Cluster: Swiss Identity

Madame Monsieur goes on tour

This content was published on Jul 10, 2000 Conceived by Geneva-born artist and choreographer Philippe Olzà, “Madame Monsieur” will be touring this year’s four designated European Cities of Culture until the end of November. The production, which includes singers, dancers as well as the Zurich Baroque Chamber Orchestra, combines baroque with more modern music but it does not follow any specific narrative. Instead…

Swiss to champion prevention at Aids conference

This content was published on Jul 10, 2000 The last international conference on Aids was held in Geneva two years ago. At that time many delegates were optimistic at the successes achieved by new treatments for the disease, in particular combination drug therapy. In wealthy countries such as Switzerland, thousands of Aids sufferers have been given a new lease of life thanks to…

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Fifa delegate claims European pressure swayed World Cup decision

This content was published on Jul 10, 2000 At his first news conference since his sudden departure from Switzerland, Charlie Dempsey – the Oceania member on the executive of the international football federation, Fifa – said he had been given permission by the Oceania football federation to alter his vote. His abstention during the third round of voting at Fifa headquarters in Zurich…

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Rain delays start of Swiss Open

This content was published on Jul 10, 2000 Showers wiped out first round action in the tournament and only a handful of qualifying games managed to get started. Organisers hope that play will get underway early on Tuesday morning. But it’s not only the weather that has been unkind to the homegrown talent. They have also drawn some tough opponents in the first…

Culture

Mannerist engravings on show in Geneva

This content was published on Jul 10, 2000 Entitled Le Beau Style, the exhibition is based around the School of Fontainebleau, a talented team of engravers who worked under the Italian, Rosso Fiorentino. He is considered along with Pontormo, as one of the first of the mannerists. Baselitz himself is recognised as one of Germany’s foremost contemporary artists. He is known for inverting…

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Sacred music in Fribourg

This content was published on Jul 10, 2000 With eight of the groups coming from Europe the emphasis is as usual on the Christian liturgy. The ninth – a music and dance ensemble from Syria – will be interpreting the “Sufi” liturgy from the Grand Mosque of Damascus, which is used as an aid to meditation. “Since the last festival we have endeavoured…

Europe falls for skateboarding at Lausanne Grand Prix

This content was published on Jul 10, 2000 Skateboarding, once regarded as the exclusive domain of schoolboys with too much time on their hands, is now big business. Hundreds of top names from North and Latin America, as well as hopefuls from Europe, were competing for the 40,000 US dollars on offer in prize money. “Skateboarding has become more professional since the 1980s.…

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Fake signatures found on two People’s Party initiatives

This content was published on Jul 9, 2000 The two initiatives in question were on using surplus gold reserves for the state pension scheme, and on measures to prevent abuse of asylum rights. The People’s Party spokeswoman, Irène Schellenberg, confirmed a report in the Sunday newspaper, SonntagsZeitung, that the party itself had noticed an unusually high number of invalid signatures on its questionnaires.…

Culture

Kudelski named as most dynamic company in Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 9, 2000 Renowned for its professional tape recorders, Kudelski is now making a name for itself in digital pay television systems. In 1951 the founder of the company, Stefan Kudelski, came out with the first portable recorder – the Nagra I – for the radio and audio business. Before that, he had developed a tape machine to…

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Inline hockey: USA beat Switzerland 1- 0

This content was published on Jul 9, 2000 The only goal of the game came when the Swiss side were one man down in a Powerplay-Situation. The goal came in the 12th minute, just as the Swiss striker, Marcel Soom, was penalised and taken out of the game. Seconds, later, Zgymund Marszalek, scored the goal that gave USA their victory. It is the…

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