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World Cup still beckons for Swiss

This content was published on Oct 9, 2005 With one game to go, the result means the Swiss are now in a four-team race with Ireland, France and Israel for a direct qualifying berth for the tournament. Switzerland dominated most of the game. In the first ten minutes alone, the Swiss had three chances and nearly all of the first-half action took place…

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Hotline rings corruption changes

This content was published on Oct 9, 2005 Recent claims of corruption at the Swiss Accident Insurance Fund (Suva) show that Switzerland is not immune and parliament is now stepping up the fight. A third of Swiss workers will come across illicit dealings during their career and around 12 per cent of economic crime concerning Swiss companies involves corruption. One study by financial…

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Police chief demands anti-extremist unit

This content was published on Oct 8, 2005 Swiss Justice Minister Christoph Blocher says though that local authorities are warned in time to handle such situations. Bernard Geiger, head of canton Valais police, to the Blick tabloid that local forces were powerless to handle these events at short notice. Police were only informed of the approximate location of the concert, which brought together…

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Basel bishop calls time on parish priest

This content was published on Oct 8, 2005 But Sabo has once again gone against the wishes of Kurt Koch, the head of the country’s biggest diocese, by celebrating Mass and officiating at a baptism on Sunday. The bishop’s decision came after Sabo celebrated another mass in the Röschenz church last Saturday, shortly after his suspension began, according to Bernard Cueni, a member…

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Iraq regrets collapse of Swiss tank deal

This content was published on Oct 7, 2005 But Baha Al-Shibib, the country’s ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, said he did not believe the decision would sour ties between the two countries. “For sure we are disappointed [with the decision], but we can live with it,” Al-Shibib told swissinfo. “I don’t think it will affect Iraqi-Swiss relations.” The Swiss authorities announced…

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19th Century Organ & Choral Music. Ursina Caflisch, organ. Cantus Firmus Surselva.

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Eliane Cueni Trio: Canavaa

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Open-air chess: the pieces are bigger, the egos remain the same

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Adamov extradition halted pending appeal

This content was published on Oct 6, 2005 The Federal Justice Office said on Thursday Adamov’s lawyers had informed them that he would appeal against the extradition order. “They have informed us in writing… So we cannot extradite Mr Adamov immediately,” said the Justice Office’s Rudolf Wyss. Lawyers for Adamov had five days in which to tell the Swiss authorities of their intention…

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Swiss step up fight against corruption and crime

This content was published on Oct 6, 2005 Also on Thursday, the parliamentary chamber ratified an accord with the European Police Office (Europol) on closer cooperation in fighting organised crime and international terrorism. The House followed the Senate in deciding to take a tougher line on corruption. While Swiss legislation conforms with many aspects of the convention, it does not comply with them…

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