Cluster: Swiss Identity

Zurich festival celebrates start of summer

This content was published on Jun 15, 2000 But the festival is now in its ninth year and goes from strength to strength. Performances of the Mummenschanz mask theatre are already sold out. One of the highlights this year is the award winning musical Kat and the Kings. The Zurich production is on until June 25 and brings together cast members from the…

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Geneva exhibition reveals hidden talent

This content was published on Jun 14, 2000 But there was yet another aspect of his life which even his family knew nothing about and that is now the subject of an exhibition at the museum he directed. The family learned that Deonna, who died in 1959, had also been a gifted photographer when it was contacted out of the blue by the…

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More money and staff needed to tackle organised crime

This content was published on Jun 14, 2000 A framework plan to improve the efficiency of Swiss judicial investigations was approved by parliament last year, but Metzler told the assembly on Wednesday a major shake-up was necessary. She said she planned to improve the fight against organised crime by centralising investigations and appointing additional law officers. Metzler said that by 2004 she expected…

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Tennis: Federer’s Wimbledon warm-up continues

This content was published on Jun 14, 2000 Federer comfortably beat Sweden’s Magnus Larsson (6-2, 6-3) in the second round of the million-dollar ATP event and will now face America’s Michael Chang in the last eight. The win over Larsson saw Federer avenge his defeat by the Swede in the Copenhagen semi finals in March, the only previous match between the two players.…

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Motor racing: Sauber want Frentzen back

This content was published on Jun 14, 2000 The head of the team, Peter Sauber, confirmed on Wednesday that the team had expressed an interest in the 33-year-old German. “We have been in contact with Frentzen over a possible transfer,” Sauber admitted before flying out for this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix. “The time has come when we have to consider the issue of…

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Tour de Suisse: Zberg takes overall lead

This content was published on Jun 14, 2000 Zberg sprinted across the line just behind the stage winner, America’s Fred Rdoriguez, and Germany’s Sven Teutenberg. The 197-kilometre stretch between Uster and Rheinfelden is the longest on this year’s tour. For a long time it looked as if the German rider, Stephan Gottschling, would bring glory to Switzerland’s Post Suisse team. At one stage,…

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Tour de Suisse enters day two

This content was published on Jun 14, 2000 Wesemann’s Telekom team won the team-trial prologue on Tuesday and he and the other Telekom riders will be the ones to beat on the relatively flat course. There are only two climbs and the toughest is less than 400 metres. Wesemann has an additional incentive to do well as today’s race passes through canton Aargau…

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Special prosecutor charges Ticino judge

This content was published on Jun 14, 2000 A special prosecutor appointed last week to investigate two top justice officials said he had decided to charge Franco Verda after a second round of questioning on Tuesday. The special prosecutor, Luciano Giudici, made no mention of the chief prosecutor, Luca Marcellini, who is also under investigation. Local newspaper reports say Marcellini was due to…

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Police brutality under fire in Amnesty report

This content was published on Jun 14, 2000 The report says some of the restraining measures used by police on foreigners in particular have been cruel and dangerous. It focused on the practices of using tape to gag detainees, and forcing suspects to wear a type of motorcycle-helmet, which is strapped around the suspect’s jaw by tape. Amnesty highlighted reports from the first…

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Women across Switzerland march for their rights

This content was published on Jun 14, 2000 As well as global concerns, the demonstrators pressed for greater equality closer to home. Around three hundred women protested outside a Berne hospital against poor wages in the nursing profession. Meanwhile the interior minister, Ruth Dreifuss, was presented with an open letter from unions calling for compulsory maternity insurance in Switzerland. In Sankt Gallen union…

Cluster: Swiss Identity

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