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Fifa president looks to the future

This content was published on Dec 29, 2010 In an end of year message published on the Fifa website on Wednesday, Blatter says that in addition to the upcoming competitions, a key focus next year will be “football leadership”. Blatter is standing for a fourth four-year term of office on June 1, at Fifa’s congress in Zurich. In his message he says he…

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Societies racked by fear

This content was published on Dec 29, 2010 The writer Bernard Comment, who lives in Paris but whose roots are in French-speaking canton Jura, says we must not let ourselves be taken in: One snowy Christmas Eve in Porrentruy, the little town in the Jura where I was born, I came across a little girl, aged about five or six, who had let…

Prominent voices silenced in 2010

This content was published on Dec 29, 2010 They all had their own particular talents that were recognised both in and outside Switzerland. The uncrowned king of Swiss watchmaking, Nicolas G. Hayek, died in June of heart failure at his Swatch Group headquarters in Biel. Feted by many a university for his entrepreneurial skills and his tireless efforts for Swiss industry, Hayek, aged…

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Davos qualify for Spengler Cup semis

This content was published on Dec 29, 2010 The Davos team, the host and 14-times winner of the tournament, qualified after playing just two preliminary round matches. Sandro Rizzi got HC Davos on the board less than two minutes into the sold-out game. After the Canadians scored the equaliser, Davos’ Czech players Petr Taticek and Jaroslav Bednar scored to make the difference. Canada’s…

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Gägestrom: Bassinrand

This content was published on Dec 28, 2010 Planet Gägestrom

Bird of play

This content was published on Dec 28, 2010 Sherkan the bald eagle is the mascot of Geneva’s Servette ice hockey club. He flew through the stadium in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos before a Spengler Cup match against Sparta Prague on December 27. (Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann)

Psychological problems abound in Geneva jail

This content was published on Dec 28, 2010 The study, whose results were published on Tuesday, said that 45.3 per cent of men and 56.6 per cent of women had various emotional problems. Carried out by researchers at Geneva’s University Hospital from 2007, the study examined 1,510 different cases on inmates between the ages of 18 and 82. The average age was 30.…

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Simon Ammann vows to win Four Hills event

This content was published on Dec 28, 2010 “I will win the tournament,” the 29-year-old Ammann told journalists ahead of the European classic that takes place in both Germany and Austria. During his career, Ammann has won just about everything the sport has to offer, including a World Cup title and four Olympic gold medals, but the Four Hills title has eluded him.…

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New equality chief faces overflowing in-tray

This content was published on Dec 28, 2010 After 16 years at the helm of the Federal Gender Equality Office, Patricia Schulz is taking up a job at the United Nations. She will be replaced by canton Vaud’s head of equality, Sylvie Durrer, on March 1. Ahead of her departure, Schulz told swissinfo.ch that gender equality in Switzerland had improved over the past…

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Snowy winter leaves salt stocks low

This content was published on Dec 27, 2010 In most places it is only the main roads that are being kept ice-free by use of salt; gravel is being used on local roads and pavements – if they are cleared at all. The canton Zurich authorities have limited the amount of salt that they are delivering to the communes, while the city plans…

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