Cluster: Swiss Identity

Ice hockey season gets underway with larger league

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 Chur and La Chaux-de-Fonds have joined the top flight but neither are being given a chance of winning the title. Indeed, they are expected to struggle for survival. The favourites are last season’s champions, Zurich’s ZSC Lions, and the team they beat in the play-off finals, Lugano. Two other teams, Zug and Berne, are seen…

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Wife of Saint Gallen killer expelled to Kosovo

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 A court in Saint Gallen had reduced an earlier two-year sentence, and freed Gecaj on the basis of time already served. She was released on Thursday, and re-arrested pending her deportation to her native Kosovo on Friday. Her husband, Ded Gecaj, has admitted having stabbed to death his daughter’s schoolteacher, Paul Spirig, in January 1999.…

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Swiss get tough draw in Davis Cup

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 Having successfully retained their position in the top league by beating Belarus, the Swiss could hardly have been given a tougher tie. The match will be played in Switzerland in February, but it is not clear exactly where it will be staged. Both the US and Switzerland have in recent years often played without their…

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Japanese and technology are the stars at Bâtie Festival

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 The Bâtie Festival clearly demonstrates the extent to which artists are now using cutting-edge technology in their work. “Artists are just reflecting what is going in society,” says festival director André Waldis. “It’s a very strong trend this year. In music, of course, but also in theatre and dance, they are using multimedia, computers and…

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Next generation of supermodels parade in Geneva

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 This is the 17th edition of the competition, which used to be called “Look of the Year”. Some 400,000 girl’s worldwide put their names forward this year in the hope that it would be a springboard to glamour, fame and untold riches. Of those, 62 made it to Geneva. These will be whittled down to…

Culture

Problems with illiteracy spelled out on special day

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 Switzerland long ago conquered the problem of so-called primary illiteracy by making school attendance mandatory in the 19th century. Since 1970, fewer than 10,000 people or 0.14 per cent of the population, say they have never attended school. Yet up to one fifth of the Swiss population is thought to be functionally illiterate. That means…

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Romero leads in Crans Montana – Quirici in good form

This content was published on Sep 7, 2000 Quirici shot a four-under-par 67 putting him level with Australia’s Brett Rumford. Only South Africa’s Hennie Otto (five under par), New Zealand’s Michael Campell (six under) and Romero (seven under) had better rounds than the Swiss number one. Quirici’s performance was all the more remarkable considering his recent run of bad luck at Crans Montana.…

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Swiss election observer upbeat about Kosovo elections

This content was published on Sep 7, 2000 Ruffy told a news conference in Berne on Thursday that the situation remained extremely volatile, largely because of alleged provocations by the authorities in Belgrade. He said Belgrade was fuelling tensions by insisting on organising separate elections for the federal Yugoslav government in the ethnically divided region in just over two weeks. “The situation defies…

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Italians take top spots on day 12 of Tour of Spain

This content was published on Sep 7, 2000 The powerfully built Petacchi, opened up a two-metre lead on his rivals and successfully held off the challenge from his compatriots Giovanni Lombardi and Stefano Casagranda. Rolf Huser clocked in the best Swiss finish. He came in 20th, while Alex Zülle, who previously led the tour, finished 111th. In the overall standings, Oscar Camenzind is…

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Financial Action Task Force to examine Switzerland again

This content was published on Sep 7, 2000 The Task Force, of which Switzerland is a member, is to examine in particular the role of Swiss banks in accepting funds from the family of the late Nigerian dictator, Sani Abacha. It is calling for stronger legal penalties to be taken against banks and those responsible for money laundering offences. The executive secretary of…

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