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Switzerland exit top tier of Davis Cup

This content was published on Sep 18, 2010 The Swiss team suffered a third and decisive defeat during Saturday’s doubles match. Stanislas Wawrinka and Yves Allegro lost 4-6, 3-6, 3-6 to Kazakhstan’s Andrey Golubev and Yuri Schukin. During the one hour and 48 minute match Allegro made eight double faults, three in the first game alone, and lost his first four service games.…

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Homage to a beloved clown and artist

This content was published on Sep 18, 2010 The national treasure from canton Ticino died unexpectedly on July 19, 2016. The 80-year-old had performed just two days prior.

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Dimitri the clown

This content was published on Sep 18, 2010 Before he reached the age of 20, Dimitri had already decided to become a clown.Today, he is still considered one of the greatest living clowns, who not only makes spectators laugh, but can also make them cry.

Lending an ear to grievances

This content was published on Sep 18, 2010 Hundreds of police had been looking for the man. It was reported that he had been in dispute with the authorities in the town of Biel for many years, before the planned forced auction of his home finally drove him to action. Following the incident, Claudia Kaufmann, ombudswoman for the city of Zurich, tells swissinfo.ch…

The Gotthard Pass, a Swiss national symbol

This content was published on Sep 17, 2010 The celebrations will look back on the Gotthard Pass’s great historical and mythical importance to the Swiss, with all its associations with the birth of a nation. “The Gotthard’s popularity comes in waves. International traffic was phenomenal during the second half of the 13th century, then commercial routes changed and maritime trade developed,” said Jean-Daniel…

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Aid increase wins approval by cabinet

This content was published on Sep 17, 2010 The additional funds – SFr404 million ($399 million) over two years – are to be used for climate and water projects, according to a foreign ministry statement on Friday. Poverty reduction remains the main task of development cooperation worldwide, and a prosperous and stable world is of key importance to Switzerland, the statement added. Parliament…

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Olympic downhill champion out for the season

This content was published on Sep 17, 2010 The 32-year-old Swiss alpine skier took a bad fall earlier this week during in a Super-G practice run on a glacier over Zermatt and had to be flown by helicopter to a nearby hospital. Hans Spring, head doctor of Swiss Ski men’s alpine team, said Défago had seriously damaged his anterior cruciate ligament as well…

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ART: Vienna 1990

This content was published on Sep 17, 2010 At the centre of the exhibition of Viennese Modernism are portraits and landscapes by Gustav Klimt, expressive figure depictions by Egon Schiele and famous erotic drawings by both artists.

Fugitive gunman arrested in Biel

This content was published on Sep 17, 2010 The man, who was caught in the night of Thursday to Friday, had fled his home after exchanging shots with police officers ten days ago, seriously wounding one in the face. Switzerland’s French-language public radio reported the man had been bitten by a police dog but was otherwise healthy. The cantonal police had come in…

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Disappointing evening for Lausanne

This content was published on Sep 16, 2010 Two of the Russian goals were scored by Vagner Love. Lausanne president Jean-François Collet had described Love ahead of the game as “one of the best Brazilian forwards in the world”. The other came from Sergey Ignashevich, who also plays for the Russian national team. The match was watched by a crowd of 11,500 in…

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