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Swiss producer wins sixth Oscar

This content was published on Mar 27, 2000 Switzerland’s Arthur Cohn (right) has become the first film producer ever to win six Oscars. His film “One Day in September” was chosen as the best documentary at the most glamorous award ceremony in showbusiness. The film tells the story of the killing of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Receiving the…

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New and improved response to victims of violence: national report released

This content was published on Mar 27, 2000 You do not have to be in a war zone to experience violence and crime. Sexual abuse committed against women and children in Switzerland still continues in every day life. But the national research programme “Violence in daily life and organised crime” has published its findings into how the problem can be best tackled. Around…

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Austria rejects Swiss spying allegations

This content was published on Mar 27, 2000 Austria has rebuffed allegations by Switzerland that customs officers have been involved in illegal information-gathering activities to crack down on smugglers. The authorities in the Austrian province of Vorarlberg which borders eastern Switzerland said they uncovered a series of butter and meat smuggling operations which originated in Switzerland. As part of the crackdown they questioned…

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Police shoot dead gunman in Chur

This content was published on Mar 26, 2000 Swiss police have shot dead a 22 year-old gunman, ending a ten hour siege of his apartment in the south-eastern town of Chur. The gunman had shot and wounded two policeman, one of them critically. He was killed by police marksmen, after stepping out onto his balcony and again opening fire on his surroundings with…

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Gunman shoots at police in Chur

This content was published on Mar 26, 2000 Swiss police have laid siege to an apartment in the south-eastern town of Chur, where a 22 year-old gunman has holed himself up after shooting and wounding two policemen. One of the men is in critical condition. Police were deployed at 8.30 local time on Sunday morning, after reports that the gunman had opened fire…

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Austrian customs suspected of spying in Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 26, 2000 Austrian customs suspected of spying in Switzerland Swiss police are investigating reports that Austrian customs officers have been involved in illegal information-gathering activities in Switzerland. The allegations come just five days ahead of a visit to Switzerland by the new Austrian chancellor, Wolfgang Schüssel. Austria and its fellow European Union member states have in the…

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Gay group calls for better awareness

This content was published on Mar 26, 2000 A gay lobby group in Switzerland has called for homosexuality to be “demystified”. The appeal was made at the first meeting of Pink Cross to be held in French-speaking Switzerland. Discussions focused on the problem of homophobia, and general ingorance about homosexulaity, in the education sector. A Pink Cross spokesman, Stéphane Riethauser, said a campaign…

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Parliament drafts legislation to compensate victims of forced sterilisations

This content was published on Mar 24, 2000 The Swiss parliament is drafting legislation to compensate victims of forced sterilisations. The House of Representatives said the measure was necessary for Switzerland to close a “dark chapter in the history of psychiatry”. The measure comes in response to revelations that canton Vaud legally supported a policy of forced sterilisations on handicapped and mental patients.…

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Parliament drafts legislation to compensate victims of forced sterilisations

This content was published on Mar 24, 2000 The Swiss parliament is drafting legislation to compensate victims of forced sterilisations. The House of Representatives said the measure was necessary for Switzerland to close a “dark chapter in the history of psychiatry”. The measure comes in response to revelations that canton Vaud legally supported a policy of forced sterilisations on handicapped and mental patients.…

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Swiss producer wins sixth Oscar

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Austria rejects Swiss spying allegations

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Police shoot dead gunman in Chur

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