Swiss Identity

Swiss films open in Portugal

This content was published on Jan 10, 2002 Organisers of the festival, Pro Helvetia, the cultural foundation, told swissinfo that although Switzerland is a landlocked country, the sea has proven to be an enduring and popular subject among Swiss filmmakers, who often use water as a metaphor for escapism and freedom. The programme consists of eight Swiss fiction features, four documentaries and four…

Hingis defeats Testud again

This content was published on Jan 10, 2002 Hingis has never lost in 16 matches against the Frenchwoman, whom she defeated 6-4, 6-2 in Australia. The Swiss dropped a service game early in the first set, but a change in tactics brought immediate rewards. Switching from a high, kicking serve to a slicing one, Hingis hit back with consecutive breaks and took the…

Preparing a legend

This content was published on Jan 10, 2002 “It would be nice if it was that simple,” organising president Viktor Gertsch agreed with a smile. “But running the Lauberhorn requires a lot of planning. We have a board of directors with eight people on it, which meets two or three times a month throughout the year. On top of that we have two…

Switzerland is cigarette smugglers’ haven, says official

This content was published on Jan 10, 2002 In an interview on the television programme “Rundschau”, Dieter Grossen, vice-director of the Federal Aliens Office, claimed existing legislation was not strong enough to combat the problem. Tougher measures were needed to stop traffickers exploiting legal loopholes, he said. Grossen also called on cantonal authorities to be more vigilant about new businesses being set up…

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Swiss firm shuts down after terrorism probe

This content was published on Jan 9, 2002 Youssef Nada, founder and senior executive of the Lugano-based Nada Management Organisation, formerly known as al-Taqwa, said the company had already gone into liquidation. “We have to do this. What do you expect after all that [attention]?” he said. Swiss officials froze 24 Nada bank accounts and searched company officials’ homes and offices on November…

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Blatter seeks second term as FIFA president

This content was published on Jan 9, 2002 The 65-year-old announced his decision at a trade show for soccer professionals in Cannes, France. He said he had already informed FIFA’s 204 national associations of his candidature, and that he had received support from more than 100 of them. “I take this as an important vote of confidence, for which I am hugely grateful…

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Rogge outlines plans for downsized Olympic Games

This content was published on Jan 9, 2002 Rogge, elected president of the Lausanne-based International Olympic Committee (IOC) last July, has made reducing the size and costs of the Games one of the priorities of his tenure. The Belgian was in charge of coordinating the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. He told a press conference in Geneva that the experience led him to the…

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Geneva considered for centre to fight anti-Semitism

This content was published on Jan 9, 2002 The plan to establish the International Commission to Combat Anti-Semitism (ICA) was announced in Jerusalem this week by the Israeli deputy foreign minister, Michael Melchior. The seat of the new centre will be in Geneva, New York or Jerusalem. “Of course, Geneva is being considered because it is a centre for the United Nations and…

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Catch the Sperm – again

This content was published on Jan 9, 2002 In 2001, 18 million surfers in 104 countries downloaded the free Swiss Aids prevention game “Catch the Sperm”. The Stop Aids organisation, a joint campaign run by the Swiss Ministry of Health and Swiss Aids Federation, said they “could not have hoped for a higher success rate”. The national portal on Monday launched a fresh…

Zug stakes claim to killer’s estate

This content was published on Jan 9, 2002 The cost of helping the victims and their families has been estimated to be around SFr6 million (€4.06 million). The canton wishes to put up another SFr2 million to help in cases of financial hardship. Friederich Leibacher entered the canton’s parliament on September 27, and opened fire with a rifle, killing 11 members of the…

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