Swiss Identity

Hemp cheese? Bern fair shows versatility

This content was published on Mar 5, 2002 Despite what most people might think, cannatrade 2002 was not just an opportunity to smoke cannabis – the substance was not even on sale at the fair. During the event, which ended on Sunday, more than 100 exhibitors showed off a range of products from hemp body lotion, bread and cheese to hemp clothes, champagne…

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Krueger keeps options open

This content was published on Mar 4, 2002 The massive squad includes seven goalkeepers, 23 defenders and 33 forwards although only 23 players will actually make it to the world championships, which get underway in Sweden in late April. Krueger gave two reasons for the squad’s size. Firstly, the semi-finals and finals of the Swiss league playoffs are set to clash with at…

Swiss already filling UN posts

This content was published on Mar 4, 2002 Swiss foreign policy attaches great importance to the promotion of peace, humanitarian values and the rule of law, and many Swiss lawyers, aid workers and others can be found working for UN agencies which require those qualities. Now that Swiss voters have agreed to join the UN, it can tap even more deeply into that…

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Hingis up to fourth

This content was published on Mar 4, 2002 Hingis lost out to America’s Serena Williams in the semi-finals of last week’s WTA tournament in Arizona, but was still able to climb one place in the rankings at the expense of another American, Lindsay Davenport. Davenport, who is currently injured, has fallen two places to fifth. Having gone on to beat Jennifer Capriati in…

Thomas Müller: Gehen, Letzte Zeichen von Geschwindigkeit, Zwei Sequenzen a.o.

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Rudolf Kelterborn: Cellokozert, “Namenlos”, Kammerkonzert

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Voters feel Ammann effect

This content was published on Mar 4, 2002 Asked if they would contribute SFr 600,000 towards the proposed new ski jumping centre, the residents of Einsiedeln in canton Schwyz certainly seemed to have felt ‘the Ammann effect’. Less than three weeks after Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann’s historic double gold medal win at the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics, the Einsiedeln voters came…

International press welcome end to Swiss isolation

This content was published on Mar 4, 2002 The New York Times said the “surprisingly comfortable popular ratio” in favour of joining the UN was a historic step to leaving behind “decades of isolationism”. The Financial Times said it marked a “turning point” in Switzerland’s relationship with the wider world, marking the end of its “rather quaint idea that it is a special…

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Switzerland to take its show to New York

This content was published on Mar 4, 2002 Under the title “Swiss Peaks – the Best of Switzerland in New York”, 11 projects aim to give New York a Swiss makeover in Spring 2003. “From the economic point of view and because of our interests, New York is an important place to be present,” Johannes Matyassy, head of Presence Switzerland, told swissinfo. The…

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Ambri stick a thorn in the Lions’ paw

This content was published on Mar 3, 2002 The Ticinese side fought back from Saturday’s defeat to take a bite out of the Lions’ confidence in the third showdown of a best-of-seven competition. Ambri got off to a good start scoring 3 goals in the first period with the puck hitting the back of the net in the second, fourth and eighth minute.…

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