Cluster: Swiss Identity

Aletsch glacier UNESCO bid out of deep freeze

This content was published on May 10, 2000 In a vote on Tuesday, the government of canton Valais proposed expanding the protected area under its jurisdiction from 288 to 401 square kilometres. In its decision, the canton decided to exclude a controversial 90 hectares where the commune of Ried-Morel wants to build a cable-car connection. However, the decision is unlikely to satisfy Ried-Morel.…

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Boost for Graubünden’s 2010 Olympic Bid

This content was published on May 10, 2000 Graubünden’s government has said that in principle it is in favour of the bid and has given the nod to the creation of a special panel, to be headed by Senate member, Christoffel Brändli. The committee will examine the impact future Olympic infrastructures will have on the environment. Cantonal leaders have made it clear they…

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Hamberg to steady the ship at Grasshoppers

This content was published on May 10, 2000 Formerly a striker for Servette Geneva, Hamberg will need to rekindle the Grasshoppers’ fighting spirit if the team are to turn around a mediocre season and reach their consolation target of a place in next season’s UEFA Cup competition. The 46-year-old has been working at the Zurich club for just a few weeks having been…

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Government for extended pursuit of sexual crimes

This content was published on May 10, 2000 In a draft law published on Wednesday, the government said the main reason for the change was that many young victims find they cannot talk about what has been done to them until after adolescence, particularly in cases of incest. As an example, if a five year-old is sexually abused, the perpetrator can still be…

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Federer and Rosset out of ATP Rome tournament in first round

This content was published on May 10, 2000 World-ranked 51, Federer was defeated by the Ukrainian Andrei Medvedev, who is ranked 25. After losing the first set to Federer, 3-6, Medvedev bounced back and turned the score around, taking the second set 6-3, and the third 7-5. It’s the third time in a row Federer has gone out in the opening round of…

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Swiss ice hockey team prepare for Canadian challenge

This content was published on May 10, 2000 Played eighteen, drawn two, lost sixteen – Switzerland’s World Championship record against the Canadians is not one that the team will want to dwell on going into tonight’s encounter. Perhaps more daunting than such long-term statistics is the current form of the Canadian side. Having begun the tournament in a disappointing fashion – losing to…

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Computerised patient records raise data protection fears

This content was published on May 10, 2000 The report makes a number of suggestions on how to limit those risks, and on the introduction of common standards for the use of such technology. Anne Eckhardt, author of the TA report, said that one of the proposals called for access to the data contained in records to be limited according to the healthcare…

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Tate Modern set to put Swiss design on the map

This content was published on May 10, 2000 The Tate Modern will be opened by the Queen on Thursday. And in the midst of all the media excitement, it appears that British commentators are unanimous: the Swiss architects, Herzog and de Meuron, have produced a work that, in the words of one critic in “the Independent” newspaper, is “awesome”, so much so that…

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Hingis breezes past compatriot Gagliardi

This content was published on May 9, 2000 Hingis beat Gagliardi, 6-2, 6-2, closing out the match in just 50 minutes by winning an exchange of volleys at the net. Hingis allowed the second set to drag out when she dropped two games while leading 5-0 to the 68th seed. The victory is Hingis’ 11th straight win. The 19-year-old Hingis reclaimed her world…

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Swiss take share of limelight at Cannes

This content was published on May 9, 2000 Godard’s work, “Origin of the 21st Century”, is described by festival organisers as “a kind of prophetic recapitulation synthesising the entire century in 15 minutes”. Competing for the Golden Palm award this year are 23 feature films, ten of them from Europe, eight from Asia and the Middle East, four from the United States and…

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