Cluster: Swiss Identity

World first in flu vaccination

This content was published on Oct 3, 2000 Around 150,000 doses of the new drug will be released onto the market as the country prepares for winter, allowing thousands to avoid an unpleasant injection. The new vaccine, pioneered by the Swiss Serum and Immunisation Institute, Berna, promises to provide protection from the influenza virus for up to six months. Unlike most vaccines, this…

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Out & About in Switzerland: Gypsy Flamenco in Appenzell

This content was published on Oct 3, 2000 The world premiere of “Flamenco and Gypsy Violins” is yet another musical-dance experiment by one of the world’s best Flamenco dancers. Castaño believes art is an effective means of building bridges between the world’s varied peoples. “In some way, we’re all foreigners. We have something foreign in us, which can be frightening or fascinating,” she…

History

Icons draw followers to Savièse

This content was published on Oct 3, 2000 The wood may be cracked on many and the colours are fading, but these representations of biblical scenes have lost none of the artistic allure and historical value which has made them such sought-after items. Even before the exhibition began, one of them – “The Ascension of the Prophet Elijah on his Chariot of Fire”…

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Grand opening planned for Expo 02

This content was published on Oct 3, 2000 The opening ceremony will consist of 11 tableaux inspired by mythology, and will focus on such subjects as languages, sex equality and Europe. There will be live television coverage at the sites – Neuchatel, Yverdon, Murten, Biel and the Jura. The open-air ceremony is being choreographed by Expo-02’s artistic director, François Rochaix, whose distinguished background…

Demographics

WHO boss unveils plan to fight disease

This content was published on Oct 3, 2000 Gro Harlem Brundtland gave the opening speech at the Winterthur Health Forum on Tuesday evening, during which she outlined her vision to build a global movement to fight HIV/Aids, tuberculosis and malaria. Along with 200 advocacy experts from 70 countries, Brundtland is taking part in the three-day conference during which communications initiatives will be developed…

Demographics

Swiss players prepare to make NHL history

This content was published on Oct 3, 2000 David Aebischer, Reto von Arx and Michel Riesen are the three men competing to make ice hockey history. The only Swiss player to have stepped onto NHL ice before them was goalkeeper Pauli Jaks, who played for just two periods in a 1995 game between the LA Kings and Chicago. Riesen is expected to play…

Demographics

Bastl out in Hong Kong

This content was published on Oct 2, 2000 Kiefer, who had himself lost in the first round at the Sydney Olympic tournament after pulling a leg muscle, beat Bastl 6-2 6-4. The third-seeded German appeared to be back on form, but he admitted the match against the Swiss athlete hadn’t been straight forward. “It wasn’t as easy as you might think,” said Kiefer,…

Swiss freeze bank accounts linked to Milosevic

This content was published on Oct 2, 2000 Berne has ordered Swiss banks to inform the authorities about accounts belonging to Milosevic or his allies, but Swiss officials had not reported any finds until now. Villiger was responding in parliament to suggestions that foreign heads of state often use borrowed names to hoard large amounts of money in the country. The minister said…

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Government against banning far-right extremist parties

This content was published on Oct 2, 2000 The government said it would not ban far-right parties, but that legislation relating to acts of hooliganism by neo-Nazi skinheads was envisaged. “Security in Switzerland isn’t threatened to such an extent that extreme measures need to be taken urgently,” the minister said. A move to contain imports of extremist propaganda has thus also been shelved.…

History

Indonesians request asylum at Swiss embassy

This content was published on Oct 2, 2000 Swiss foreign ministry spokeswoman, Monika Schmutz, said on Monday that the youths, who have been camped out in the embassy grounds since last Wednesday, had all applied for asylum. Schmutz said one had lodged an application on Friday, and the other five had followed suit over the weekend. The five men and one woman said…

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