Swiss Identity

Ex-intelligence officer jailed for fraud

This content was published on Feb 14, 2003 Dino Bellasi was found guilty of siphoning off SFr8.8 million ($6.5 million) in false claims between 1994 and 1999. The charges against Bellasi included fraud, embezzlement, document falsification and money laundering, committed while he was balancing the books for the ministry. Most of the money was swindled through claims for fictitious army exercises. The fraud…

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US closes consulates in Switzerland

This content was published on Feb 14, 2003 The US embassy in Switzerland decided to shut down the consulates after being warned of possible terrorist threats. “The US embassy has received information of a threat to American property or buildings in Switzerland,” said the embassy spokesman, Bruce Armstrong. He refused to state the precise nature of the threat. The Zurich consulate was closed…

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Liselotte Weiss plays Mozart. Sonatas K. 281, 284, 457, 570. Rondos K. 485, 511. Fantasia K. 457. (Double CD).

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Money talks in new Zurich museum

This content was published on Feb 14, 2003 Its collection includes some of the world’s oldest coins, including one minted 2,500 years ago at Lydia in Asia Minor, when currency first began to replace barter as a means of trading. Other gems include a Greek tetra drachma – or four-sided – coin dating from 455 BC, believed to be one of the world’s…

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Broad participation for humanitarian meeting in Geneva

This content was published on Feb 13, 2003 The meeting, which will take place this weekend in Geneva, was organised on the initiative of the new Swiss foreign minister, Micheline Calmy-Rey. The states invited include all those with borders to Iraq, the permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, and the European Union. Iraq itself was not invited. The meeting will also…

Culture

The Seasons in Zurich. Choral Music from the 18th Century. Schmidlin – Ott – Bachofen. The Purcell Singers, Mark Ford, conductor.

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Culture

Citadel of beauty

This content was published on Feb 13, 2003 The team of architects and conservation specialists are using original material found at the site of the tenth century building to bring it back to its former glory. The building is a jewel of Khmer architecture and this is reflected in its name – Banteay Srei or “citadel of beauty”. It’s an enchanting sight: adorning…

Hermann von Glenck (1883-1952): Orchesterwerke – Works for Orchestra. Radio-Sinfonieorchester Prag, Dir.: V. Valek.

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Remembering Berezina

This content was published on Feb 13, 2003 A thousand Swiss troops were among those who died defending the French emperor’s army as it crossed the river. The disaster at Berezina – a tributary of the Dneiper in today’s Belarus – was the worst single event in Napoleon’s Russian campaign. Some 25,000 troops and thousands of stragglers lost their lives as the Russians…

Tonight & Only: Beach of Blue

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Liselotte Weiss plays Mozart. Sonatas K. 281, 284, 457, 570. Rondos K. 485, 511. Fantasia K. 457. (Double CD).

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Money talks in new Zurich museum

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The Seasons in Zurich. Choral Music from the 18th Century. Schmidlin – Ott – Bachofen. The Purcell Singers, Mark Ford, conductor.

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Citadel of beauty

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Hermann von Glenck (1883-1952): Orchesterwerke – Works for Orchestra. Radio-Sinfonieorchester Prag, Dir.: V. Valek.

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