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Strong football ties bind Swiss and Germans

This content was published on Jun 14, 2006 Former German player Uli Stielike, who coached the Swiss national side from 1989 to 1990, told swissinfo about the strong bond that exists between the two football playing countries. The Swiss were the first side Germany ever faced as a recognised international association and their first opponents after both world wars and reunification. Germany also…

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Switzerland content with World Cup draw

This content was published on Jun 14, 2006 Switzerland had to overcome a difficult start during the goalless stalemate in Stuttgart to record their third successive draw against the 1998 World Cup winners and 2000 European champions. “We have a point and we have to be satisfied because the match is finished and it is no good about talking about points won or…

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Swiss win their first point at the World Cup

This content was published on Jun 13, 2006 The result against their most difficult group opponents puts the Swiss in joint second place behind South Korea, who beat Togo 2-1 in an earlier match. The match was a tactical battle, played at a low tempo in hot temperatures in front of a 52,000 capacity crowd at the Gottlieb-Daimler stadium. Coach Köbi Kuhn picked…

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Offre SRG SSR destinée à l’étranger: conforme au marché et compétitive

This content was published on Jun 13, 2006 Lors de sa dernière séance de début juin 2006, le Conseil du public de swissinfo/SRI a fait un tour d’horizon de l’offre en ligne proposée par les diffuseurs de service public de plusieurs pays. La comparaison avec la Suède, les Pays-Bas, l’Australie, le Canada et le Japon lui permet de conclure que ces pays, comparables…

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More protection against domestic violence

This content was published on Jun 13, 2006 Under the amended law, violent spouses can be ordered to leave their homes as a temporary measure and stalking will become a punishable offence. But in a vote on Tuesday the House of Representatives followed the Senate in ruling out the creation of counselling services for victims and perpetrators. Justice Minister Christoph Blocher said mandatory…

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Peter Mieg (1906 – 1990). Works 1937 – 1959.

This content was published on Jun 13, 2006

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Auslandangebote der SRG SSR marktgerecht und kompetitiv

This content was published on Jun 13, 2006 An seiner jüngsten Sitzung anfangs Juni 2006 hat sich der Publikumsrat von swissinfo/SRI einen Überblick über die Online-Angebote der öffentlichrechtlichen Medienunternehmen mehrerer Länder verschafft. Aus dem Vergleich mit den Angeboten aus Schweden, den Niederlanden, Australien, Kanada und Japan zieht er den Schluss, dass vergleichbare Länder ähnliche Anstrengungen wie die Schweiz unternehmen, um ihre Auslandbürgerinnen und…

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Schwyzerörgeliquartett Ländler-Chutze: Emmental-Safari.

This content was published on Jun 13, 2006

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Time for players to pick up “real reward”

This content was published on Jun 12, 2006 Coach Köbi Kuhn knows what a huge moment this match is for his young team, having represented Switzerland himself in the 1966 World Cup in England. “My players know that moments like this are the reason that they work so hard. I always tell them that the support of the fans and the atmosphere in…

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Fantasy world

This content was published on Jun 12, 2006 In 2006 swissinfo.ch visited Bruno Weber in his home in Deitikon near Zurich, where he had been working since the 1960s on creating the country’s largest sculpture park. Bruno Weber died on October 24th at the age of 80. (Michele Andina, swissinfo.ch)

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