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Sport makes the world a better place

This content was published on Nov 3, 2003 The basics were laid down in a report by UN special adviser, Adolf Ogi, and the head of the children’s charity Unicef, Carol Bellamy. The report says that sport is seen as an unproductive, unintellectual and therefore unimportant component of education in at least 126 countries. The UN resolution is hoping to fight this attitude…

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UN to vote on Ogi resolution

This content was published on Nov 3, 2003 Ogi spoke to swissinfo ahead of a meeting of the UN General Assembly on Monday when the resolution is set to be discussed. While Tunisia has sponsored the resolution calling for physical education and stricter doping controls, the idea is actually the brainchild of Ogi, the UN’s Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace.…

Young Swiss designers illustrate their potential

This content was published on Nov 3, 2003 They have all won awards from the Federal Culture Office for their innovative designs, ranging from fashion to photography. Over 270 participants took part in this year’s competition, with 29 winners. Each of them can choose between a cash award of SFr20,000 ($15,000) or an internship in a design institute in Switzerland or abroad. “The…

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Holidaymakers asked to play fair

This content was published on Nov 2, 2003 Thanks to the “Fair Trade on Holiday” campaign, more and more travel agents and tourists want to know if their packages and holidays do more harm than good. The Working Group on Tourism and Development (akte) has been battling for years as part of an international coalition to fight the downside of tourism: child labour,…

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Aids expert predicts long wait for a vaccine

This content was published on Nov 2, 2003 swissinfo spoke to Professor Giuseppe Pantaleo, one of the leaders of the study, to find out what stage the research had reached and his hopes for finding an effective vaccine. Pantaleo directs the Aids immunopathology laboratory, which is working together with the European consortium, EuroVac, to develop a vaccine against Aids. Over the past few…

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Swiss efforts in Belgium fall on deaf ears

This content was published on Nov 1, 2003 The Swiss jurists were firmly behind the award, but past efforts by Swiss to help Belgium bridge its language divide have been rather less successful. The international jury consisted of politicians from Switzerland, the European Union and Russia, among them Henri V Roten, chancellor of canton Valais. About 70,000 people live in the German-speaking community…

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Top athletes risk developing asthma

This content was published on Nov 1, 2003 While the respiratory condition doesn’t affect their performance, it can become severe once they stop training. One-fifth of the athletes who took part in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney suffered from asthma, and the problem is growing. Although previous studies had already established a link between top-level athletes and asthma, the Swiss team set…

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Terrorism fears still plague travel industry

This content was published on Oct 31, 2003 At the Travel Trade Workshop (TTW) on Thursday, firms were told to adapt to the needs of customers, many of whom are still afraid to travel abroad. According to a recent study in Germany, 40 per cent of the people surveyed said the threat of terrorism was still influencing their travel habits. “The population is…

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Halloween creeps into Swiss popular culture

This content was published on Oct 31, 2003 While today’s American-style celebrations are relatively new to Switzerland, the alpine nation has its own ghostly traditions linked to this time of year. Although pumpkin lanterns are now directly associated by many Swiss with Halloween, they have a long-standing place in the country’s own customs. According to Sergius Golowin, a writer and story collector from…

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Money laundering laws face new challenges

This content was published on Oct 30, 2003 The Swiss government’s annual report into combating money laundering says measures are continually being revised in order to meet new threats. When new legislation on money laundering was introduced in 1998, it was said that disposing of dirty money in Swiss banks would become almost impossible. But money launderers have found many other ways to…

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