Cluster: Swiss Identity

Wakeboard steps out of the shadows

This content was published on Aug 17, 2000 The Swiss have been among the pioneers of this sport in Europe, and many of the world’s best wakeboarders will be in action on a small lake just over the border in France at Divonne-les-Bains. The organisers said the site was chosen for its still waters, which it says guarantee a high-quality competition. Among the…

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Latest “Titeuf” album on sale

This content was published on Aug 17, 2000 Titeuf, whose insatiable curiosity constantly lands him in all manner of scrapes, has becoming something of a cult in French-speaking Switzerland and abroad. Since the Geneva animator, Zep, first created the character in 1993 the books have been a runaway sensation in France and Switzerland and have sold well in Germany, Italy, Denmark, Greece, Poland,…

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Russian mafia probed in canton Fribourg

This content was published on Aug 17, 2000 Cantonal authorities on Thursday confirmed the information revealed by the French-language daily, Le Temps. Few other details have emerged from official sources about the extent of Mafia penetration or the names of those involved. The examining magistrate, Jacques Rayroud, said the investigation, which opened in 1997, had been suspended two years ago because of lack…

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Fribourg museum celebrates local talent

This content was published on Aug 17, 2000 Claraz was born in Fribourg in 1909 and died there in 1997, and spent his prolific working life primarily in the French-speaking part of the country. Most of his early work was devoted to painting, but after 1943 Claraz concentrated exclusively on sculpture. The museum has brought together sculptures, paintings, drawings and countless three-dimensional drafts…

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Quirici best Swiss golfer

This content was published on Aug 17, 2000 Even before the start of the autumn competitions, the 32 year-old from canton Ticino has three times more points than his closest rival in the Order of Merit Credit Suisse Private Banking, the official ranking of the Swiss Professional Golfers’ Association. Quirici has 132,808 points, making it impossible for his main challenger, second placed Francisco…

State-of-the-art organ makes debut at Lucerne festival

This content was published on Aug 17, 2000 The organ made its debut with “Festliches Präludium”, a rarely performed work by Richard Strauss, which was first played at the inauguration of the Vienna Concert House in 1913. The organ has over 60 registers, and is based on the so-called French-Romantic sound ideal. Played on a purely mechanical basis, this allows for optimum sound,…

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Switzerland pay the price for defensive lapses

This content was published on Aug 17, 2000 Swiss sports journalists were critical on Thursday of the first performance by Swizerland under their new Argentinian coach, Enzo Trossero. “A lacklustre start” commented the Zurich-based Tages-Anzeiger. Much needs to be done, it said, before the crucial match against Russia on September 2. The Swiss, said Le Temps, were flattered by the result. It said…

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Schnyder falls to Serena Williams in Montreal

This content was published on Aug 17, 2000 Schnyder didn’t stand a chance against Williams, winning only one game in the first set and two in the second. The victory brings the Williams’ sisters – Serena and Venus – a little closer to their declared aim of winning the top two spots in the world rankings. “That’s our ultimate goal,” said Serena Williams,…

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Out and About in Switzerland: Anyone for Hornussen?

This content was published on Aug 17, 2000 Hornussen is a sport like no other and played only in Switzerland. The “Xenophobe’s guide to the Swiss” calls it “a version of golf played with bendy clubs by men without the slightest sense of golf-course dress”. Lonely Planet says quite simply that it is a “bat and ball game played with strange curved bats”.…

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Swiss Olympic selection fails to match Atlanta numbers

This content was published on Aug 16, 2000 A total of 105 athletes have been confirmed by the Swiss Olympic Association, including 66 men and 39 women, although that number could rise to 106. The Association has left the possibility open of including one more athlete, the marathon runner, Franziska Rochat-Moser, provided she finishes a half-marathon on September 3 within a time of…

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