Swiss Identity

Davenport into Kloten final

This content was published on Oct 20, 2001 Having beaten surprise Swiss star Marie-Gaïané Mikaelian in straight sets on Friday, Capriati looked well below her best at the start of Saturday’s semi-final encounter. Broken by Davenport three times in the opening set, the newly-crowned number one was able to take just eight points before conceding the set 1-6. “I don’t even want to…

Season already over for Dumermuth

This content was published on Oct 20, 2001 Dumermuth, a member of the women’s national A-team, has torn a cruciate ligament and is set to miss out on both the world cup campaign and February’s Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. The 24-year-old skier from Bern has already suffered three previous major injuries. After earlier breaking her left leg, Dumermuth has now torn…

History

Halloween ghosts conquer Zurich

This content was published on Oct 20, 2001 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 nine party floors are being given over to different Halloween themes and musical styles- from House to…

Culture

Swiss press troubled by free papers, fewer proprietors

This content was published on Oct 20, 2001 According to the Federal Statistical Office, the number of newspaper titles in Switzerland has fallen by almost a quarter in the past 20 years, from 266 in 1980 to 201 by the beginning of 2000. The latest round of consolidation in the industry took place earlier this year, when four of the country’s local papers…

Demographics

Murder, Mystery and Intrigue in the Bernese Oberland

This content was published on Oct 20, 2001 For 14 weekends Herbert the Hacker will wreak havoc in the hotel as up to 80 guests lift magnifying glasses to puzzle over the identity of the serial killer. A troop of 20 amateur actors who form the Fata Morgana Mystery team, will don costumes and act out the grisly scenes while budding detectives try…

Culture

Spy writer, le Carré, turns 70

This content was published on Oct 19, 2001 Le Carré penned his first fictional work, “Call for the dead”, in 1961. The British author’s most recent novel, “The Constant Gardener”, tells the story of a Swiss pharmaceutical firm that will stop at nothing – including murder – to conceal its criminal activities. Le Carré’s relationship with Switzerland and the Swiss began when he…

Demographics

Ambri retain top spot after single-goal victory

This content was published on Oct 19, 2001 There was little to separate the two sides in the first period of the match, with neither team looking in a great hurry to give the scoreboard operator much to worry about. All that changed at the start of the second period, when Ambri’s Burkhalter capitalised on a momentarily weak Lausanne defence to put the…

Demographics

Capriati ends Mikaelian dream

This content was published on Oct 19, 2001 After accounting for Russian seventh seed Elena Dementieva and world number 39 Tatiana Panova, the Lausanne teenager was unable to find a way past the newly-crowned world number one, losing Friday’s match 4-6, 2-6. After being broken in the very first game of the match, Mikaelian, to her credit, refused to crumble and promptly broke…

Demographics

Agassi pulls out of Basel

This content was published on Oct 19, 2001 Organisers at the country’s biggest annual sporting event said that Agassi had told them of his decision to pull out in a fax sent on Friday. The world number two has not yet given a reason for his late withdrawal. Even without Agassi’s participation the line-up in Basel remains strong, with world number one Gustavo…

Anthrax hoaxes: fleeting sense of power

This content was published on Oct 19, 2001 A series of anthrax threats across Switzerland has caused anxiety among the public, and a disruption to normal life, but so far none of the suspect packages has been found to contain anthrax. On Wednesday, one of Switzerland’s largest postal sorting offices, in Schlieren, canton Zurich, was shut down after an anthrax scare. In canton…

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