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Swiss America’s Cup challenge raises anchor

This content was published on May 11, 2001 “Alinghi is a name which has always brought me luck,” said the team’s billionaire president Ernesto Bertarelli at a high-profile press launch. All of Bertarelli’s previous racing yachts have borne the same name. “This is an important moment, when the team can come together in an America’s Cup class boat. It gives us a platform…

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Swiss miss out on 2005 hockey championships

This content was published on May 11, 2001 The International Ice Hockey Federation held the vote in Hanover on Friday, during a rest day from the current world championships. The IIHF announced that Austria had received 55 votes, while Switzerland had garnered 45. Although the voting members of the Federation’s congress do not have to give any reasons for their decisions, the relative…

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PANArt transforms the steel drum to a higher level

This content was published on May 11, 2001 The Pang family of instruments, produced by the PANArt company at their small factory, draws on their experience of developing the steel drum in Switzerland for the past 25 years. Their success is such that they’re even selling the instruments in the drum’s traditional home, Trinidad. The new family of steel instruments has not gone…

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Festival celebrates call to the hunt

This content was published on May 11, 2001 Dozens of hunting horn groups from across Switzerland will descend on Interlaken for the event, which is only held every two years. The competition gets underway in the morning when groups are required to play various marches, dances and fanfares. The Swiss clubs represented at the competition in Interlaken say they are having difficulties recruiting…

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Jerusalem centre studies Swiss model for conflict resolution

This content was published on May 11, 2001 “We live in a world of conflict. Switzerland has a lot to teach the world about how it has managed to live in peace for so many years,” says David Wollach, president of the Association of Swiss Friends of the Hebrew University. The Swiss centre was founded two years ago with the help of private…

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Nestlé to sponsor Tour de France

This content was published on May 11, 2001 Nestlé is hoping to use the 3,462 km race, which runs from July 7-29, to promote its new spring water, Aquarel. Jeff Caso, Nestlé’s senior marketing vice-president, told swissinfo that he could not reveal the exact cost of the sponsorship deal, citing a confidentiality agreement. But he conceded the figure was close to the 4…

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New “Hamlet” provokes anger

This content was published on May 10, 2001 Even before the première, the play provoked strong criticism from both sides of the political spectrum and from within the theatre’s own board of management. A lively debate in Swiss newspapers also fuelled the controversy and aroused angry reaction from some members of the public. Barabara Higgs, the Schauspielhaus’s head of communications, said that the…

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Hingis cruises in Berlin

This content was published on May 10, 2001 The St Gallen player made a tentative start to her match against France’s Nathalie Déchy, dropping serve in the opening game. But the Swiss star recovered to crush the world number 48 in straight sets (6-3, 6-1). Wilting in the face of some strong and varied play by Hingis, Déchy finally surrendered with a double…

Swiss look to plug “brain drain”

This content was published on May 10, 2001 The “Brain Gain” campaign, launched by the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich, hopes to plug the hole in Swiss graduate programmes left by the so-called “brain drain”. The ETH hopes that within six to 10 years, they will have reversed the “brain drain”, creating a brighter future for both students and businesses in…

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Savoldelli retakes lead in Romandie

This content was published on May 10, 2001 Winner of Tuesday’s opening prologue, the Saeco team cyclist won Thursday’s 171-kilometre stage from Tramelan in four hours and seven minutes to snatch the overall leader’s green jersey back from Australia’s Bradley McGee. After joining Savoldelli in a breakaway some five kilometres from the finish line, Meier dropped back to fifth in the final sprint.…

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