Cluster: Swiss Identity

Swiss to step up forced repatriation of Kosovars

This content was published on Aug 8, 2000 A spokesman for the federal refugee office, Dominique Boillat, said on Tuesday the repatriation programme had got off to a good start in July, when 1,800 people were returned to Kosovo – more than twice the number originally scheduled. Boillat said, however, the numbers would be increased in coming months. A total of 14,000 people…

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Police chief warns right-wing extremism is rising

This content was published on Aug 8, 2000 In an interview with the “Neue Luzerner Zeitung”, von Daeniken said that both the number and gravity of offences were rising. Von Daeniken told the paper that right-wing extremists are becoming more dangerous, and that they have access to assault weapons and explosives. But he said Switzerland’s security was not at risk. “The situation is…

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Swiss Jews criticise powerful Israeli rabbi

This content was published on Aug 8, 2000 In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Swiss Federation of Jewish Communities denounced the views outlined by Rabbi Ovadia Yosef in a sermon on Saturday. The spiritual leader of the ultra-orthodox Shas party unleashed an international outcry by claiming that the six million Jews killed by Hitler’s regime were re-incarnations of past sinners who were…

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Wife of Ticino judge arrested in deepening corruption probe

This content was published on Aug 8, 2000 Desiree Rinaldi’s detention is the latest in a string of arrests ordered by special prosecutor, Luciano Guidici, according to the Ticino papers, “Corriere del Ticino” and “Giornale del Popolo”. Guidici is investigating allegations that Verda colluded with Italian businessman, Gerardo Cuomo, who is suspected of involvement in an international cigarette smuggling and money-laundering ring. Rinaldi,…

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First round defeats for Rosset and Federer

This content was published on Aug 8, 2000 Federer was beaten in straight sets by the Spaniard Francisco Clavet, losing both sets on tie-breaks 6-7 (3-7), 6-7 (3-7). It was the Swiss teenager’s fifth tournament defeat in a row, with his only recent victory coming in Switzerland’s Davis Cup thrashing of Belarus. Playing on a hardcourt surface against a claycourt specialist thirteen years…

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Switzerland helps Kosovo radio merger

This content was published on Aug 8, 2000 The Swiss Development Agency said last month’s integration of Radio Blue Sky and Radio Television Kosovo (RTK) was designed to strengthen the independence and impartiality of public broadcasting in the province. Blue Sky was set up by the Swiss Hirondelle Foundation last October and run on behalf of the United Nations transitional administration. It has…

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Baumann out of Olympic chase

This content was published on Aug 7, 2000 Baumann was training at Zurich’s Letzigrund stadium ahead of Friday’s prestigious Weltklasse meeting, when she sustained the thigh injury. The Zurich athlete has been plagued by injury over the past two years. She missed all of last season with various injuries, and has been beset by problems to the thigh and heel this year. Her…

ICRC suspends operations after delegates abducted in Georgia

This content was published on Aug 7, 2000 An ICRC spokeswoman said all activities in the Pankisi Gorge area, where thousands of Chechen refugees are located, had been halted. The Georgian president, Eduard Shevardnadze, said the delegates had ignored warnings, but added that the authorities would do everything possible to ensure their release. He said he hoped the two women delegates would soon…

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Meteoron takes visitors on tour of tombs

This content was published on Aug 7, 2000 Barande’s exhibition at the Sotheby’s gallery – his first in Zurich – is set out in five distinct areas that he calls “tombs”. Inside each one are artifacts from archeological digs alongside sculptures and paintings created by the artist himself. Barande favours ensemble pieces over exhibitions of individual works of art. “I never create works…

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Fêtes de Genève shines despite bad weather

This content was published on Aug 7, 2000 Even the traditional highlight – a massive firework competition on Saturday night, one of three during the festival – was not the damp squib many had feared, and 350,000 people lined the shores of Lake Geneva to watch to pyrotechnics. Just as many turned out the previous weekend for the increasingly popular Lake Parade and…

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