Cluster: Swiss Identity

Hingis sees off Kournikova in Hamburg quarter finals

This content was published on May 5, 2000 Hingis defeated Kournikova comfortably enough (3-6 6-2 6-4) in Friday’s showdown. But she looked a little rusty in her first set in which she made a number of unforced errors and came under pressure from her opponent’s powerful ground strokes. However, the 19-year-old Swiss player fought back in the second set, but only after wasting…

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Suhr beat Schaffhausen in second play-off final game

This content was published on May 5, 2000 In front of a sell-out crowd the reigning champions took an important step towards securing their second title in a row. Goals from Robbie Kostadinovic in the first seven minutes of the second half gave Suhr an invaluable four goal lead over the home side. Schaffhausen were, however, able to cut the difference in the…

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Late Zurich goal deluge sinks Lucerne

This content was published on May 5, 2000 The game could have gone either way during regular time. The teams matched each other goal for goal, with the scores level at two-all at full time. Then Lucerne began to fall apart. Zurich’s South African player, Shaun Bartlett, completed a hat-trick in the 94th-minute. Four minutes later, Mario Frick took the score to four-two.…

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The Name Game

This content was published on May 5, 2000 The location may be a tourist resort, a well-known town or – and here’s a clue for the May competition – a museum. Join Richard Dawson to find out more.

Rumours denied of breakthrough over Holocaust-era accounts

This content was published on May 5, 2000 The judge, Edward Korman, is responsible for implementing a 1998 agreement between the banks and Jewish groups to compensate Holocaust victims and their heirs with claims to pre-war Swiss bank accounts. Opening the two million accounts to scrutiny could speed up the disbursement of the $1.25 billion settlement. An independent commission has called on the…

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Dufaux rides to victory in second stage of Tour de Romandie

This content was published on May 4, 2000 Dufaux won a seven-man group sprint to come in first in the second stage from Montreaux to La Chaux-de-Fonds. His front wheel crossed the finish line just ahead of Italy’s Francesco Casagrande and France’s Yvon Ledanois. Switzerland’s Markus Zberg finished ninth, six seconds behind the seven leaders. The victory is Dufaux’s first in years. After…

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Germany guest of honour at Geneva book fair

This content was published on May 4, 2000 During the course of the fair, at least 20 German writers will be in Geneva to take part in discussions about their work and the renaissance in German writing. Germany was the birthplace of Johannes Gutenberg, the man credited with inventing the modern printing press over 500 years ago. Today it occupies an equally important…

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Swiss court throws out Greenpeace appeal

This content was published on May 4, 2000 The court in canton Aargau ordered the Greenpeace members to pay fines of between SFr400 and SFr1,700. The 37 Greenpeace activists were appealing against a fine imposed by the authorties in December for illegally preventing the transport by rail of fuel rods. The first incident occurred in March 1997, when the activists prevented fuel rods…

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New record set in gruelling cross-glacier race

This content was published on May 4, 2000 More than 230 teams took part in the race, which is designed to test the skills of army patrolmen in the Alps. Civilian teams are also allowed to participate. Although extremely demanding, Thursday’s race was just a curtain raiser for the main event, a 54-kilometre cross-glacier race from Zermatt to Verbier. More than 300 teams…

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TV sitcoms compete for Golden Rose

This content was published on May 4, 2000 The 40th edition of the festival opens on Thursday with a screening of the Swiss-French sitcom, Les Piques-Meuron. The production is Switzerland’s sole entry in the competition. The director-general of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), Amin Walpen, will also address the participants on the first night. The Golden Rose is the only international comedy festival…

Cluster: Swiss Identity

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