Cluster: Swiss Identity

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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Smokers told they can stop and still keep weight down

This content was published on May 9, 2000 At a news conference in Berne on Tuesday to mark the start of a campaign leading up to World No-Smoking Day on May 31, the organisers pointed out that while former smokers can expect to gain weight, a fitness program and dietary counselling helps to keep weight gain down. The Swiss Association for the Prevention…

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Is Switzerland set for Eurovision success?

This content was published on May 9, 2000 Bogaert will be singing the Italian-language ballad, “La vita cos’è” (“What is Life?”). Born in Solothurn, she studied music at Biel Conservatory and the Munich Music School and has toured the world as a singer. “La vita cos’è” was composed by Bernie Staub with lyrics by Tomas Marin. It was chosen as the Swiss entry…

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Switzerland through to quarter finals of ice-hockey World Championship

This content was published on May 9, 2000 The game in St Petersburg was decided in the second period. After a goalless first period, Patrick Fischer opened the score in the 22nd minute, followed by goals from Marcel Jenni in the 28th and another one from Fischer in the 30th. Gian-Marco Crameri wrapped up the game with a fourth goal in the 53rd…

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Asylum-seekers fall to five year low

This content was published on May 9, 2000 For the first four months of the current year, the refugee office said on Tuesday it had registered 5,433 asylum applications, down from 15,250 for the same period last year. Most asylum-seekers are still from Yugoslavia (318 in April), followed by people from Turkey (98), Sri Lanka (78) and Iraq (74). The refugee office said…

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Belgian production scoops Montreux Golden Rose award

This content was published on May 9, 2000 Vlaamse Radio en Televisieomroep produced “The Mole”, an adventure game. Ten players must confront various challenges during their voyage and discover in the process which of their group member is a saboteur. The Silver Roses went to the British comedy production “People like us” and the musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat.” The United…

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