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Swiss serve time abroad

This content was published on Dec 26, 2001 Drugs, murder, rape, paedophilia or immorality count among the acts that have sent Swiss citizens behind foreign bars. The Swiss Foreign Ministry said men account for three quarters of Swiss prisoners abroad. Drug offences account for the majority of incarcerations, a foreign ministry spokeswoman, Muriel Berset-Kohen, said. Information service Breaking the law overseas often exacts…

The year in sound: Cheerio Tosio

This content was published on Dec 26, 2001 Tosio hung up his goalkeeping gloves in March following a defeat to Lugano in the championship play-offs. Incredibly, the game completed an uninterrupted run of 655 matches by Tosio for Bern – a world record. At the end of a highly emotional night for the charismatic star and his fans, Tosio spoke to swissinfo about…

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Brilliant Bucher – the Swiss year in athletics

This content was published on Dec 26, 2001 Pulling away from his rivals with a majestic sprint in the last 150 metres of the 800 metres final, Bucher became the first Swiss runner ever to win a world championship race. Following the disappointment of the Sydney Olympics when Bucher was elbowed off the track before finishing the final in fifth place, the man…

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Drug-related deaths down in 2001

This content was published on Dec 25, 2001 After an increase in 2000, the number of drug-related deaths dropped by 54 to stand at 152, according to a survey from the Swiss News Agency. Zurich was the worst hit canton, with 47 deaths. Cantons St Gallen and Bern ranked second and third, with 18 and 16 deaths respectively. While the number of drug…

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New CD proves Romansh can be rock and roll

This content was published on Dec 25, 2001 The album, released this month, is the result of an eighteen-month project coordinated by the British Council in Switzerland to mark the European Year of Languages. Musicians drawn from Switzerland’s tiny community of Romansh speakers, together with vocalists and performers from Ireland and Scotland, came together to write, perform and record a 15-track album of…

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The year in sound: Schwingen to a different beat

This content was published on Dec 24, 2001 Sports don’t come much more traditional than ‘schwingen’, the wrestling discipline that began life in the medieval mountain farms of central and eastern Switzerland and has hardly changed in its progression through to the modern day. In 2001, though, the sports organisers opted for a change of location, bringing the Federal Wrestling Festival to Nyon…

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Ecstasy and tragedy – the Swiss sporting year

This content was published on Dec 24, 2001 Sandwiched between the Sydney Olympics and next year’s Winter Games in Salt Lake City, 2001 saw attention focus on a number of world championships at which, on the whole, Swiss athletes managed to excel themselves. No less than 119 world and European championship medals were hung around the necks of the country’s sportsmen and women…

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Steep rise in CJD cases

This content was published on Dec 24, 2001 Over the past decade, between eight to 10 cases of the brain wasting disease have been recorded. The figure jumped to 19 in 2001 alone. The Swiss health ministry suspects CJD was the cause of five other deaths, spokesman Lorenz Hess said, confirming Sunday newspaper reports. He added that the situation was not a cause…

Rapperswil restores pride

This content was published on Dec 23, 2001 Rapperswil staged a comeback in St Léonard, overturning Saturday’s 5-2 crushing defeat. Fribourg opened the evening’s scoring, and took a two-point lead in the first period. Two goals in the second saw Rapperswil level the playing field. Two goals in the third period by Alain Reist and Mike Richard proved decisive for Rapperswil, sealing their…

Faking Swiss in Africa

This content was published on Dec 23, 2001 Numerous Swiss products are being copied illegally in Africa despite domestic legal measures to counter the practise. Senegal’s courts are reviewing a case brought by Swiss food giant Nestlé against the Senegalise Trading Company. The process was initially scheduled to start in November, but has been postponed indefinitely. The case highlights the gravity of counterfeit…

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