Cluster: Swiss Identity

Olympics: Game over for Laciga brothers

This content was published on Sep 24, 2000 The 15-11 loss marked the end of the road for two of Switzerland’s biggest medal hopes. The Lacigas were fourth in the world rankings coming into the Olympic tournament, and had comprehensively beaten the top-seeded Australians to make it into the last eight. After falling behind early on, the Lacigas levelled the match at 5-5,…

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Olympics: Sauser takes bronze as Frischknecht falters

This content was published on Sep 24, 2000 Sauser crossed the line behind France’s Miguel Martinez and Belgium’s Filip Meirhaeghe, after all three had overtaken an exhausted Frischknecht. Four years after winning the silver medal in Atlanta, the rider from canton Zurich appeared to be ready to go one better in Sydney. As he demonstrated his mastery of the course’s narrow dirtpaths and…

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Olympics: No golden goodbye for Giers

This content was published on Sep 24, 2000 The Swiss brothers were never able to impose themselves in a lightweight double sculls final dominated from the start by the Polish and Italian crews. Two and a half seconds behind the Poles at the halfway point, the Giers soon had only bronze on which to concentrate. But with France and Germany battling for third…

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Olympic round up: Federer powers into quarter-finals

This content was published on Sep 24, 2000 Federer, who was playing his first official match against the Swede, will now play Morocco’s Karim Alami in the quarter-finals. A win would put Federer within sight of the medals. In athletics, Switzerland’s Daria Nauer finished well down the field in the women’s marathon. In the last appearance of her international career, the 34-year-old mother…

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Football: Lugano retain top spot as Lausanne falter

This content was published on Sep 24, 2000 St Gallen went ahead with a 27th minute strike by Gane, but Lugano equalised with a penalty after 67 minutes netted by Bastida. The match was marred by a series of incidents. It was interrupted for five minutes at the start of the second half when a fire cracker was thrown on to the pitch.…

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Olympic round up: Bucher through to semis

This content was published on Sep 23, 2000 The fastest man this year over the 800 metres distance, Bucher barely had to break into a sweat to pass his first qualifying test. His time of 1’46″51 was the ninth fastest in the heats overall. Two of Bucher’s main rivals for the 800 metres gold medal, Juri Borsakovski and Wilson Kipketer, ran around a…

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Ticinogate legal adviser freed

This content was published on Sep 23, 2000 Zoppi was arraigned on suspicion of fraud, extortion, and false accusations, and was immediately suspended from his duties at the department of education. He was freed on Friday, after being interrogated at length by the State Prosecutor, Luca Marcellini. Zoppi reportedly collaborated with the authorities in their investigation into the way residence permits were granted…

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Surprises in store for visitors to new Dürrenmatt centre

This content was published on Sep 23, 2000 The first surprise is the building itself, on a hillside overlooking Lake Neuchatel and with views as far as the Swiss alps. Designed by architect Mario Botta, it incorporates the house where Dürrenmatt, who died in 1990, spent the last 40 years of his life. The new structure, rounded, with the grey stone exterior which…

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Olympics: Blatter adds to Swiss silverware

This content was published on Sep 23, 2000 On the third lap of the course Blatter was overtaken by the Spanish rider, Margarita Fullana. Then with around 14 kilometres to go the Swiss cyclist was pushed back into third place as the defending champion Paola Pezzo raced past. A collision between the two leaders gave Blatter a chance to get back in the…

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Lack of awareness hampers fight against private enterprise corruption

This content was published on Sep 23, 2000 Christof Müller, a lawyer and expert on economic crime, knows that defining the problem is difficult. “We know about and have tackled insider trading, money laundering and corruption between private entities and civil servants,” he says. “But almost nothing is known of private-to-private corruption.” The term describes illicit payments made by individuals or company officials…

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