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Pippo Pollina: Bar Casablanca

This content was published on Feb 22, 2005

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Swiss take skeleton gold and silver

This content was published on Feb 22, 2005 Maya Pedersen-Bieri took gold in the women’s race, while Gregor Stähli took silver in the men’s event. The Swiss successes came a day after Switzerland’s Martin Annen took bronze in the bobsleigh championship, which took place on the same course. The 32-year-old Pedersen-Bieri, who won Monday’s race in an exciting duel against world cup champion…

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Dialect singers slow decline of CD sales

This content was published on Feb 21, 2005 Songs in Swiss-German dialect gained popularity, with three such CDs in the top five. The best-selling CD in 2004 was a compilation of pop songs in Swiss-German dialect S’Bescht Mundart Album Wo’s Git, Volume 1, by various local artists. It sold 160,000 copies, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) in Zurich.…

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Football turns the screw on hooliganism

This content was published on Feb 20, 2005 The Swiss Football League (SFL) directives got their first test on Sunday when the second half of the season kicked off. Thomas Helbling, who is responsible for security and fans at the SFL, told swissinfo that the authorities were engaged in “a battle for football’s soul”. “What we want to do is improve security and…

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Federer wins thriller in Rotterdam

This content was published on Feb 20, 2005 The Swiss world number one reclaimed his aura of invincibility by notching up a 5-7, 7-5, 7-6 victory over his Croatian opponent, Ivan Ljubicic. Federer pocketed €147,000 (SFr226,000) for his 24th tournament victory. The Swiss champion faced a torrid time against Ljubicic before adding his name to the billboard of champions that circles the Ahoy…

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Skyguide murder trial set for this year

This content was published on Feb 20, 2005 The controller was on duty during a mid-air collision between two jets over southern Germany in 2002, in which the suspect’s wife and two children died. The prosecutor’s office announced on Thursday that Vitaly Kaloyev, a Russian architect, would stand trial for murder. Officials said that the suspect had made a step towards a full…

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Former Venice Biennale director dies

This content was published on Feb 19, 2005 Szeemann burst on to the international scene in the early 1970s as the director of the documenta contemporary art exhibition in Kassel, Germany. The critic’s death, announced by the Biennale, came after recent pulmonary illness. “It’s a great loss for the art world, which will miss Harald Szeemann’s forward-looking organisational and critique skills,” said its…

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Women accuse Novartis of discrimination

This content was published on Feb 18, 2005 The women are seeking damages of $100 million (SFr118.45 million), accusing Novartis of having a “systematic pattern” of discrimination. The Basel company has denied the allegations. In a statement, lawyers for the plaintiffs – 12 current and former company employees – said the suit was filed in a federal court in Manhattan, New York. The…

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City of Calvin remembers the Reformation

This content was published on Feb 18, 2005 In mid-April, the country’s leading comic festival kicks off in Lucerne and the guilds of Zurich rejoice in the arrival of spring by blowing up an oversized snowman. Reformation Switzerland’s international city is also the city of Calvin but up to now, had no museum allowing visitors to discover the roots of the Reformation. The…

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