Cluster: Swiss Identity

Pharmaceutical Roche plans to slash costs of AIDS drugs

This content was published on May 11, 2000 The companies are negotiating the scheme as part of a United Nations initiative to respond to the AIDS crisis in Africa. The deal would be a major move towards making the drugs affordable for millions of people at prices lower than in the West and even beneath those now available at reduced rates to African…

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Swiss ice hockey hopes dashed after Canadian defeat

This content was published on May 11, 2000 Coming in as the under-dogs, Switzerland kept their opponents on their toes during the quarter-final action at the Ice Palace in St Petersburg. Canada said that Switzerland’s form kept them playing like spectators. Canada scored first after the Swiss gave the puck away in their own end with just 16 seconds left in the first…

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Tracing the dependence of Swiss authors on French publishers

This content was published on May 11, 2000 It tells the story of the relationship between Swiss authors and the Paris publishing house, Gallimard, which organised the exhibition in collaboration with the Swiss National Library. “Gallimard is unique,” says library director Jean-Frédéric Jauslin, “in the sense of the high number of famous authors whose works are published by it, and also because of…

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Queen Elizabeth opens Tate Modern

This content was published on May 11, 2000 The architects have come in for almost universal praise for their work on converting the former power station into a massive, light-filled SFr350 million museum, facing St Paul’s cathedral on the other side of the river. The Tate Modern has been described by a leading British newspaper as the “cathedral of cool”. The Swiss interior…

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Hingis through to quarter-finals of Berlin tournament

This content was published on May 11, 2000 Hingis needed 55 minutes and a first set tie break to beat Talaja. It was the 12th straight win for the Swiss star in the $1.08 million German Open tennis tournament. Hingis is now due to face the number five seed, Sandrine Testud of France. On Monday, Hingis regained her world number one title from…

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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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