Cluster: Swiss Identity

Weyermann makes late bid for Olympics

This content was published on Aug 9, 2000 Doctors have given her the all-clear to compete in the 1500 metres at the Weltklasse in Zurich on Friday. They said she had recovered sufficiently after an 800 metre race in Olten on Tuesday to be able to take part. Weyermann is hoping to make the 4.08 minute qualifying time which will book her a…

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Italian justice won’t investigate Swiss judge

This content was published on Aug 9, 2000 However, the prosecutor leading the inquiry, Giuseppe Scelsi, said six Swiss nationals were among 87 people being investigated. Speaking in the Italian port of Bari on Wednesday, Scelsi said the former top judge in canton Ticino, Franco Verda, would not be targeted, despite evidence of close ties with the suspected ring-leader, Gerardo Cuomo. Verda was…

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Swiss banks to publish list of dormant accounts

This content was published on Aug 9, 2000 The account holders’ names will appear on the Internet by the end of the year, and should open the way for compensation payments to be made to Holocaust victims or their heirs. The list of tens of thousands of names was finalised by the Volcker Commission, which carried out an independent inquiry into dormant accounts…

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St Gallen prepare to meet Uefa champions

This content was published on Aug 9, 2000 The team from Istanbul are the current UEFA Cup holders and will pose a difficult challenge for Marcel Koller’s team. As well as being proven performers at a European level, the club has a budget more than 20 times that of St Gallen. Even St Gallen’s home advantage has been minimised. Since their own Espenmoos…

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Swiss pick up honours at Locarno film festival

This content was published on Aug 9, 2000 The Swiss German scriptwriters, Gaby Schaedler and Christian Felix received SFr20,000 for their film “Les Immortelles de Geneve”, while the French Swiss team of Francis Reusser, Emmanuelle de Riedmatten and Julie Gilbert walked away with SFr10,000 for their television production “Le Fils”. The comedy, “Lillys Chance”, directed by Bettina Schmid, also picked up SFr10,000, and…

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International Cycling Union dismisses Tour de France doping results

This content was published on Aug 9, 2000 The UCI said it disputed a report by the Council for Prevention of Drug Use which found that 45 per cent of riders who provided samples had traces of drugs in their systems. The UCI said it stood by the results of its own doping controls and that it had followed guidelines laid down by…

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School accused of brutality allowed to reopen

This content was published on Aug 8, 2000 The education department said the Sonnenberg Institute in Vilters could reopen after the summer holidays since it would be under different management and would have a new headteacher. One of the conditions set by the education authorities was an assurance that corporal punishment would no longer take place. Last week it emerged that there had…

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Italy’s finance minister stirs up Ticinogate row

This content was published on Aug 8, 2000 Del Turco said the arrest of the former Ticino criminal court judge, Franco Verda, on corruption charges was just one aspect of a much wider problem. Speaking to Swiss Italian Radio, Del Turco particularly criticised the Swiss authorities for failing to offer legal assistance in the case which involved international cigarette smuggling. He said the…

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Circus Knie combines humour, poetry and tradition

This content was published on Aug 8, 2000 For this family circus with a 180-year-old tradition, the smell of greasepaint and the enthusiasm of the crowd are all-important. “The Swiss public still likes the traditional circus,” Knie’s press officer, Kris Krenger, told swissinfo. “Maybe they don’t want to see wild animals or acts that frighten them, but otherwise they demand the real traditional…

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Swiss horses begin Olympic lock-in

This content was published on Aug 8, 2000 Calvaro, Tinka’s Boy, Dulf and Pozitano are among the star names doing time in quarantine cells specially built at the Neuendorf riding school owned by top showjumper, Willi Melliger. The horses used by the Swiss dressage team are being kept at Mettmenstetten in canton Zurich. Both sets of horses will spend two weeks on home…

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