Cluster: Swiss Identity

House of Representatives rejects tighter controls for banks

This content was published on Oct 4, 2000 The House followed the finance minister, Kaspar Villiger, who said current regulations were sufficient to uncover illegal assets and discourage dubious customers from placing their money in Swiss banks. In a speech to the House on Wednesday, Villiger rejected allegations that the government was purposely ignoring loopholes in the legislation. He said Switzerland had some…

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WHO chief puts poverty diseases at top of priority list

This content was published on Oct 4, 2000 At the centre of the WHO’s concerns are HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, which account for more than five million deaths annually. The three day meeting, which ends on Friday, is aimed at fostering a worldwide movement to increase awareness of poverty and disease. Brundtland hopes to reduce mortality rates in third-world countries by half within…

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Unknown author wins top Swiss literary prize

This content was published on Oct 4, 2000 The fact that Mascioni is unknown to most Swiss has led to speculation that he was awarded the prize for political reasons. Sceptics say the decision was based more on the desire to recognise a non German-speaking author than on his ability. Mascioni is member of the smallest linguistic community in the country, the Italian-speaking…

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Accounts linked to Milosevic hold over SFr100 million

This content was published on Oct 4, 2000 According to Ottmar Wyss, head of Switzerland’s state secretariat for economic affairs, around half of the blocked accounts are held by individuals and the rest by companies. He said some 30 people close to Milosevic had their bank accounts frozen, adding that it was “very possible” that the president’s wife, Mirjana Markovic, had accounts in…

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Non-Jews bring new Holocaust suit against Swiss National Bank

This content was published on Oct 4, 2000 Tuesday’s suit filed in San Francisco concerns civilian victims of the Nazis from the former Soviet Union and Yugoslavia. The lawyers acting on behalf of the plaintiffs, Thomas Easton and Jonathan Levy, claim these people were unjustly excluded from the original Swiss Banks settlement worth $1.25 billion (SFr2 billion), agreed with Jewish groups. Levy told…

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Ambri take hockey top spot

This content was published on Oct 3, 2000 Upstarts Chur failed to continue their winning streak when they were defeated 2-1 by the Ticinese side, Ambri, who are now a point clear of the rest of the First Division teams. Chur was without a goalkeeper in the last minute of the match, allowing Ambri to score both its goals. Zug, meanwhile, obliterated La-Chaux-de-Fonds…

Injured Pascolo dropped from national squad

This content was published on Oct 3, 2000 Enzo Trossero said on Tuesday he would be replacing Pascolo with Jörg Stiel. Pascolo, who plays for FC Zürich, left the squad’s training camp at Goldach soon after Trossero announced the decision. FC St Gallen’s Stiel arrived to take his place late on Tuesday. Despite the void left by Pascolo, Saturday’s match will still see…

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Armed Swiss police observers join UN mission in Kosovo

This content was published on Oct 3, 2000 The observers, consisting of nine men and one woman, are the first Swiss police observers to be sent to Kosovo. They left for the province on Tuesday. Previously, Swiss observers were prevented from joining police forces of the UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) because the carrying of weapons is a condition of service in UN…

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Grünenfelder’s season over before it begins

This content was published on Oct 3, 2000 The downhill and super G specialist suffered a horrific fall in August while training with the Swiss squad in Argentina, smashing his knee, injuring a finger and gashing his right eyebrow. An immediate operation was unable to solve the problem with his knee, and on Monday the 26-year-old underwent a second operation to remove damaged…

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Schnyder and Vavrinec make winning starts

This content was published on Oct 3, 2000 The straight sets win (6-3, 6-4) was Schnyder’s first victory over the Romanian in three attempts. Currently ranked 20th in the world, Schnyder finally lived up to her better standing against Dragomir, who is ranked more than 20 places lower than the Swiss number two. Schnyder will now face the fifth-seeded South African player Amanda…

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