Cluster: Swiss Identity

Festival organ marks completion of Lucerne culture centre

This content was published on Aug 16, 2000 Its function will be both as part of a large symphonic orchestra and as a solo instrument in the main auditorium of Lucerne’s Culture and Congress Centre. Its inauguration is seen as the final jewel in the crown of the highly acclaimed building, completed two years ago. Built by Goll AG of Lucerne, the organ…

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US court grapples with jurisdiction question in Swissair disaster case

This content was published on Aug 16, 2000 A judge in Philadelphia has to decide whether the courts in the US can address the claims of European families. The stakes are high, as US courts are typically more generous in awarding damages than European courts. All 229 people on board died when the aircraft crashed near Halifax off the coast of Canada on…

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Austrian film legend turns 105

This content was published on Aug 16, 2000 Liane Haid is more than a film legend; she is as old as the medium itself and retired in 1942. Today, she doesn’t get out much, and her eyesight and hearing is not as good as it once was, but her son, musician Pierre Spycher-Haid, says she’s doing well at home in Wabern. . Haid…

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Geneva judge holds talks in US in Russian embezzlement probe

This content was published on Aug 15, 2000 In New York, Kasper-Ansermet is talking to the Federal Attorneys charged with responding to his request for legal assistance, as well as officials from the state of New York’s banking supervisory commission. “I sent an official request for information to the US authorities in January and I am still waiting for a reply,” Laurent Kasper-Ansermet…

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Zurich police pull off major heroin bust

This content was published on Aug 15, 2000 In a statement on Tuesday, police said they had seized 31,3 kilogrammes of heroin. The bust took place on Saturday, after a search of two vehicles yielded 32 packets of heroin, each weighing half a kilogramme. Two men were arrested. Police then raided an apartment in Volketswil, belonging to the parents of one of the…

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Schnyder to face Serena Williams

This content was published on Aug 15, 2000 Schnyder (WTA ranking 31) beat Likhovtseva (WTA 22) 7:5, 6:3 in the first round, avenging a defeat at the hands of the Russian in another tournament in Amelia Island in the United States four months ago. She has never beaten Williams in their four meetings to date. Williams came to Montreal after winning a tournament…

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Bastl fails to find form

This content was published on Aug 15, 2000 Bastl (ATP 79) was knocked out in the first round of the ATP tournament in Washington, losing 3-6, 6-7 to the young Argentinian, Guillermo Coria (ATP 182). Bastl has lost eight of the last 10 games he has played, and his last performance of any note goes back to March, when he reached the third…

Fankhauser takes wrestling title

This content was published on Aug 15, 2000 Unlike the men’s contest, the national title is not awarded at a single event but is based on performance throughout the season. Fankhauser, a nurse from Interlaken in canton Berne, took the title after winning four out of five contests over the past few weeks. She is only the fourth-ever women’s champion, although schwingen has…

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Theatre festival looks east

This content was published on Aug 15, 2000 Festival director Marcus Luchsinger told swissinfo: “An investigation of theatre in Eastern Europe will be its focus. Through what is happening there culturally you can see many things which contradict the political information coming out of it.” Throughout the festival, companies from Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania and Poland will perform, offering Zurich audiences an insight into…

Switzerland plays host to young victims of Balkan conflicts

This content was published on Aug 14, 2000 The 103 young visitors come from destitute homes. Many suffered serious physical injury during the wars in Kosovo and Bosnia and some lost one or both parents. For many, their earliest memories are of war, and its aftermath, and their two-week holiday in Switzerland will be the first time they have seen a place untouched…

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