Cluster: Swiss Identity

Swiss lend Israel legal assistance as Weizman inquiry escalates

This content was published on Feb 10, 2000 Police in Zurich have questioned a French millionaire over his financial backing of the Israeli president, Ezer Weizman. The interrogation of Edouard Saroussi took place just hours before Israeli detectives questioned Weizman himself at the presidential residence in Jerusalem. The 75-year-old politician is accused of failing to declare over 300,000 dollars given to him by…

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Israel seeks Swiss help in Weizman investigation

This content was published on Feb 9, 2000 Israel has formally asked Switzerland for legal assistance in connection with the police investigation of President Ezer Weizman (pictured). It is believed that Israeli officers want to question the Geneva-based French businessman, Edouard Saroussi, about his financial backing of Weizman. The Israeli president is being investigated for tax fraud and corruption. He has admitted accepting…

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Giacometti exhibition keeps it in the family

This content was published on Feb 9, 2000 For the first time, the works of Switzerland’s most celebrated artistic family, the Giacomettis, are to be put on display at the same venue. A total of 190 works from private collections throughout Europe go on show at the Antonio Mazzotta foundation in Milan on Sunday. The exhibition will last until May 14 before moving…

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Swiss jazz drummer awarded Victoire prize

This content was published on Feb 9, 2000 The Swiss jazz drummer, Daniel Humair, has won the prestigious Victoire prize for his latest album “Hum 99”. The presentation of the 7th Victoire awards for classical music and jazz were made at a ceremony in the French city of Lyon. Humair, originally from Geneva, now lives in Paris, where he collaborated with two French…

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Geneva airport ordered to compensate locals

This content was published on Feb 9, 2000 The federal court has ordered Geneva International Airport to fork out SFr60 million damages to local residents for pollution, ending a long-running dispute about who should pay. The case goes back to an earlier ruling by the federal court, in which it told canton Geneva to compensate residents living near the airport. The canton then…

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Proposal for new Swiss passport gets mixed response

This content was published on Feb 9, 2000 A proposal to introduce a new Swiss passport in 2003 has been given the thumbs up from more than ten of Switzerland’s 26 cantons as well as centre-right parties. However, fears have been raised about a possible threat to civil liberties, in that police would have access to the central database of all passport details.…

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Former financial chief cleared of insider trading

This content was published on Feb 9, 2000 The former financial director of the Zurich insurance group, Markus Rohrbasser, has been acquitted of charges of insider trading. A court in Zurich ruled there was not sufficient proof of premeditated illegal dealing. Rohrbasser was accused of using knowledge of an impending merger with the British BAT group in 1997 to make SFr237,000 in a…

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New association to improve safety in adventure sports

This content was published on Feb 9, 2000 A new association has been formed in Lucerne to represent groups involved in adventure sports, such as canyoning and rafting. The Swiss Outdoor Association will be made up of thirteen organisations and companies. Amongst them is Adventure World, the firm which organised last year’s tragic canyoning expedition near Interlaken. 21 people died during the descent…

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Swiss line up new bids to host Olympics

This content was published on Feb 8, 2000 The Swiss Olympic Association says several Swiss venues are lining up bids to host future Olympic games, despite the failure of a bid by the town of Sion to host the 2006 winter games. At a news conference in Berne, the Olympic Association said Canton Graubünden in south-eastern Switzerland and the city of Montreux in…

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Competition Commission too weak to fight cartels

This content was published on Feb 8, 2000 The Federal Competition Commission says prices are too high in Switzerland, and that its own powers of punishment are too weak. The Commission’s president, Roland von Büren (pictured), insisted that more must be done to end Switzerland’s image as a “cartel paradise”. In its annual report presented in Berne, the Commission said it had increased…

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