Cluster: Swiss Identity

35th Solothurn Film Festival underway

This content was published on Jan 17, 2000 The 35th Solothurn film festival has officially opened. During its six-day run it will showcase some 120 Swiss films, representing the cream of last year’s domestic production. As well as prizes for best feature, documentary and short, this year’s festival will for the first time award prizes for best actor and best actress. The Festival’s…

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Debate on breastfeeding in public breaks out

This content was published on Jan 17, 2000 Nowadays there’s very little of the human body that it is not acceptable to reveal. Topless sunbathing is the norm, and scantily clad but physically perfect figures – female and male – are used in all sorts of advertising campaigns. However, there’s one type of exposure which some people still seem to regard as indecent.…

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Swiss TV viewers captivated by modern Robinson Crusoe

This content was published on Jan 17, 2000 Swiss television has pounced on a trend sweeping across Europe – reality shows. The private station TV3 is producing a second series of its hugely successful programme, Expedition Robinson, in which participants are dumped on a deserted island, and left to fend for themselves. The concept obviously appeals to the Swiss. No less than 3,500…

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No security fears before World Economic Forum meeting

This content was published on Jan 16, 2000 Police in the Swiss resort of Davos are playing down suggestions that this year’s annual meeting of the World Economic Forum will be marred by violence, after a firework shattered windows at the congress centre where the meeting is to be held. The attack has re-inforced fears that anti-globalisation protesters might try to disrupt the…

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No joy for Swiss as Aamodt clinches Wengen slalom win

This content was published on Jan 16, 2000 Kjetil-Andre Aamodt of Norway has won the World Cup slalom at Wengen in the Bernese Oberland. Aamodt demonstrated all his experience to race to the 17th World Cup win of his career, and his first in slalom. The Norwegian was fourth after the first leg, but produced a storming run to claim victory in a…

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No joy for Swiss skiers in Wengen slalom

This content was published on Jan 16, 2000 Jure Kosir of Slovenia made light of difficult conditions to lead after the first leg of today’s World Cup slalom at Wengen, in the Bernese Oberland. Kosir, who was the first man down the course, finished in a time of 50.57 seconds, exactly half a second ahead of Hans-Petter Buraas of Norway. In fact the…

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Swiss Broadcasting Corp. moots pay TV venture

This content was published on Jan 16, 2000 The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation is considering launching a pay-per-view TV venture to with the country’s largest cable television company, Cablecom, according to a Sunday newspaper. The news comes after broadcasters held talks in December with the president of Switzerland’s ice hockey league. The report, in the SonntagsZeitung, says preliminary talks are underway between the public…

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Switzerland counts the cost of Hurricane Lothar

This content was published on Jan 16, 2000 In this report, we speak to sawmill owners in the tiny central Swiss canton of Nidwalden about their fears of a glut of cheap and poor quality wood on the market. The head of the Timber Industry and Sawmills Association explains what measures he would like to see the government take to minimise the impact.…

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Maier favourite for Lauberhorn, despite Swiss hopes

This content was published on Jan 15, 2000 There are high hopes that today’s running of the 70th Lauberhorn downhill skiing race could result in a long awaited Swiss victory. But most believe that Hermann Maier of Austria will power his way to another World Cup win. In Friday’s final training run, Maier, who has a mammoth 400-point lead in the overall standings,…

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Austrian win in Wengen, but Maier must settle for second

This content was published on Jan 15, 2000 As many expected, it was glory for Austria at today’s World Cup downhill in Wengen, with Austrians occupying five of the top seven places. But the hot favourite before the race, World Cup overall leader, Hermann Maier, had to settle for second in the 70th running of the world-famous Lauberhorn race. The winner turned out…

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