Cluster: Swiss Identity

Changes ahead in Swiss cultural policy

This content was published on Jun 28, 1999 A new report released Monday called on public authorities and private institutions in Switzerland to better coordinate the promotion of the arts. The demand was part of a 400-page report which largely reflects the views of Swiss artists and which contains wide-ranging proposals to streamline the promotion of the arts in Switzerland. Commissioned by the…

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Kosovo dominates Swiss-British defense talks

This content was published on Jun 28, 1999 Swiss Defense Minister Adolf Ogi (l) and his visiting British counterpart George Robertson met Monday for talks dominated by the situation in Kosovo, where Britain maintains a sizeable number of troops and Switzerland provides humanitarian and reconstruction aid. A Swiss government spokesman said after the talks – held just outside the capital Berne – that…

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Swiss Defence Minister Ogi meets British counterpart for talks on Kosovo

This content was published on Jun 28, 1999 The crisis in Kosovo and Switzerland’s emergency aid in the war-torn region were expected to top the agenda of Monday’s talks between Swiss Defence Minister Adolf Ogi and his British counterpart George Robertson. The talks were taking place just outside the capital Berne, where Robertson was welcomed with full military honours. The Swiss government announced…

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Firm in canton Jura upholds tradition of carriage clocks

This content was published on Jun 28, 1999

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The IOC and Switzerland, after the decision on where to host the 2006 games.

This content was published on Jun 28, 1999

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Swiss investigator recommends charges against Mossad agent

This content was published on Jun 25, 1999 (AP) — A Swiss investigating judge on Friday recommended that the federal attorney general file charges against an Israeli agent caught in a bungled Mossad spying operation. Swiss Federal Magistrate Monique Saudan said she had concluded her investigation into the February 19, 1998, attempt by five Israelis to install telephone bugging equipment in an apartment…

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Swiss Alpine Museum exhibits rare Hodler paintings

This content was published on Jun 25, 1999 The Swiss Alpine Museum is currently exhibiting a series of rare large-scale works of the Swiss 19th century painter Ferdinand Hodler. The exhibition is called “ascent and fall” of mountain climbers. The highlight of the exhibition is a series of seven pictures which were originally part of a much larger dioramic display on the subject…

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Cornelia Nater: Dancing in a wheelchair

This content was published on Jun 24, 1999

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Switzerland to contribute to KFOR troops in Kosovo

This content was published on Jun 23, 1999 Switzerland will send troops to Kosovo as part of the international peace force, KFOR, the Swiss government said Wednesday. It also announced a two-phase plan for the repatriation of Kosovar refugees. In the first ever participation by Swiss professional troops in an international mission, Switzerland has decided to send 160 soldiers to the Serbian province.…

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Switzerland hands over Marcos-related money to Philippines government

This content was published on Jun 23, 1999 Switzerland has begun handing over millions of dollars held in Swiss banks by close aides and supporters of former Philippines strongman Ferdinand Marcos, justice authorities said Wednesday. Zurich district prosecutor Dieter Jann said that $4.6 million deposited in a Swiss bank account by Benjamin Romualdez – a former Philippines ambassador to the United States –…

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