Cluster: Swiss Identity

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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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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