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Hingis steps closer to French Open victory

This content was published on Jun 2, 2001 Her victory puts her through to the last sixteen, where she will face France’s Sandrine Testud following her win against Russia’s Elena Bovina. Although Hingis defeated McQuillan 7-5, 6-1 on Saturday, she played poorly in the first set, with the 66th ranked Australian breaking her serve nine times. Hingis managed to regain control of her…

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Swiss horse riders awarded special honours

This content was published on Jun 2, 2001 Fuchs received the prize for his victory at this year’s world-cup final in Göteborg. His compatriot, Melliger, who finished fourth in that event, was crowned most successful Swiss championship eventer of all time. The awards were given on Saturday at Switzerland’s round of the Official Horse Jumping Competition (CSIO). The Swiss event is aimed at…

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Swiss wary of Faroe Islands

This content was published on Jun 1, 2001 Lying second in their group behind Russia, the Swiss simply cannot afford to slip up with their closest rivals Slovenia almost guaranteed three points when they take on Luxembourg in Lubljana the same evening. Trossero, who will be without four of his leading strikers for this game and Wednesday’s vital clash against Slovenia in Basel,…

Swiss announce plans to fight new variant CJD

This content was published on Jun 1, 2001 According to Colette Rogivue, a researcher at the ministry, the Swiss authorities are working on the principle that the human form of “mad cow” disease will appear in Switzerland. Her fears are founded on a number of facts. Firstly, Swiss researchers are almost certain that CJD can be transmitted by the ingestion of products containing…

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Portfolio managers get new tool to check dubious accounts

This content was published on Jun 1, 2001 “Portfolio managers came to us and told us that the new regulations were causing them a lot of problems,” says Raoul Jobin, CEO of Webcom, the start-up behind the new Nematrax software. “This gives them a methodology they can follow,” he explained to swissinfo. Under the federal legislation, which came into force in April 1998,…

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American students get new view of Switzerland

This content was published on Jun 1, 2001 Thirty engineering students – 23 men and seven women – from the University of Minnesota are spending three weeks at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences in Winterthur on an intensive course into mechatronics – a specific area of mechanical technology, hardly taught in their degree courses at home. Apart from what they have learned…

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Prayer finds a home at Zurich railway station

This content was published on Jun 1, 2001 The church, set up under the station’s main concourse, is instantly recognisable because of its stained glass windows. Inside, symbols of the world’s main religions – Islam, Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism – bear witness to its multi-confessional status. The chapel, occupying a space formerly used by Western Union financial services, will be open during…

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New casinos spark concerns about gambling addiction

This content was published on Jun 1, 2001 Traditional casinos with blackjack tables and roulette wheels are illegal in Switzerland. Instead the country has 23 “kursaals”, where gamblers can play slot machines with a maximum bet of SFr5 ($2.78). But the government is soon to issue between four and six licences for what are described as “grand casinos”, with the full range of…

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Piccard sells Switzerland in Latin America

This content was published on Jun 1, 2001 Piccard’s trip, which over the next fortnight will take him to seven countries, has been organised by Presence Switzerland, the government organisation which promotes Switzerland abroad. It clearly sees the psychiatrist and adventurer as the face of a modern and innovative country. “I’m going to promote Switzerland’s creative and pioneering spirit. I want to show…

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Caritas prods companies to free staff to help handicapped

This content was published on Jun 1, 2001 Launched in March, the jubilee project has already yielded positive results. Caritas director, Jürg Krummenacher, told swissinfo that staff from one company who spent a week as volunteers had themselves been enriched by the experience. “None of them had done any community work before,” he said, “and some were even afraid to enter social institutions.…

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