Cluster: Swiss Identity

Ice Hockey: Chaux-de-Fonds sign third Swede

This content was published on Jun 15, 2000 Having played 65 times for Sweden, Nilsson has won three world championship silver medals, in 1993, 1995 and 1997. At his previous club side, Klagenfurt of Austria, he scored a total of 169 points, including 138 assists. The move to La Chaux-de-Fonds will see Nilsson join up with two compatriots, new trainer Dan Hober and…

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Tennis: Hingis prepares for Wimbledon

This content was published on Jun 15, 2000 The 170,000-dollar grass-court event offers less prize money than the rival Eastbourne tournament in England, but may offer Hingis a slightly easier warm-up as she prepares herself for Wimbledon. Hingis will not have to face the reigning Wimbledon champion, world number two Lindsay Davenport, who plans to play at Eastbourne if she recovers in time…

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Authorities validate end to parole initiative for life sentences

This content was published on Jun 15, 2000 That’s almost twice as many as the 100,000 signatures necessary to force a nationwide referendum. Almost a quarter of the signatures (45,315) were collected in canton Valais alone. The other main cantons which contributed to the initiative’s success were St Gallen, Zurich and Ticino, which gathered over 73,000 signatures between them. The government has almost…

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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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