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Bignardi reflects on her legacy to Locarno

This content was published on Jul 22, 2005 In an interview with swissinfo, Bignardi looks back at her five years at the helm of Switzerland’s largest film festival and speaks of the challenges facing her successor. Both the Italian-born Bignardi and her deputy, Teresa Cavina, are stepping down this year. The new director will be announced after the ten-day festival finishes. swissinfo met…

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Zurich wants power to remove beggars

This content was published on Jul 22, 2005 Officials say that beggars are attracted to Zurich by the generosity of the public and because they know police powers to move them on are more limited than in other Swiss cities. Laws allowing police to banish undesirables from certain places are in force in other cities, such as Bern and St Gallen. At present…

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Asylum dispute heats up in Vaud

This content was published on Jul 22, 2005 The authorities, who have been trying to bring the canton into line with tougher asylum legislation, are now facing a backlash from the business community. Angered at the prospect of having to lay off workers who have often been with them for several years, around 30 businesses are refusing to play ball. Twenty-five of them…

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Dalai Lama visit sparks diplomatic row

This content was published on Jul 22, 2005 The Chinese embassy in Bern told swissinfo that it opposes the meeting, accusing the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetans, of engaging in “anti-China activities” under “the cloak of religion”. The Dalai Lama will deliver an eight-day series of Buddhist teachings in Zurich and is expected to meet Couchepin at the Federal Institute of…

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Capturing the Dalai Lama’s spirit

This content was published on Jul 21, 2005 His Holiness was opening a photographic exhibition at the University of Zurich in 1990 when he was interrupted by a security alert. The pair were ushered to the emergency exit, which was locked. “Everybody was really concerned, but in my young, naïve way I made a joke out of it and said to the Dalai…

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London hit by second set of explosions

This content was published on Jul 21, 2005 Police said the emergency services had also responded to reports of a blast on a bus in the Hackney area. One person was reported injured in the incidents. A spokeswoman said they were not treating the reports of emergencies in the central London transport system as a “major incident” yet. But London police chief Ian…

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Police skaters keep up with crime

This content was published on Jul 21, 2005 The 34-strong unit, made up of 25 men and nine women, can skate a beat covering Bahnhofbrücke, Bahnhofstrasse, Limmatquai and the lakeside five times faster than a foot patrol. The skaters, who patrol Monday to Saturday from 1.30pm to 5pm, will crack down on social-disorder offences, illegal parking, drug dealing and other crimes, but will…

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Swiss say UN sanctions infringe human rights

This content was published on Jul 21, 2005 Addressing the Security Council, the Swiss ambassador to the UN in New York, Peter Maurer, said sanctions often had a punitive instead of preventive effect. Maurer told the council’s counter-terrorism committee on Wednesday that Switzerland believed “targeted financial and travel sanctions against individuals [were] useful instruments” in combating terrorism. However, he said that the scope…

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Swiss deny Israeli barrier talks were failure

This content was published on Jul 20, 2005 Peter Maurer told swissinfo that Switzerland had done what it was mandated to do and had put forward specific proposals for discussion. Maurer also addressed the subject of reform of the UN Security Council, saying Switzerland was trying to bridge the gap between groups of countries with very different views on the issue. In July…

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Bignardi reflects on her legacy to Locarno

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Asylum dispute heats up in Vaud

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