Cluster: Swiss Identity

Competition commission bans price fixing in book market

This content was published on Sep 7, 1999 The Swiss competition commission on Tuesday banned price fixing for German language books in Switzerland, but the Association of Book Sellers and Publishers said they would challenge the ban. “The book cartel is a child of the 19th century. Times have changed since the last century,” Roland von Büren told a news conference in the…

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Roche says U.S. vitamin settlement near

This content was published on Sep 7, 1999 (Reuters) — Swiss-based Roche Holding AG said on Tuesday that talks on settling civil lawsuits arising from a U.S. vitamins price-fixing case were making good progress but it would not confirm a tentative accord had been struck. “The settlement discussions are well advanced. We are hopeful of making a settlement,” a company spokesman said. But…

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Celtic jewellery on show in Berne

This content was published on Sep 7, 1999

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New TV3 station goes on air

This content was published on Sep 6, 1999

Swiss, Hungarian awarded Yad Vashem medals

This content was published on Sep 6, 1999 (AP) — Four Swiss and a Hungarian were honoured Monday with an Israeli award recognising the sacrifice of non-Jews who risked their lives to help persecuted Jews. Switzerland’s diplomatic envoy to Hungary in winter 1944, Harald Feller, was honoured for protecting groups of Jews in his own home. Also recognised was Jean-Edouard Friedrich, who helped…

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All-music station Swizz goes on air

This content was published on Sep 6, 1999

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Former top army brass faces court on embezzlement charges

This content was published on Sep 6, 1999 Former general staff Col. Friedrich Nyffenegger went on trial at a court in Lausanne on Friday on charges of embezzlement, fraud and falsification of documents. The case goes back to 1989, when Nyffenegger was in charge of the events commemorating the 50th anniversary of the start of World War II, and some official publications outlining…

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Swiss Alpine Museum stages special Hodler exhbition

This content was published on Sep 6, 1999

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Former Swiss colonel Nyffenegger on trial

This content was published on Sep 6, 1999

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Swiss president says politicians must heed concerns of young people

This content was published on Sep 4, 1999 Swiss President Ruth Dreifuss called on international leaders attending a francophone summit in Canada to listen to the demands and concerns of young people, saying the youth of today was too often ignored. “I am convinced that we politicians, if we want to implement youth-friendly policies, must above all strive to integrate young people into…

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