Cluster: Swiss Identity

Ballet star Béjart to stay on in Lausanne

This content was published on Oct 1, 1999 Maurice Béjart (left), one of Europe’s most celebrated choreographers and head of the renowned Béjart Ballet Company has decided to stay in Lausanne for another three years. The 71-year-old artist renewed a contract with cantonal and city authorities this week — the third time he has done so since he moved to the Swiss city…

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Canton Graubünden honours writer Pedretti

This content was published on Sep 30, 1999 Writer and artist Erica Pedretti has been awarded canton Graubünden’s prize for cultural achievements, a Swiss regional government official said Thursday. The award ceremony and the handover of the SFr15,000 ($10,000) prize money will take place on November 12. Pedretti is honoured for both her literary work – such as her book “The Stones” –…

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Swissair to meet authorities to discuss forced repatriations

This content was published on Sep 30, 1999 Switzerland’s national airline Swissair said Thursday it will meet representatives from the federal, cantonal and regional authorities to discuss its refusal to participate in forced repatriations of asylum seekers by the justice and police authorities. The decision – which does not affect voluntary returnees — was taken after more and more Swissair pilots refused to…

Culture

Vitali toys on show in Zurich

This content was published on Sep 29, 1999 The Museum für Gestaltung in Zurich — a museum for design and contemporary art — is staging an exhibition featuring the works of sculptor and toy designer Antonio Vitali. Organisers show Vitali’s toys along with other exhibits from the museum’s poster collection, the graphic collection and the design collection. “What is exemplified is the interest…

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Swiss prosecutor will focus Kosovo investigations on Milosevic

This content was published on Sep 29, 1999 (AP) — The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal’s new chief prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte of Switzerland, said Wednesday she will maintain the court’s focus on gathering evidence against Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic and others suspected of atrocities in Kosovo. In a statement issued by the United Nations tribunal in The Hague, Del Ponte reiterated the position…

Culture

Report: Swiss education is good but needs improvement

This content was published on Sep 29, 1999 Switzerland’s education and job training system is good but needs improvement in some key areas, according to a new report by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The report, presented at a news conference in Berne on Wednesday, gives high marks to performances in maths, foreign languages and apprenticeship job training programmes. But students have dropped…

History

Zurich museum traces history of Vatican Swiss Guard

This content was published on Sep 28, 1999 The Haus zum Rech museum in Zurich is staging an exhibition on the history of the Swiss Guard, outlining the early days of the papal corps and its history throughout the centuries to the present. One section of the exhibition is dedicated to the close links between the Swiss guard and a local family by…

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Swiss probe illegal chemicals exports to South Africa

This content was published on Sep 27, 1999 (Reuters) — Switzerland has launched an investigation into possible espionage and illegal chemicals exports to South Africa, the Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s Office said on Monday. “An investigation has been launched against person or persons unknown related to espionage and infraction of the law on the control of goods,” spokesman Dominique Reymond told Reuters. “There is…

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Swiss deny revealing secrets in Russia probe

This content was published on Sep 27, 1999 (Reuters) — The Swiss Federal Prosecutor’s Office on Monday denied allegations it damaged the interests of Geneva-based financial services company Forus Services SA in a probe into money missing from Russian state airline Aeroflot. “The allegations are completely wrong. We deny that we showed or sent documents relating to Forus to Russia,” Dominique Reymond, spokesman…

Culture

Rosengart collection to go on show

This content was published on Sep 27, 1999

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