Cluster: Swiss Identity

Blatter moots changes to way World Cup host is chosen

This content was published on Jun 27, 2000 In the latest edition of Fifa’s newsletter, Blatter said the system could be useful “if the list of candidates is long and contains more than one interested country from the same continent”. Blatter also suggested that the idea of rotating the World Cup finals among the continents should be seriously considered. Fifa’s ruling executive committee…

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Swiss Broacasting Corporation announces profit

This content was published on Jun 27, 2000 SRG SSR idee suisse, as it’s known in Switzerland, broadcasts television and radio programmes in the four national languages. A revision of the broadcasting laws is in the offing. It would anchor the corporation as an independent public service broadcaster, with advertising only allowed on television. Commercial stations are likely to get a free hand…

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Mabetex director charged in Kremlin corruption scandal

This content was published on Jun 27, 2000 Pacolli is the fourth person to have been charged with bribing top Russian officials in order to win contracts. The Geneva judge, Daniel Devaud, has refused to provide the exact details of the indictment, but said that his charge related to money laundering and participation in organised crime. Pacolli has denied any wrongdoing. On Monday,…

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Sharp increase in reported cases of money laundering

This content was published on Jun 27, 2000 In its annual report, the office responsible for investigating money laundering says the number of reported cases is up by over 200 per cent. Over the last year, the money laundering reporting office, which is part of the Swiss justice and police ministry, received 370 cases of suspicious financial transactions, involving over SFr1.5 billion. This…

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Money laundering cases on the rise

This content was published on Jun 27, 2000 A special money laundering office created two years ago said at its annual news conference on Tuesday that 370 cases of suspected laundering had been reported between April 1999 and April 2000. That is more than double the number of cases reported in the previous year (160). The office said it had ordered the freezing…

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Rosset and Schnyder offer consolation for Swiss tennis fans

This content was published on Jun 27, 2000 Rosset had been widely tipped to struggle in his encounter with the Argentine, Franco Squillari, after failing to get beyond the second round at last week’s Nottingham Open. Squillari, on the other hand, appeared to be in great form after reaching the semi final of the French Open. However, Rosset was in control for most…

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Record numbers visit art fair

This content was published on Jun 27, 2000 The 31st fair is also believed to have been the most successful in terms of sales. Although figures are not yet available, the 271 galleries represented were describing business as “excellent”, and by the end of the fair many of their exhibited works had been sold. These included paintings by modern masters which would have…

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Breach of military secrecy case back in court

This content was published on Jun 26, 2000 The former officer, Friedrich Nyffenegger, and four other people will have to answer charges before a military appeals court in Zurich. The trial is being repeated after both the prosecution and the defence appealed against the sentence handed down by a military court in December 1998. The court gave Nyffenegger a suspended 15-month prison sentence…

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Coming to terms with torture through art

This content was published on Jun 26, 2000 Art therapy has become an important part of rehabilitation schemes. Forty organisations from 32 countries have donated works to the office’s fund for assisting the victims of torture. The paintings, sculptures, drawings and embroidery come from countries from virtually every region of the world. “Torture is still very widespread,” says Daniel Prémont, secretary of the…

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Former Ukrainian prime minister faces sentence in Switzerland

This content was published on Jun 26, 2000 He was found guilty of illegal transactions relating to a metals trade worth SFr14 million (US$8.5 million). Lazarenko was jailed in Switzerland for two weeks, before being freed on bail of SFr4 million. He later fled to the United States and is currently being held in prison there on charges of misappropriating more than $100…

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