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Rothschild Bank takes ex-director to court

This content was published on May 1, 2001 “A complaint has been lodged,” said the bank’s lawyer, Dominique Poncet, confirming reports in the Swiss French newspaper the “Tribune de Genève”. The inquiry is now in the hands of the legal authorities. Mourad Sekkiou, the lawyer representing the defendant, whose name was not released, said she would fight the case: “My client is contesting…

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Top politicians call for fairer wages in May Day speeches

This content was published on May 1, 2001 Speaking in Unterseen in canton Bern, Leuenberger said May Day rallies traditionally focused on the need for a just society and equal rights for all citizens. He said that despite the advances made in the past 100 years, these were still goals worth striving towards. Leuenberger, who is also transport, energy and communications minister, said…

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Swiss charity says slave ship children were being trafficked

This content was published on May 1, 2001 Local delegates of the Lausanne-based Terre des Hommes Foundation took charge of 16 girls and seven boys at the request of the Benin authorities. The children, who came from Benin, Togo and Mali, were aged between three and 14 years. “Although the statements of children are often uncertain and sometimes contradictory, it nonetheless clearly emerges…

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Nyon opens window on South African documentary films

This content was published on May 1, 2001 Of the five South African films shown at the “Visions du Réel” festival in Nyon, “The Guguletu Seven” is one of the favourites to win the international competition. Four other documentaries, some featuring in the “Regards Neufs” series of first films, are at least partially the result of a cultural exchange programme between the Swiss…

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British productions dominate Golden Rose television awards

This content was published on Apr 30, 2001 There were a total of 89 television programmes vying for the coveted Golden Rose award. No Swiss television show featured among the prize-winners announced this week. Three British productions, in the category of television game and variety shows, received a Silver Rose. Two Bronze Roses were awarded for a comedy and a sitcom. The Press…

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Whitney Houston and Cologne cathedral spur Swiss team to victory

This content was published on Apr 30, 2001 “We took a walk into the centre of Cologne before the match,” a smiling Krueger told swissinfo, “and we looked at that cathedral and thought about all the hard work and patience it had taken to build it. We’re just trying to do a little job here, but in the same way – stone by…

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Swiss hockey team through to second round

This content was published on Apr 30, 2001 The Swiss team got off to a great start against the Belarussians, with Julien Vauclair scoring just over a minute into the match, the Lugano defender sweeping in the loose puck after Ambri’s Alain Demuth had narrowly failed to connect. The Swiss celebrations lasted less than two minutes though, with Belarus grabbing a well-worked equaliser…

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Body of murdered Swiss aid worker arrives in Geneva

This content was published on Apr 30, 2001 Members of Fox’s family and several staff from the International Committee of the Red Cross were waiting at Geneva airport to collect the body, ICRC spokesman, Juan Martinez, said. Fox, along with a Colombian collegue, Julio Delgado, and four local Red Cross workers were shot and then hacked to death on Thursday when they were…

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Destination Switzerland presented in Thun

This content was published on Apr 30, 2001 The Swiss industry has every reason to be optimistic. Following a 5.5 per cent increase in overnight stays in 2000, there were more foreign tour operators than ever at this year’s STM, hoping to sign lucrative deals. “We have visitors from 55 countries who came here to get as much information as they can about…

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New course opens to fight white-collar crime

This content was published on Apr 30, 2001 The course, to be run by the University of Applied Science in Lucerne, kicks off in June and will focus on ways to combat money laundering, abuse of banking secrecy and embezzlement. The director of the Institute of Business Informatics at the university, Markus Wyss, told swissinfo that the course will create more of a…

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