Cluster: Swiss Identity

Charity rejects cover-up claim in paedophile case

This content was published on Aug 11, 2000 A spokeswoman for the organisation in Lausanne, Hélène Sulzer, said there was no truth in reports in two leading Swiss newspapers, which alleged that Terres des Hommes had failed to press charges against one of its officials for sexually abusing children in India. The reports appeared in the Friday editions of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung…

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Horses on show in Saignelégier

This content was published on Aug 11, 2000 Some 400 horses will be judged by a panel of experts in various categories of the competition, and there will also be the traditional cross-country racing. But for many, the highlight is the traditional grand parade through the streets of Saignelégier, which as well as the horses includes folklore groups, bands, cows, sheep, goats and…

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World’s top athletes go through their paces in Zurich

This content was published on Aug 11, 2000 Depending on weather conditions, the meeting at the Letzigrund stadium – one of the Golden League events of the year – usually produces a clutch of world, European and personal best times. America’s Maurice Greene, the world record holder over 100 metres, leads the international line-up. Greene will be out to prove he is still…

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Chaos controlled in Luginbühl’s sculpture garden

This content was published on Aug 11, 2000 Fifty-nine pieces are exhibited in the Mötschwil sculpture park near Bern. Almost as intriguing as these sculptures are the enormous quantities of scrap metal on display – including 150 ploughs, an entire airplane wing, and piles of rusty chain. These are the bones of future sculptures. Hans Christoph von Tavel, former director of Bern’s fine…

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Locarno pioneers cinema technology of the future

This content was published on Aug 11, 2000 The PalaVideo Sony cinema used a small congress centre with 300 seats in Muralto, near Locarno’s Piazza Grande, to demonstrate how video images can be projected on to the big screen without losing the quality of the pictures. At present films shot on video must be transferred to photographic film in the final stage of…

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Light to be shed on Ticino corruption case

This content was published on Aug 11, 2000 The Ticino special prosecutor, Luciano Giudici, said on Thursday that the central figure in the scandal, an Italian businessman Gerardo Cuomo, had been interrogated for the entire day. He said the two other detained suspects, the Ticino judge, Franco Verda, who is accused of colluding with Cuomo, and Verda’s wife, had also been questioned at…

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European football: Basel cruise as Lausanne crawl

This content was published on Aug 11, 2000 Basel’s new goalscoring wonder, Jean-Michel Tchouga, was back in the side after recovering from injury, and wasted little time adding to this season’s goal tally. The Cameroonian scored twice in the first half hour, ending any fears of a giant-killing by their amateur opponents. Former Grasshoppers striker, André Muff, made it 3-0 shortly before the…

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Tchoukball comes home to Geneva

This content was published on Aug 10, 2000 Tchoukball, which prides itself on its sportsmanship, is a kind of hybrid between handball and basketball, with a dash of volleyball and pelota thrown in for good measure. It was the brainchild of the Geneva doctor, Hermann Brandt, who wanted to encourage a new attitude towards sport. “He realised that many sporting injuries are a…

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Judge Korman officially puts into effect global settlements deal

This content was published on Aug 10, 2000 Judge Edward Korman issued a “Final Order and Judgement” regarding the deal on the Internet on Thursday. Two weeks ago, Korman had approved the terms of a long awaited $1.25 billion (SFr2 billion) settlement, compensating survivors or relatives of Holocaust victims for funds blocked in Switzerland since the Nazi era. Switzerland’s two main banks, UBS…

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French court unfreezes Russian Embassy accounts

This content was published on Aug 10, 2000 An appeal judge ruled that the Russian accounts were covered by diplomatic immunity. Lawyers for the Swiss-based company, Noga, had argued that Moscow renounced all immunity in disputed oil-for-food contracts drawn up in 1991 and 1992. Noga had managed to force a freeze on the accounts of the Russian embassy, its commercial representatives, and those…

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