Cluster: Swiss Identity

Geneva book fair marks St-Exupéry centenary

This content was published on May 6, 2000 The exhibition – entitled The Wind, Sand and Stars, the alternative title of his classic Terre des Hommes – is a timely reminder of a remarkable man whose impact extended well beyond the confines of literature and the French language. One of the reasons for his enduring popularity is that people of all races and…

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Swiss ice hockey team one win away from quarter finals

This content was published on May 6, 2000 Switzerland’s relatively comfortable position in the qualifying round was further bolstered on Friday evening when Russia lost their third match in a row, beaten 3-2 by unfancied Latvia. The hosts are still without a point in the secondary stage of the competition and need to win both their remaining games to have any chance of…

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Football: Lausanne go third with win over Servette

This content was published on May 6, 2000 Both sides seemed equally matched throughout most of the game. Gerber broke through Servette’s defences to score Lausanne’s opener in the 28th minute, but the Geneva team managed to equalise 17 minutes later. It wasn’t until almost halfway through the second half that Lausanne started to take control, with Rehn bringing the score to 2-1.…

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Basque cyclist Joseba Beloki takes the lead in Tour de Romandie

This content was published on May 5, 2000 Beloki, who has taken over the leader’s green jersey from Italy’s Paolo Savoldelli, was able to come in thirty seconds ahead of the Italian in Friday’s time trial over a distance of 15 miles. Inigo Cuesta of Spain is now 32 seconds behind Beloki and in third place in the overall ratings. No one had…

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Kunsthaus highlights the perfectionist in Cézanne

This content was published on May 5, 2000 Regarded as the most influential artist of his generation, the French artist, Cézanne, who died in 1906, was a perfectionist who destroyed many paintings with which he was not satisfied. The Zurich exhibition aims to show that the so-called unfinished ones which survived were not completed by him for aesthetic rather than technical reasons. The…

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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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