Cluster: Swiss Identity

Hingis knocked out of German Open

This content was published on May 13, 2000 During the game, Hingis made uncharacteristic errors, allowing Martinez to open up a 3-0 lead in the first set. Hingis recovered enough to take the set to 12 games. In the second set, Hingis allowed Martinez a 4-2 lead before the Spaniard took the set 6-4, sealing her victory after eight straight losses to Hingis.…

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American dies bungee jumping with canyoning disaster company

This content was published on May 13, 2000 This is the second fatal accident linked to Adventure World in less than a year.The victim was with a group of seven tourists taking part in activities organised by Adventure World, the same company that was at the centre of last year’s canyoning disaster in the Saxeten gorge. Despite being fastened by large elastic, the…

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The week in Switzerland

This content was published on May 12, 2000 While the campaigns for and against the bilateral treaties are drawing to a close, the Swiss government this week pushed ahead with another major project, setting up a special charity for the needy. The planned Solidarity Foundation, first mooted three years ago, is to be financed with the interest from the sale of 500 tonnes…

Hingis struggles to victory in quarter-finals in Berlin

This content was published on May 12, 2000 Less than a week after regaining her world number one ranking from Lindsay Davenport, Hingis had her work cut out to defeat Sandrine Testud. Testud had the chance to serve out the first set at 5-4, but she failed to hold her serve, giving Hingis a crucial opening. The Swiss star then rallied to win…

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Treasures around the lake of Thun

This content was published on May 12, 2000 The first exhibition, in the castle itself, is of an unusual subject: tapestries which used to hang around the tops of the four-poster beds of well-to-do Bernese families in the 16th- and 17th-centuries. These tapestries were often embroidered with scenes from the Old Testament. The curator of Schloss Oberhofen, Vera Heuberger, said they may have…

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Geneva exhibition honours our animal cousins

This content was published on May 12, 2000 Museum curator Claude Ritschard points out that from the beginning of mankind, humans were very close to animals: “Man depended on them and probably didn’t feel very different from them.” The relationship was a complex one, but Ritschard believed – and has proved – that it could be explained in a simple way. She says…

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Jazz trio makes music but says nothing

This content was published on May 12, 2000 But ever-optimistic, Richard Dawson visited them at their Geneva apartment, in the hope of a first exclusive interview. He was to be disappointed. Vassili, Johan and Naima may be regarded as multi-talented young musicians who between them have played 20 instruments in the three albums they have recorded to date. But it is impossible to…

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Greater protections demanded for civilians threatened by conflict

This content was published on May 12, 2000 The Swiss foreign minister, Joseph Deiss, along with his Canadian and Austrian counterparts, concluded the meeting with a statement saying they were ready to support UN calls to protect civilians caught up in conflict. The problem is both vast and urgent. Since the beginning of the 20th-century, civilian casualties in conflicts have grown steadily. “The…

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Is the championship Sankt Gallen’s for the taking?

This content was published on May 12, 2000 Sankt Gallen currently have 46 points. A victory would add three points to their cumulative total, moving them into the safety zone, ahead of their nearest rival, Basel, who have 35 points. A victory for Sankt Gallen would not only give them the NLA championship, it would make amends for their defeat by Basel last…

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Swiss Light begins burning over London

This content was published on May 12, 2000 The light on top of the museum’s 110-metre high chimney is apparently visible from all over London, and sends a shaft of light down through a special glass roof into the museum. It was financed by the Swiss government-sponsored Commission for the Presence of Switzerland Abroad at a cost of SFr750,000, and according to the…

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