Cluster: Swiss Identity

Government names new federal prosecutor

This content was published on Dec 20, 1999 The Swiss government on Monday appointed Valentin Roschacher, a senior police official, to replace Carla Del Ponte as Swiss federal prosecutor. Roschacher, 39, will take up his new post on March 1, the justice ministry said. Del Ponte was nominated in August to head the U.N. war crimes tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and took…

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Riverdance sparks interest in Irish dancing

This content was published on Dec 20, 1999

Culture

Applied arts award: A coffin is the winner

This content was published on Dec 17, 1999 One of the winners of this year’s applied arts awards in Switzerland has invented what could be described as the last thing in design. It is an environment-friendly coffin which, if Thomas Schaad gets the financial backing he needs, will land him with the dead end job he wants. What the jury looks for in…

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Switzerland, Germany vow crackdown on organised crime

This content was published on Dec 17, 1999 Swiss Justice and Police Minister Ruth Dreifuss and German Interior Minister Otto Schily on Friday vowed to join forces in cracking down on drug and arms trafficking, money laundering and terrorism. The two leaders signed a declaration praising crime-fighting measures and cross-border police cooperation enshrined in a document signed earlier this year. Switzerland has signed…

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Jury decides in controversial murder case

This content was published on Dec 17, 1999

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Swiss hand India more documents on Bofors affair

This content was published on Dec 16, 1999 (AP) — Switzerland has given India more bank documents for its investigation into alleged bribery in a $1.4 billion arms deal with Swedish manufacturer Bofors, officials said on Thursday. The documents were handed over to the Indian Embassy on Wednesday after the Federal Department of Justice rejected an appeal from three Indian brothers who claimed…

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Swiss scientists assess AIDS combination therapies

This content was published on Dec 15, 1999

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Montsanto lawsuit could also affect Swiss-based Novartis

This content was published on Dec 15, 1999

Culture

Lausanne museum shows Chinese everyday objects

This content was published on Dec 14, 1999 It is nearly 40 years since Francois Dautresme was a member of one of the first groups authorised to visit China. While there, he discovered the beauty of utensils, tools and other objects normally thought of in functional rather than aesthetic terms. Paris-based Dautresme made numerous further visits, touring the countryside where nearly all the…

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Geneva judge says $551 million frozen in Abacha-related accounts

This content was published on Dec 13, 1999 A judge in Geneva on Monday said that about $551 million has been frozen in Swiss bank accounts as part of the Swiss authorities’ search for assets related to the late Nigerian dictator Gen. Sani Abacha. Switzerland ordered a provisional block on any accounts in the name of Abacha, his relatives and associates, in mid-October,…

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