Cluster: Swiss Identity

Football: Champions Sankt Gallen settle for goalless draw

This content was published on May 26, 2000 For the first quarter of an hour, Sankt Gallen were as lively and keen as the sell-out crowd who had packed into the Espenmoos stadium to watch them. But from then on Servette must have been wondering why their own season has gone so badly, just a year after they lifted the title themselves. The…

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Handball: Narrow defeat for Swiss in Norway

This content was published on May 26, 2000 Urs Mühlethaler’s side suffered from a lack of scoring opportunities, but generally looked in good shape ahead of next week’s qualifying playoff against Ukraine. In Robbie Kostadinovich the Swiss could also claim to have the best player on the night. But Kostadinovich and the rest of the team were frustrated by an excellent performance from…

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Football: Lausanne and FC Zurich prepare for historic cup final

This content was published on May 26, 2000 With the league championship already decided in Sankt Gallen’s favour, the cup final is the last domestic trophy up for grabs and will also determine which Swiss teams compete in Europe next season. A place in the UEFA cup would mark an incredible turnaround for FC Zurich, who are still involved in a relegation battle…

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Rwandan given reduced sentence

This content was published on May 26, 2000 Fulgence Niyonteze was sentenced a year ago to life for murder, incitement to murder and war crimes. But the five military judges decided that they could only consider the charge of violating the Geneva Conventions. The defence team expressed its satisfaction with the verdict, but pledged to fight on to clear their client’s name. “You…

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Markus Haefliger looks at the extremes in adventure sports

This content was published on May 26, 2000 Nowadays, even in the Swiss-German idiom, people call these activities “river-rafting” or “canyoning”. The other difference is that you have to pay for them. “Adventure Sports” (another English expression that has entered the vocabulary) has become a business. No other Swiss tourist region has tried to sell itself as a centre for adventure sports as…

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Roche retreats on best-selling Tamiflu

This content was published on May 26, 2000 Roche said several members of the Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products (CPMP) wanted more detail on one of two influenza viruses, known as Influenza B. The Basel-based company said it expected to be able to provide the information and submit the bid again before the next wave of influenza in Europe. Tamiflu is already available…

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Meier selected for Euro 2000

This content was published on May 26, 2000 The 41 year-old from canton Aargau was nominated by the European football federation, UEFA, together with 11 others. One referee has been put forward by the African football federation. “Coming after the World Cup in France and the semi-final of the Champions League, the selection for the European Championships is another highlight,” Meier said. During…

Swiss participation in UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon a possibility

This content was published on May 26, 2000 Speaking in Jerusalem, Dreifuss said Swiss soldiers could only participate as observers or in providing aid. The UN plans to boost the existing peacekeeping force in the region and deploy it in the region vacated by Israeli troops and their militia allies from the South Lebanon Army. At the start of her four-day trip, Dreifuss…

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Doping test for Tour de France fast-tracked

This content was published on May 25, 2000 The ICU president, Hein Verbruggen, and the Tour director, Jean-Marie Leblanc, said they were willing to cut corners to be ready in time for cycling’s showcase race, which begins on July 1. The two men made the announcement after a meeting in Geneva. They said the urine test to detect the presence of EPO was…

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Kratochvil aims to become fourth Swiss man at French Open

This content was published on May 25, 2000 Kratochvil, from Berne, is only one match away from making it through to the first round. In the second qualifying round he needed three sets to beat the Spaniard, Albert Montanes, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4. He’ll now face the Belgian, Olivier Rochus, in the third and final qualifying round for a place in the tournament, which…

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