Swiss Identity

Swiss ghouls and goblins

This content was published on Oct 18, 2002 Once an exclusively American festival, Halloween has become so popular in Europe, including Switzerland, that it has spawned “the European Halloween Festival”. The party is being held in Oerlikon, near Zurich, at the “ABB Areal”. Each of the seven party floors are being given over to different Halloween themes and musical styles- from House to…

Few tourists have Elm in their sights

This content was published on Oct 18, 2002 But Elm is a curious place. Despite its natural beauty, perfectly preserved houses, excellent hiking trails and skiing, it sees few visitors. If you ask any Swiss about Elm, they’ll tell you about Elmer mineral water and a lemonade soft drink, Elmer Citro, which are bottled in the village. Then they would have to admit…

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Roche gets US approval for hepatitis drug

This content was published on Oct 17, 2002 The approval of Pegasys as a stand-alone therapy had been widely expected. Roche is now waiting for the green light for the more-important combination therapy of Pegasys and ribavirin. Pegasys is Roche’s top new drug this year, and the company is counting on it to help revive sales, which have been flat in the past…

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New blood to tell story of Swiss émigrés

This content was published on Oct 17, 2002 As their first task, Bénédict de Tscharner and Anselm Zurfluh want to attract more visitors to the foundation’s museum. The museum, housed in the 18th-century Chateau de Pênthes near the United Nations in Geneva, traces the history of Swiss émigrés from the 15th century to the present day. Both the new directors have ideas about…

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From Versailles to Pênthes

This content was published on Oct 17, 2002 In the 1950s, the original plan had been to set up the museum in former quarter of the Swiss guards in the Chateau of Versailles, in France. A Swiss society of friends of Versailles was formed. One of the ideas of its founders, Jean-René Bory and Gonzague de Reynold, was to create a museum tracing…

Questions of insecurity

This content was published on Oct 16, 2002 Professionals from more than 50 countries have been debating current problems and possible solutions at the fifth International Security Forum (ISF). The Forum, which takes place every two years, is staged alternately in Zurich and Geneva. This year’s event could hardly have been more timely, starting just two days after the terrorist bomb attacks in…

Swiss clergyman studies religious life of the Sioux

This content was published on Oct 16, 2002 Kaiser spent two months staying near a reservation with a population of 35,000 where, at first, he was given a mixed reception. “I stayed in a nearby cultural exchange institution,” he told swissinfo, “and was given a friendly welcome by the people there. But to begin with the inhabitants of the reservation were unhappy when…

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Government urges “no” in asylum vote

This content was published on Oct 15, 2002 Her comments came at the official launch of the government’s campaign against the initiative, which will go to a nationwide vote on November 24. “We want to be tough when it is necessary to send people back, but we also want to be humanitarian and protect people when they need it,” she told swissinfo. She…

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Bali – crisis management put to the test

This content was published on Oct 14, 2002 Of the 400 Swiss citizens currently holidaying on the Indonesian island only a handful have chosen to cut short their stay and fly home. The attack on a popular nightclub in the resort of Kuta shocked the world and was met with widespread condemnation. Indonesia has been racked with infighting for the past decade, but…

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Deiss calls Bali attack “abominable crime”

This content was published on Oct 14, 2002 Calling the blast an “abominable crime against innocent people”, Deiss called on the authorities to act quickly to find those responsible. No one has so far claimed responsibility for the explosion, which happened late on Saturday night when a car bomb was detonated outside a packed nightclub in the popular Kuta Beach area of Bali.…

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