Cluster: Swiss Identity

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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Lausanne through to finals of Swiss football cup

This content was published on May 12, 2000 The 1999 cup winners were the favourites, and had the added advantage of playing at home. The side virtually secured their victory within the first twenty minutes of the game, thanks to two goals scored by Poland’s Marcin Kuzba. Although Lausanne dominated the game, Lugano did manage to answer the stronger side in the second…

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Basel victory deprives St Gallen of lead needed to take championship

This content was published on May 12, 2000 The Basel side may have had a slight psychological edge when they came out onto the field against Sankt Gallen. The team from eastern Switzerland have had an unbroken record of victories since last October, when they last met Basel – and were thrashed 4:1. Friday night’s match was not quite as bad, ending in…

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Protecting civilians in conflicts

This content was published on May 11, 2000 The key theme of the two-day meeting is Human Security; a term used to define a series of proposals aimed at protecting the individual from threats of violence in conflicts. Ambassador Raimund Kunz from the Swiss foreign ministry underlines the urgency of the problem: “The civilian population is the first and most important victim of…

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Lugano manager calls for Calais spirit

This content was published on May 11, 2000 Although Lugano are the underdogs, trainer Roberto Morinini is looking to France for inspiration, where the amateur side, Calais, made it to the final. Morinini said the epic run of the French amateurs proved the value of cup competitions. The Calais analogy may have been more apt than Morinini thought, but for the wrong reasons.…

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Foreigners and crime

This content was published on May 11, 2000 Produced by the Federal Statistics Office along with the Federal Foreigners Office and the Federal Refugee Office, the report looked at the criminal statistics for 1997. It found that around 45 per cent of the almost 64,000 people found guilty of crimes that year were foreign nationals. Within the statistics there were some striking contrasts.…

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