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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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Swiss takes duathlon world championship title

This content was published on Oct 8, 2000 Spirig who is from Winkel in canton Zürich came first in the duathlon championships in Calais. The competition consisted of a 10 kilometre run, 40 kilometres by bike and a five kilometre run to finish. Britain’s Lesley Paterson came second, while the Swede, Jessica Mayon came third. Spirig’s latest title will be added to an…

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Prestigious Swiss literary prize goes to Italian-speaker

This content was published on Oct 8, 2000 It is the first time in the history of the Schiller Prize that a member of Switzerland’s Italian-speaking community has received the award. Mascioni was given the prize for lifetime achievement, although he remains almost unknown in German-speaking Switzerland. In an official statement by the jury at the weekend, Mascioni’s work was praised for its…

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