Swiss Identity

Beyeler Foundation sued for return of art treasure

This content was published on Jul 13, 2001 Lissitzky claims the work was one of a collection of 13 pictures belonging to his mother and loaned to a museum in Hannover before she emigrated to Russia in the 1920s. He says the Nazis confiscated the picture in 1939, denouncing it as “degenerate”, and later sold it. The Beyeler Foundation said it had no…

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Olympic rower apologises for insults

This content was published on Jul 13, 2001 The Swiss body had threatened to ban Müller from the event unless he made a written apology for the comments published in the Independent Rowing News. In an interview with the US magazine, the California-based athlete described the association’s officials as “assholes in suits.” He went on to pick out the Swiss Olympic head coach…

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Demonstrators take to streets of Bern to protest “police brutality”

This content was published on Jul 12, 2001 The 42-year-old man died in hospital three days after being arrested at his home in Bern by officers belonging to an elite police unit. Demonstrators distributed leaflets in which they expressed their “shock” at the brutality of the police and “fury” at attempts by the authorities to “minimise the affair”. The man’s death made headlines…

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Switzerland included in US report into human trafficking

This content was published on Jul 12, 2001 In its first annual report into the prevalence of human trafficking around the world, the US state department called on those countries appearing at the bottom of its list to do more to eradicate what it called an “abomination against humanity”. Countries included in the report are divided into three categories, with countries appearing in…

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Swiss arrest Rwandan war crimes suspect in Europe-wide swoop

This content was published on Jul 12, 2001 Del Ponte was speaking at a press conference in Geneva hours after the local authorities responded to an arrest warrant issued on Wednesday by the International Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania. She praised the speedy and efficient manner in which the arrests were carried out, and the close cooperation of the countries involved. Rukondo,…

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Kratochvil keeps dream alive

This content was published on Jul 12, 2001 Kratochvil needed just one hour and two minutes to ease past the 27-year-old Catalan, wrapping up victory in straight sets (6-3, 6-2). “I think I managed to play my game pretty well today,” Kratochil told swissinfo afterwards. “In the beginning I was obviously a little bit nervous, because I wanted to win so much in…

Fischer doubtful for Edmonton

This content was published on Jul 12, 2001 Fischer had been suffering pain recently, and on Monday was only able to finish her Grand Prix race in Nice with a moderate time of 4’11″05. A subsequent examination has now revealed a stress fracture. The St Gallen runner exceeded all expectations by reaching the 1,500 metres final at last year’s Sydney Olympics, but may…

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Majority of Swiss favour easing naturalisation laws

This content was published on Jul 12, 2001 Eighty-one per cent of those questioned said they would be happy to see an easing of the law governing the naturalisation of young foreigners who have grown up in Switzerland. The survey, which canvassed the views of just over 1,000 Swiss citizens from both French- and German-speaking parts of the country, revealed that 56 per…

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Rwandan war crimes suspect arrested in Geneva

This content was published on Jul 12, 2001 The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda issued an arrest warrant for the suspect on Wednesday. The United Nations court has accused the Hutu priest of calling for the extermination of the Tutsi minority. “He is accused of crimes in Kapgai”, said on Thursday Kingsley Moghalu, a spokesman for the tribunal. “He visited a seminary there…

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Switzerland combats digital divide

This content was published on Jul 12, 2001 As a result, most of the world’s poor are not benefiting from the changes that speedy and easy access to knowledge and information is bringing to developed countries. Now, Switzerland is taking measures to tackle this digital divide. It hopes to use its presidency of the Global Knowledge Partnership network to advance the spread of…

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