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Swiss prosecutor says prominent Germans benefited from refinery sale

This content was published on Jul 25, 2001 Bertossa’s office has conducted a lengthy investigation into the sale. In an interview on Berlin radio, Bertossa said businessman Dieter Holzer and former state secretary Holger Pfahls weren’t the only ones to have received kickbacks when the refinery, located in eastern Germany, was sold in 1992 to France’s Elf Aquitaine. “There are troubling facts which…

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Swiss divorce rate plummets

This content was published on Jul 25, 2001 “The considerable reduction in the number of divorces in 2000 was not due to a change in couples’ marriages, but the new divorce law that was introduced in January last year,” the statistics office said in a statement on Wednesday. The basic change in the law was “from the principle of fault or culpability, to…

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Swiss group files racism lawsuit against Chinese ambassador

This content was published on Jul 25, 2001 The Swiss organisation “Action for the right to self-determination of all peoples” accuses Ambassador Wu Chianfu and the tourist boss of breaking Switzerland’s anti-racism laws. The group says the Chinese Embassy’s Internet homepage and tourist brochures “repudiated, minimised and justified” the “events and massacres” which China carried out against Tibetans. The lawsuit was confirmed on…

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Swiss left treading water at swimming championships

This content was published on Jul 25, 2001 In the 100-metre butterfly event, Liechti finished 39th, a second and a half off the national record. However, he did manage to record a personal best during the race, finishing in 56.47 seconds. Platel just failed to qualify for the semis of the 200-metre medley, finishing 18th on the day. His time of two minutes…

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Swiss held in Genoa following G8 protests

This content was published on Jul 25, 2001 The Swiss consul general in Genoa, Brigitta Schoch, told swissinfo that she had been given access to the detainees, whose identities were not revealed. “We were able to visit the four young adults who are being kept at a prison in Alessandria”, she said. “Their detention conditions are satisfactory.” Switzerland’s foreign ministry on Tuesday said…

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Mixed results for Swiss at Casablanca Open

This content was published on Jul 24, 2001 Gagliardi beat her Latvian opponent 6-4, 6-1 in the first round of the tournament on Tuesday. The Geneva player goes on to face Argentinia’s Maria Emilia Salerni. Salerni defeated the Czech player, Alena Vaskova, in three sets 5-7, 6-1, 6-4. Thurgau’s Vavrinec was less fortunate than her Swiss compatriot. In her encounter with Loit, she…

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Something for everyone at Paleo

This content was published on Jul 24, 2001 “We like to mix the musical styles. We want people to be open-minded and make discoveries all week long,” said Paleo spokesman Vincent Sager. The publicity for Paleo boasts: “six days, five stages, 100 shows”. The huge cultural event – likened to a party – is expected to attract almost 200,000 spectators, Paleo has come…

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Festival proves traditional wrestling as popular as ever

This content was published on Jul 24, 2001 For the uninitiated, traditional Swiss wrestling could be mistaken for the Japanese variety, if it wasn’t for the fact that Swiss competitors wear more clothes when they enter the ring than their Sumo counterparts. In fact, the costume worn by the Swiss wrestler speaks volumes. As is the case during the open air Brünig event,…

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Heats too hot for Swiss swimmers

This content was published on Jul 24, 2001 With the exception of 200m breaststroke swimmer Agata Ctaplicki, who was more than nine seconds off her own Swiss record, the team was at least able to look back on some reasonably fast times on Tuesday. In the men’s 50m backstroke heats, Philipp Gilgen swam within four tenths of a second of Flori Lang’s Swiss…

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