Swiss Identity

Life after Dürrenmatt

This content was published on Sep 19, 2002 Ever since the deaths of Max Frisch and Friedrich Dürrenmatt in the early 1990s, the Swiss have looked in vain for likely successors. Now, though, a Basel-based group of directors and producers is taking a more proactive approach in the search for new talent and their work is already beginning to bear fruit. Started in…

The exhibition at Gruyères castle

This content was published on Sep 19, 2002 The exhibition, “Gruyères Legends”, runs until November 10. Fontannaz based her works on conversations with local people and historians during her travels around Gruyères last year, and on archive material. The exhibition is housed in two vaulted rooms at the castle, creating the right aura for revisiting the old stories through the paintings. The paintings…

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Animals win legal recognition

This content was published on Sep 18, 2002 Instead, they will now be recognised as living things, having their own dignity and capable of feeling pain. On Wednesday the House of Representatives passed a government-backed initiative which means that under the law animals will no longer be considered as mere objects or things. “This recognition will lead to amendments in Switzerland’s civil, criminal…

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FC Basel overpower Spartak Moscow

This content was published on Sep 17, 2002 The two sides met on Tuesday evening at Basel’s St Jakob’s Park cheered on by a sell-out crowd of close to 30,000. Hakan Yakin’s goal in the 50th minute put FC Basel on the path to victory in Basel’s debut in the Champions League group stage. Five minutes later, Julio Hernan Rossi dribbled around the…

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Exhibition traces Tinguely’s political and artistic roots

This content was published on Sep 17, 2002 Tinguely, who died in 1991, is best known for sculptures that are like fantasy machines. Shortly after his birth in Fribourg in 1925, the Tinguely family moved to Basel, where “The Young Jean” – the title of the exhibition – was educated. The exhibition traces the period leading up to and including the years when…

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Switzerland and Italy target cross-border crime

This content was published on Sep 17, 2002 The Swiss-Italian centre for police and customs cooperation – based in the town of Chiasso – will formally open in October and will have a staff of 30. The centre’s work will focus mainly on security issues, illegal immigrants and the implementation of a joint crime-fighting strategy. Under the agreement, a Swiss liaison officer from…

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Taking steps to raise mine awareness

This content was published on Sep 16, 2002 It comes as new UN member Switzerland has an early opportunity to showcase its much-vaunted commitment to human security. The Swiss president, Kaspar Villiger, on Monday opened the fourth conference of states party to the Ottawa Treaty, which bans the use, stockpiling, production and export of anti-personnel mines. But before he stepped up to the…

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Musical encounters and film highlights

This content was published on Sep 16, 2002 The town of Morges on the shores of Lake Geneva will be invaded by classic British cars on October 5. On the opening night of the Riffelalp Festival in the Riffelalp chapel above Zermatt, Hendricks will be joined by the Camerata Bern to interpret works of Mozart and Britten. Also taking the stage in the…

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Miss Switzerland considers Nigeria boycott

This content was published on Sep 16, 2002 Nadine Vinzens said she would not take part unless the Nigerian courts lifted a death sentence imposed on a woman for having a child out of wedlock. “I will wait to see what is decided on October 15 [when the appeal is heard]: if the condemned mother is pardoned, I will take part,” the 19-year-old…

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Gay couples fight for equal rights

This content was published on Sep 15, 2002 Those calling for a “yes” vote are hoping that the issue will subsequently be taken up at a national level – paving the way for gay marriages. Since most laws relating to marriage and family are handled by the national authorities, the cantonal vote will not lead directly to gay weddings in Zurich. Nor will…

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