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Swiss win Biel’s “mega marathon”

This content was published on Jun 9, 2001 Equal in distance to almost two and a half marathons, the Biel race is run through the night, to protect competitors from the heat of the day. But with miserable weather dogging this year’s event, the runners had instead to deal with driving rain and bitterly cold temperatures. Despite the poor conditions, Bringold improved on…

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Marc Rich Investment sale to Crown Resources is off

This content was published on Jun 8, 2001 Under the proposed agreement, first announced in February, the Swiss-based commodities operation of Rich’s holding company, Marc Rich Investment, was to be sold to Crown. After several months of talks “there was a lack of agreement on key points”, said the Marc Rich and Co. Holding GmbH in a statement. The holding company would have…

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Swiss firm is first private company to fund UNAIDS

This content was published on Jun 8, 2001 Peter Piot, executive director of UNAIDS, welcomed the donation. “We commend Winterthur for being the first private company to commit needed resources in the fight against HIV/AIDS to the global fund.” The UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, proposed the fund last April at an African summit on AIDS and other infectious diseases in Nigeria. The…

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Swiss national football coach resigns

This content was published on Jun 8, 2001 Trossero, who has a contract that runs through 2002, asked the Swiss Football Association to be relieved from his duties. The association’s president, Ralph Zloczower, told Friday’s “Blick” newspaper that he hoped Trossero would complete his contract. Trossero told the “Tribune de Geneve” on Friday that he was returning to his native Argentina on Monday…

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Swiss banknotes exhibited in Fribourg

This content was published on Jun 8, 2001 As the exhibition shows, “art and money” is a phrase which does not only apply to the high prices often fetched at auction for modern and contemporary paintings. The artists themselves have frequently been commissioned to design paper money. For example, the Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler applied his considerable artistic talent to the 1911 series…

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Viewing some unusual art

This content was published on Jun 8, 2001 The 60 art projects, displayed in the section “Art Unlimited” will be “unlike anything presented at other art fairs or auctions” say the organisers. Wall paintings, outsize sculptures, video projections, installations, photo series, performances and media art will be on view in the expansive setting of Hall 1 at the Basel Messe exhibition centre. The…

National library turns over a new page

This content was published on Jun 8, 2001 The exterior is largely unchanged because the library is in a protected building which is a remarkable example of late art nouveau architecture. But inside, it’s a different story. Three times more space is now open to the public, and the storage area for storing a massive collection of publications and documents has been extended…

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Victims of domestic violence to get better protection

This content was published on Jun 8, 2001 The House of Representatives agreed to draft a law, which aims at better protection of victims of domestic violence and their children. Surveys show one in five women suffer from mental or physical violence in a relationship. Under current Swiss law, aggressors can only be detained for 24 hours, and afterwards they are free to…

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Old schoolhouse keeps Audrey Hepburn’s spirit alive

This content was published on Jun 8, 2001 Their destination is the Audrey Hepburn pavilion, a simple, white one-storey former schoolhouse. This museum, a place for quiet reflection and fond memories, has become something of a shrine to an actress who was the personification of beauty and elegance, and who became a tireless campaigner for the United Nations children’s agency, Unicef. Appropriately, the…

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Picasso summer begins in Switzerland

This content was published on Jun 8, 2001 Picasso was not only a painter and sculptor. He also created hundreds of wood engravings, and a series of them are now on show at the Jenisch museum in Vevey, next to Lake Geneva. The etchings were all completed at his home at Mougins in the south of France during the summer of 1968. He…

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