Cluster: Swiss Identity

Switzerland face crucial Davis Cup tie

This content was published on Jul 21, 2000 The Swiss players go into the match in Sankt Gallen knowing that a loss will leave the team facing relegation from the world’s top flight of tennis. Their opponents are not to be under-rated. Belarus have two players in the top 70 of ATP world rankings. Max Mirnyi (ATP 59) is a serve-volley specialist while…

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Sankt Gallen get tough tie in Champions League

This content was published on Jul 21, 2000 The draw on Friday in Geneva paired Sankt Gallen with the team which also won last year’s Uefa Cup, beating Arsenal in the final in Copenhagen. Galatasaray provided several players for Turkey’s side in the European Championships in June, and are seen as a potent symbol of the emergence of Turkish football. Sankt Gallen have…

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Design students win prestigious awards in Zurich

This content was published on Jul 21, 2000 The school’s rector, Hans Peter Schwarz, told swissinfo that the prize was traditionally awarded “to students with the best new concepts and ideas, which are not necessarily the most pragmatic or commercially oriented”. Two of the winners, industrial design students Collette Krummenacher and Elvira Mühlebach, had researched the language used by deaf people when describing…

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The tip of the iceberg is exhibited in Berne

This content was published on Jul 21, 2000 “Ice Age” consists of works and installations from Bernese collections which are highly regarded by art experts, but which have seldom been on view because of limited exhibition space. Joint curator, Ralf Beil, says the ice age theme was chosen “because we wanted to make an ironic statement, which also has its serious side, by…

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Temple for cinema history opens in Turin

This content was published on Jul 21, 2000 Constructed in the latter part of the 19th century, the Mole Antonelliana was once the tallest stone building in Europe, towering 167.5 metres over Turin. It was originally intended as a synagogue but was bought by the city authorities to become for a time the Museum of the Risorgimento, the movement for the unification and…

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Live at Sunset in Zurich

This content was published on Jul 21, 2000 With the imposing gothic architecture of the national museum as a backdrop to the stage, the festival takes place in the adjoining park between the Sihl and Limmat rivers. Live at Sunset is now in its fifth year and attracts thousands of spectators to its riverside location. “When we did the first show with Andreas…

Capital Letters

This content was published on Jul 21, 2000 Find out what kind of contacts in the audio link below, and be prepared to hear the answers to the following questions: – who has tuned in and logged on in Iraq, Russia and South Africa; – the challenge that AE Sexton of Norfolk, England has set himself; – who makes up the Swiss government?…

Swiss money to rebuild Kosovo judiciary

This content was published on Jul 20, 2000 The Federal Development Agency (Deza) said the official agreement for the funding would be signed with the United Nations Mission in Kosovo within two weeks. The Swiss contribution will be spread over two years. Deza has promised SFr1 million for rebuilding the hospital and visitor centre at the prison in Istok in northwest Kosovo, and…

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Border police face more ruthless criminals

This content was published on Jul 20, 2000 Latest statistics, released on Thursday, show Swiss border guards handed over an average of 80 people to police each day during the first six months of this year. They reported that, in most of those cases, they were required to employ weapons to secure compliance from what they say are increasingly violent and ruthless people.…

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Jewish groups reject accusations of exploiting Holocaust

This content was published on Jul 20, 2000 The book, entitled “The Holocaust Industry”, suggests that American Jewish organisations have distorted the facts of the Nazi genocide to blackmail Swiss and German companies into paying reparations. The author, American Jewish historian Norman Finkelstein, claims “The money is being extorted from Europe on false pretences… and the actual [Holocaust] survivors never see a dime”.…

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