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Montreux founder reveals his winning formula

This content was published on Jun 24, 2005 In an interview with swissinfo, Nobs explained that he thought the event’s lasting success was down to its mixture of free concerts, workshops and competitions. He said this winning formula had been successfully exported to Brazil, the United States and the Far East. Nobs, who is 69, admitted that this year he had had to…

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Swiss see little evidence of “Federer effect”

This content was published on Jun 24, 2005 Latest figures indicate that the number of tennis players in Switzerland has been falling steadily over the past few years. Federer first made a name for himself when he took the junior title at Wimbledon in 1998, and his rapid rise to the top of the ATP world rankings led to hopes of a Swiss…

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Adamov stays behind bars

This content was published on Jun 24, 2005 Switzerland’s Federal Court suspended a decision made two weeks ago by another court ordering Adamov’s release. Earlier this month the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona declared that Switzerland had violated Adamov’s immunity as a former minister when he was arrested in May on a US warrant and said he should be released. The Federal Justice…

Zofka: Bikini

This content was published on Jun 24, 2005

Land disputes hamper tsunami reconstruction

This content was published on Jun 24, 2005 They say reconstruction is moving as fast as is humanly possible but projects in some areas face delays while questions of land ownership are resolved. “The issue of land titles is a big problem,” said Andreas Stauffer, spokesman for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). “If you build houses quickly where ownership is…

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Sherlock Holmes comes back on the Swiss trail

This content was published on Jun 23, 2005 swissinfo caught up with the members of London’s Holmes Society as they took their breakfast in Leukerbad in canton Valais. The pilgrims, wearing Victorian bathing costumes, came in for a shock as they enjoyed the resort’s hot springs. What seemed like a horrific crime took place as they quietly ate their first meal of the…

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Swiss handball brings nations together

This content was published on Jun 23, 2005 Organisers hope that by grouping players – for example from Israel and the Palestinian territories, and China and Taiwan – in regional teams they can help break down the barriers between traditional foes. The 21 players, aged 17 to 22, were invited by the Swiss Handball Network to take part in the project entitled “Play…

Culture

Swiss mad(e) Agrar-Rock.ch: Äs Buuredutzend

This content was published on Jun 23, 2005

Culture

Romansh seeks to revive its fortunes

This content was published on Jun 23, 2005 It survives in the form of several dialects, five written variants and a standardised composite: the controversial Rumantsch Grischun, which is only starting to make inroads. On a purely numerical basis, Romansh is not the fourth but only the tenth most widely spoken language in Switzerland, after Serbo-Croat, Albanian, Portuguese, Spanish, English and Turkish, as…

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BMW takes over Sauber

This content was published on Jun 22, 2005 The current owner, Peter Sauber, said on Wednesday that the team headquarters would remain in Hinwil, near Zurich, and the 300-strong workforce would be kept on. Sauber – one of the last privateers in Formula One – said the recent arrival of teams run by major car builders like Toyota, Renault and Honda made competing…

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