Cluster: Swiss Identity

Swiss panel to end Holocaust claims report in November

This content was published on Sep 1, 1999 The Volcker commission searching for dormant Holocaust-era accounts in Swiss banks says it plans to present its final report before the end of November. The Independent Committee of Eminent Persons, which was set up in 1996 and is chaired by former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, made the announcement at the end of its…

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Bellasi retracts accusations against military intelligence chief

This content was published on Aug 31, 1999 Dino Bellasi, the man at the centre of the biggest Swiss defence ministry scandal in years, has retracted his accusations against military intelligence chief Peter Regli and now says he was not ordered to steal millions of Swiss francs to finance a secret intelligence unit. Federal Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte told a news conference in…

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Geneva blocks accounts in Russia laundering probe

This content was published on Aug 31, 1999 (Reuters) – A Geneva investigating magistrate said on Tuesday he had blocked bank accounts as part of an inquiry into money-laundering allegations linked to Swiss-based construction firm Mabetex, which renovated Kremlin buildings. “I have frozen accounts in connection with (the) Mabetex (inquiry),” Devaud told Reuters in response to a query. “I cannot say how many…

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Defence Minister Ogi doubtful about Bellasi case allegations

This content was published on Aug 31, 1999 Swiss Defence Minister Adolf Ogi addressed parliament Tuesday over the Bellasi scandal and said there were increasing doubts about the military intelligence officer’s claims that he was ordered by his superiors to set up a secret intelligence unit. Ogi said the ongoing questioning of Dino Bellasi by federal prosecutors had raised doubts whether military intelligence…

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Russian prosecutor travels to Switzerland for corruption probe

This content was published on Aug 30, 1999 (AP) — A Russian prosecutor looking into possible Kremlin corruption flew to Switzerland on Monday to examine documents and consult with his Swiss counterparts, a news report said. Prosecutor Nikolai Volkov was expected to spend about ten days in Switzerland investigating whether a Swiss company that renovated the Kremlin paid bribes to senior Russian officials,…

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Ambitious culture programme envisaged for Expo.01 exhibition

This content was published on Aug 30, 1999 Organisers on Monday presented an ambitious cultural programme for the national exhibition in 2001, saying Expo.01 will become “Switzerland’s cultural capital.” Daniel Rosselat — organiser of the famous Paléo music festival in the Swiss lakeside town of Nyon – told a news conference in Zurich that a total of 5,000 events on 12 stages and…

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Did Bellasi act alone?

This content was published on Aug 27, 1999 The Federal Prosecutor’s Office said Friday that the key priority of its investigation into the Bellasi case was to find out whether the now arrested intelligence officer and defence ministry accountant had acted alone in siphoning off millions of Swiss francs in defence ministry funds. Deputy Federal Prosecutor Felix Bänziger, speaking at a news conference…

Basel stages major exhibition on modern American art

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Parliamentary committee to probe Bellasi scandal

This content was published on Aug 26, 1999 An independent parliamentary committee said Thursday it was launching a probe of the Bellasi case, which has developed from a fraud case into an intelligence scandal, amid allegations of a secret army and the discovery of an arms cache. Ways and Means Committee president Bernhard Seiler told a news conference in the capital Berne that…

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Defense minister Ogi promises Glasnost over Bellasi scandal

This content was published on Aug 25, 1999 Swiss Defense Minister Adolf Ogi said Wednesday that he had ordered a thorough screening of the military’s financial transactions in order to avoid a repeat of the Bellasi fraud case that has been making headlines in Switzerland in the past days. Dino Bellasi, an intelligence officer and former accountant in the ministry, is under arrest…

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