Cluster: Swiss Identity

A “laboratory” for creativity in Fribourg

This content was published on Jun 30, 2000 The festival, named after the mediaeval fortress at which it is based, has a programme of theatre, cinema, dance, music and discussion as well as video and multimedia presentations. Some 26 productions have been invited from countries throughout Europe. Its organisers have stated their intention of making the festival “a laboratory for creativity and reflection”…

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Contemporary art in history museum

This content was published on Jun 30, 2000 Each of the artists – from France, Spain, Greece and Switzerland’s three main linguistic regions – is presenting a textile creation in parallel with recent works in their own particular artistic field of expression. For some of them it is their first experience of tapestry art. The exhibition has been organised by the Aubusson Association,…

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Schnyder slips up at Wimbledon

This content was published on Jun 29, 2000 Schnyder took the first set 7-6, after forcing a tiebreak. But the match slipped through her fingers in the second and third, both of which she lost 6-3. This was all despite her having been expected to get the better of Suarez, who had never before won at a grass court tournament. It was Suarez’…

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Lucerne sign Grasshoppers’ N’Kufo

This content was published on Jun 29, 2000 N’Kufo was bought in 1998 by the Zurich side for SFr3 million from Lausanne-Sports, where he had been the highest scorer in Switzerland’s top league. Originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, N’Kufo became a Swiss citizen two years ago, and is now eligible to play for the country’s national side. swissinfo with agencies

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Marc Rosset through to Wimbledon third round

This content was published on Jun 29, 2000 The Swiss 30 year-old had a tough first set against the Briton, eight years his junior and ranked a lowly 137. Only after the set went to a tiebreak did Rosset clinch it, 7-6. The second set was just as tense, with Rosset finally breaking Parmar’s serve and winning 7-5. But the Geneva-born player managed…

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Comic actor Roderer gets own street

This content was published on Jun 29, 2000 For over half a century, Roderer – whose home is in Illnau – was a star of stage, screen and television, usually performing in the Swiss-German dialect. Until his retirement seven years ago he specialised in playing the part of naive, pedantic characters in comic situations. Born the son of a textile trader in St…

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Former Ukrainian prime minister sentenced to 18 months by Geneva court

This content was published on Jun 29, 2000 After serving two weeks in a Swiss jail, he was freed on a bail of SFr4 million. He later fled to the United States, and is currently being held in prison there on separate charges of misappropriating the equivalent of SFr165 million. Switzerland last year gave the US legal assistance during the investigation. The Geneva…

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Hingis sails into Wimbledon third round

This content was published on Jun 29, 2000 Yi, the world number 78, fought bravely in the first set, a 42 minute duel which ended 6-4 in Hingis’ favour. Hingis got back into her stride in the second set, smashing her opponent 6-1. She goes on to face Croatia’s Silvia Talaja, who is ranked number 22. It was a successful day for Hingis,…

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Simply the best

This content was published on Jun 28, 2000 Originally only one performance had been scheduled for Zurich’s Letzigrund stadium. But the demand for tickets was so great that a second – on Saturday – was organised. Turner returns to Europe after a highly successful series of concerts in North America on a world tour, which she has said will be her last. “This…

Donovan Bailey makes a hit in Lucerne

This content was published on Jun 27, 2000 Lewis, who was the victor at Friday’s Golden League meeting, came eighth, with a time of 10.61. The Lucerne meeting is the third most important in the Swiss athletics calendar, after its counterparts in Zurich and Lausanne. The International Athletics Federation ranks it twenty-third worldwide. Swiss athletes have had a chance to use the meetin…

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