Cluster: Swiss Identity

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…

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Tour de Suisse: German team win first stage as Swiss hopeful wanders off course

This content was published on Jun 13, 2000 There was a Swiss victory of sorts as Telekom’s Steffen Wesemann led his team across the finish line. The German rider lives in canton Aargau with his Swiss girlfriend and on Wednesday will ride through his home region wearing the leader’s yellow jersey. But more genuine Swiss riders had less good fortune during the time…

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Handball: Winterthur expand squad

This content was published on Jun 13, 2000 The side from eastern Switzerland have signed the Belarussian international, Aliasksej Usik, from the Polish club, Biala Podlaska. The 22-year-old left-hander was the third highest scorer in the Polish league last season, scoring 134 goals. Winterthur’s new Norwegian trainer, Eskil-Berg Andreassen, has also completed the signings of goalkeeper, Jürg Langhard from local rivals, Pfadi Winterthur,…

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Cabinet lifts work ban for asylum seekers

This content was published on Jun 13, 2000 The government said there was no longer a legal basis for the ban due to the decreasing number of people applying for asylum. The ban came into force last September in reaction to a large rise in asylum requests. At that time, thousands of people sought refuge in Switzerland from the war in Kosovo. The…

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Court finds three guilty in cable car accident

This content was published on Jun 13, 2000 In 1996, the gondolas they were travelling in above the resort of Riederalp plummeted to the ground after the cables they were attached to slackened and slipped off the pulleys. The circuit court in Upper Valais handed down a ten day suspended sentence and a SFr1,000 fine to an engineer from the company that manufactured…

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Football: Hands off Zuberbühler, warn Basel

This content was published on Jun 12, 2000 The speculation follows a story in the German newspaper, Bild, claiming that Hamburg are ready to sell their highly rated keeper, Hans-Jörg Butt, to Bayer Leverkusen, with Zuberbühler emerging as their first choice replacement. Jäggi has insisted that any approach for the Basel keeper will be blocked. “Zuberbühler is not for sale,” he stated. “His…

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Tennis: Swiss men make bad start on grass

This content was published on Jun 12, 2000 Roger Federer was the only man not looking too green as he took to the court against France’s Arnaud Clement at the one million dollar ATP tournament in Halle, Germany. Federer eased into the second round with a straight sets win (6-4, 6-2), but the rest of Switzerland’s top players were soon wishing they had…

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Swiss women volleyballers fail to make home advantage count

This content was published on Jun 12, 2000 The latest defeat came hot on the heels of their 3-0 loss to Belgium. Switzerland opened the three-day tournament with a 3-0 win over Portugal. Dusan Jarotta’s team is currently in third place with two points from three games. They will be looking to make up ground on leaders, Hungary (six points), when they travel…

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Prosecutors reportedly close to indicting Yeltsin family in Mabetex affair

This content was published on Jun 12, 2000 A Lugano-based construction company, Mabetex, allegedly paid kickbacks to senior Russian officials in return for lucrative contracts to refurbish buildings in Moscow owned by the Kremlin. Newsweek cites “two sources with knowledge of the investigation” as saying that Yeltsin’s daughters, Tatyana Dyachenko and Yelena Okulova, are suspected of accepting bribes from Mabetex. Switzerland has already…

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