Oct 9, 2000 Flight SR 3879 was scheduled to take off on a flight to Zurich. The passengers had not yet embarked when the shooting started. The masked gunmen, armed with kalashnikovs, watched as several kilogrammes of bank notes were taken on to the plane, before opening fire. In the ensuing gun battle with police, two attackers were…

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New book traces evolution of Swiss broadcasting

This content was published on Oct 9, 2000 “Radio and Television in Switzerland” describes how radio began, with small stations run by local committees cooperating to exploit the then new technology. They were dependent on transmitters used for commercial aviation, so had to be based near airports. Financing was a constant problem in those early days of sound broadcasting, and towards the end…

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Germany gives Swiss song contest hopefuls another chance

This content was published on Oct 9, 2000 Germany has said it will grant one artist, or a group, the chance to enter the preliminary round which is scheduled for March 2 next year. Under official rules, Switzerland has to take a year’s break from the competition as its last entrant, Jane Bogaert, only came 20th in this year’s contest. Two years ago,…

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Switzerland upbeat for Slovenia challenge

This content was published on Oct 8, 2000 After conceding a shock goal in the first four minutes of Saturday’s match, Switzerland recovered well to eventually beat their amateur opponents with ease. Defenders Marco Zwyssig and Sébastien Fournier began the Swiss fightback, before Kubilay Türkyilmaz scored a hat trick of penalties to kill off the tie. After noting that four of the Swiss…

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Italian prosecutor tells of Swiss involved in smuggling ring

This content was published on Oct 8, 2000 Giuseppe Scelsi revealed in an interview with the paper “Il Caffe delle Domenica” how some of the Swiss ordered to appear in an Italian criminal court had been directly involved in laundering money from illegal drugs and arms deals in the Yugoslav republic of Montenegro. On Friday Scelsi filed a request that 84 people, including…

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Hingis heads for home with Filderstadt title secure

This content was published on Oct 8, 2000 The tournament, which is sponsored by the German car manufacturers, has been a source of success for Switzerland’s world number one ever since she won her first ever WTA singles title there in 1996. On Sunday Hingis was again unstoppable, blasting Belgium’s Kim Clijsters off the court in less than an hour. After winning the…

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