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Swiss drinks group Rivella goes green

This content was published on Jul 30, 1999 (Reuters) — Rivella is Switzerland’s second-best selling soft drink after Coca-Cola. Now the Swiss company hopes to tap the huge potential of non-Rivella drinkers at home and abroad with a new product, Rivella Green, which contains green tea extracts. “Rivella is a divider, you either like it or you don’t,” said chief executive Franz Rieder,…

Search for missing canyoning victims continues

This content was published on Jul 30, 1999 Search and rescue teams were on Friday continuing efforts to locate two people still missing from Tuesday’s deadly canyoning accident in the Saxeten gorge near the Swiss tourist resort of Interlaken. Search efforts, which involved sniffer dogs and an underwater camera focused on the Saxeten mountain stream and nearby Lake Brienz. Nineteen bodies have been…

Investigation into canyoning accident proves slow process

This content was published on Jul 29, 1999 The Swiss authorities said Thursday that the identification of the 19 bodies recovered from Tuesday’s tragic canyoning accident near Interlaken would be a slow process and investigators called for help from those who might have known the victims. Two victims have been identified: one of them is a Swiss woman and the other a man…

Swiss festival crowns best winegrowers

This content was published on Jul 29, 1999 Switzerland’s biggest festival, the Fête des Vignerons or Winegrowers’ Festival, was formally opened on Thursday with the crowning of the best winegrowers. The event is staged in the town of Vevey, on Lake Geneva, and is only held once per generation. It is by far the biggest and most spectacular festival and is characterised by…

Japan to revoke Credit Suisse unit license

This content was published on Jul 29, 1999 (Reuters) — Japanese financial regulators said on Thursday they will revoke the banking licence of Credit Suisse Group’s derivatives unit for obstructing official investigations and offering inappropriate products to clients. Financial regulators also ordered a partial suspension of Tokyo operations at four other CS Group units and Kokusai Asset Management Co Ltd, a unit of…

Search for missing resumes after canyoning accident

This content was published on Jul 29, 1999 Swiss police on Thursday resumed their search for two people still missing after a canyoning accident that killed 19 tourists — up to 13 of them Australians. At dawn, police started dragging the bottom of Lake Brienz and searching rocks around the Saxeten mountain stream, where a flash flood turned an adventure holiday excursion into…

Narrow terrain hampers rescue efforts

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Swiss government extends condolences to families of canyoning victims

This content was published on Jul 28, 1999 The Swiss government on Wednesday extended its condolences to the families, friends and relatives of those who died in a fatal canyoning river adventure near the tourist resort of Interlaken. Sports Minister Adolf Ogi expressed the government’s shock about Tuesday’s tragic accident, which marked the worst such incident in the country’s water sports history. “We…

Switzerland shocked by worst water sports accident that kills 18

This content was published on Jul 28, 1999 Switzerland was in shock Wednesday after at least 18 people seeking the thrills of an Alpine canyoning river adventure drowned when a flash flood swelled a mountain stream near the tourist resort of Interlaken into a deadly torrent. The Swiss authorities have set up an emergency contact number for relatives who fear their family member…

At least 18 dead in worst river sports accident in Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 27, 1999 At least 18 people were killed near the tourist resort of Interlaken on Tuesday evening in the worst river sports accident seen in Switzerland to date. A local police spokesman confirmed that 18 people were confirmed dead in the “canyoning” accident, which happened in a gorge on the small Saxeten river near the village of…

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