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Switzerland launches first sports certificate

This content was published on Jul 17, 2001 The project is the brainchild of the former minister for sport, Adolf Ogi, and is intended to give athletes without a high school degree the opportunity to obtain a federally-recognised qualification. Until now, only athletes attending higher institutions which specialise in sport were able to obtain such a qualification. Hans Kelterborn, a member of the…

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Europe tightens border controls ahead of G8 summit

This content was published on Jul 17, 2001 Fears over security have already led Italy to suspend the Schengen agreement on open borders and impose strict controls on people entering the country from other parts of Europe. Swiss police officials said border controls had been stepped up in response to moves by the Italian authorities to tighten security. They said the two countries…

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Gypsy group drops complaint against Swiss Holocaust settlement

This content was published on Jul 17, 2001 Reports from New York said the Romani Holocaust Survivors group had withdrawn its complaint just three days before the federal appeals court was due to consider it on Thursday. The New York judge, Edward Korman, was quoted as saying the way was now clear for $43 million from the fund to be paid out. The…

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Switzerland records first case of BSE-related disease in cats

This content was published on Jul 17, 2001 The six-year-old animal from canton Vaud was put to sleep after being diagnosed. The source of the infection remains unknown, but the health authorities said on Tuesday they believe the feline was contaminated early in its life by food containing insufficiently cooked brain parts. Switzerland outlawed the use of brain and spinal cord in food…

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Swiss medieval objects go on display in Basel

This content was published on Jul 17, 2001 The exhibition, entitled “Treasury of Basel Cathedral”, includes over 70 ecclesiastical and secular objects dating back to the 11th century. Many of the pieces on display at Basel’s history museum were hidden in the cathedral’s sacristy in 1529 and were only rediscovered during restoration work at the beginning of the 19th century. The medieval “treasury”…

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Hlasek’s Fed Cup “shame”

This content was published on Jul 17, 2001 World number one Martina Hingis and Patty Schnyder (WTA 33) are among those refusing to make the trip to Sydney, leaving three youngsters to carry Switzerland’s responsibilities down under. Aged 21 and with a world ranking of 401, Geneva’s Aliénor Tricerri (picture centre) is the most senior member of the inexperienced Fed Cup team. Sisters…

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Kratochvil fails to build on success in Gstaad

This content was published on Jul 16, 2001 Kratochvil, who won through to the quarter-finals in Gstaad, was knocked out of the $400,000 Dutch tournament by the Russian Alexeï Stoliarov in straight sets, 4-6, 3-6. The Swiss number two seed and Davis Cup player has now suffered his eighth first-round defeat of the year. Despite his unexpectedly early departure from the tournament in…

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Anti-globalisation protesters try to block train at Swiss border

This content was published on Jul 16, 2001 Demonstrators from Switzerland, Germany, Italy and the United States marched on to the railway tracks at Chiasso in canton Ticino on the border with Italy. As the Dortmund-Milan express train was preparing to leave the station, the protesters tied themselves to the track. The demonstrators said they were protesting against a decision by Italian border…

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IOC looks to smooth transition in electing Rogge

This content was published on Jul 16, 2001 Rogge, considered a safe pair of hands who had the tacit backing of Samaranch, was the favourite to succeed the Spaniard, but his overwhelming victory in only the second round of voting at the IOC session in Moscow took many by surprise. The Belgian surgeon, a former world yachting champion, defeated Kim Un-yong of South…

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German authorities seek Swiss documents on refinery sale

This content was published on Jul 16, 2001 Geneva’s chief prosecutor, Bernard Bertossa, has been investigating the takeover of the Leuna refinery by France’s Elf-Aquitaine. Responding to an offer by Bertossa, the German justice ministry on Monday requested that he forward the files to state prosecutors in Karlsruhe. A parliamentary committee also wants to scrutinise the documents. The Geneva prosecutor’s office has been…

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