Swiss Identity

Swiss photographer shows taste for adventure

This content was published on Jan 18, 2005 It will be the first time that anyone has attempted the 1,700 km journey across the frozen Arctic entirely without support. Ulrich made a name for himself in 1999 when he and his team became the first to scale the west face of the Cerro Torre mountain in Patagonia in winter. His photo reportage was…

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Charity begins on the ski slopes

This content was published on Jan 17, 2005 In mid-January, they come to the chic resort to race on skis, clocking up kilometres for good causes. Hundreds of participants heeded the call of the Formula One elite to take part in the 2005 version of the GP 24 hours, a team relay race. “We never thought it would get as big as it…

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Education tops reform wish list

This content was published on Jan 17, 2005 An online survey carried out by students at St Gallen University found that almost 90 per cent of respondents wanted to see compulsory schooling harmonised across all 26 cantons. A sizeable chunk (59 per cent) felt that children should start to learn to read and write in kindergarten and not wait until they started going…

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Federer tipped to retain Australian crown

This content was published on Jan 16, 2005 The Swiss tennis star hit the ground running with a straight-sets win (6-1, 6-1, 6-2) over his first-round opponent, France’s Fabrice Santoro. Federer raced through the first set in 17 minutes, winning the first 12 points on the trot. “I was quite nervous before today’s match, but I started fantastically,” said Federer. “That set the…

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Peaceful start to anti-WEF demo season

This content was published on Jan 16, 2005 Several hundred anti-globalisation protesters gathered in Delémont, Chur and Winterthur, where a similar event ended in violence last year. This weekend’s protests came ahead of a major demonstration scheduled to take place in Bern on Saturday. Last week the city council said protesters would be allowed to gather in Parliament Square, but turned down a…

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Swiss skiers fail to shine on the Lauberhorn

This content was published on Jan 15, 2005 Switzerland’s skiers, however, recorded their worst World Cup downhill result in five years, with Silvan Zurbriggen the highest placed Swiss in 16th position. Walchhofer, who negotiated the course in a time of two minutes 27.05 seconds, finished ahead of his compatriot Christoph Gruber, with America’s Bode Miller a close third. Defending overall World Cup champion…

Culture

Mia Aegerter: Alive

This content was published on Jan 14, 2005

The race that leaves the competition standing

This content was published on Jan 13, 2005 Six-time Lauberhorn champion and local legend, Karl Molitor, takes swissinfo readers through the longest piste on the World Cup circuit. The downhill, slalom and, for the first time, a super combined event have long become early-year fixtures in the skiing World Cup and an important contributor to the local economy. “The Lauberhorn downhill and the…

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Orchester Reto Parolari

This content was published on Jan 13, 2005

New list of Holocaust-era accounts published

This content was published on Jan 13, 2005 The publication in New York comes after months of negotiations, and forms part of a $1.25 billion (SFr1.64 billion) settlement reached between Swiss banks and Holocaust survivors in 1998. An earlier list of 21,000 names of Swiss account holders considered likely to have died in the Holocaust was published in 2001. Lawyers for survivors described…

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