Cluster: Swiss Identity

Marco Solari to become new president of Locarno film festival

This content was published on Aug 30, 2000 The festival’s board is due to make its final decision on September 12. The festival’s directorate said on Tuesday that it thought Solari was the best-suited person to look after its interests and carry on the projects initiated by Buffi. The 56-year-old Solari oversaw Switzerland’s 700th anniversary celebrations in 1991 and is also a member…

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Four sentenced in second European Kings Club trial

This content was published on Aug 30, 2000 The sentences, of up to three months suspended, come after a trial earlier this month found seven other Kings Club members guilty of breaching Switzerland’s banking secrecy law. The court sentenced them to suspended jail sentences of between five and 14 months. In the latest trial, the accused were charged with helping con more than…

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Zülle retains Tour of Spain lead

This content was published on Aug 29, 2000 Freire, the current world champion, won the stage in a sprint finish, ahead of two Italians, Giovanni Lombardi and Endrio Leoni. The latest segment of the race took the riders 159 kilometres from Valdepenas to Albacete. Zülle, the leading rider of the Banesto team, had no trouble holding on to his leader’s yellow jersey two…

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Top crime-fighting officials resign over policy shortcomings

This content was published on Aug 29, 2000 The two officials in charge of evaluating suspicious banking activities, Daniel Thelesklaf and Mark Van Thiel, will step down in November, according to a spokesman. The reason for their resignations was not spelled out, but it is known that Thelesklaf and his deputy have been trying unsuccessfully to persuade the government to give their office…

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Police detain two people over Kosovo arms smuggling deal

This content was published on Aug 29, 2000 The Federal Prosecutor’s Office said on Tuesday that the two – a Frenchman and a Kosovo Albanian – were detained more than a month ago. “Two people who were arrested on July 13, 2000, remain in investigative custody due to the danger they might collude or try to flee,” it said in a statement. According…

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Big money boost for Swiss ice hockey

This content was published on Aug 29, 2000 The Association’s president, Werner Kohler, said the agreement would be of great benefit to both parties. “Until now our hands have been tied when it came to marketing,” he explained. “It was always impossible to guarantee the financing of projects and therefore we were unable to develop properly.” IMG’s director, Marc Biver, may be a…

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Swiss hurdler Schelbert forced out of Olympics

This content was published on Aug 29, 2000 After hearing that his season had come to a premature end, the 24 year-old-athlete has decided to undergo an operation on the injury later this week. The bad news completes a season of misery for Schelbert who was out of action until late July with a previous injury. Despite his set-backs, Schelbert appeared to have…

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International Cycling Union ordered to pass doping information to Italy

This content was published on Aug 29, 2000 The Federal Court overturned an appeal by the Lausanne-based body against handing over the documents. The ICU carried out the tests in June 1999 before the start of the Pedrazzo to Madonna di Campiglio stage of the race. Thirteen of the 15 tests reportedly showed traces of the banned substance EPO. In its judgement issued…

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Police uncover illegal weapons deal with Kosovo

This content was published on Aug 29, 2000 The Federal Prosecutor’s Office said on Tuesday that the weapons were sent to Albania during the summer of 1999. It said the delivery was arranged by Kosovo Albanians, resident in Switzerland, with the assistance of two business people – one Swiss and one French. They helped the Kosovars to secure the weapons and send them…

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Geneva museum opens new exhibition by Cuno Amiet

This content was published on Aug 29, 2000 All the paintings in the exhibition date back to what art critics describe as Amiet’s most productive period – the years between 1892 and 1920. Cuno Amiet is widely regarged as one of Switzerland’s pioneers in modern art, according to the Geneva museum, together with Ferdinand Hodler and Giovanni Giacometti. In 1892, Amiet started a…

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