Swiss Identity

Verbier takes snowboarding to the extreme

This content was published on Mar 19, 2001 Verbier, known for its challenging slopes, is hosting the “Red Bull Xtreme” event for the sixth time. Snowboarders will try to impress judges with their style and daring cliff jumps on the slopes of the north face of the Bec des Rosses. The steep face includes a 500-metre vertical drop. The riders will be competing…

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Record year for DVD sales in Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 19, 2001 The video market reported a turnover of SFr206 million in 2000, and is close to surpassing the amount of money the Swiss spend annually at the cinema box office (SFr209 million in 2000). In a survey published by the Swiss Video Association, sales of DVDs have overtaken those of VHS videos for the first time.…

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Swiss medieval objects exhibited in New York

This content was published on Mar 19, 2001 Most of the works are of gold and silver – many encrusted with precious stones, antique gems or translucent enamels – but there are also textiles and objects of rock crystal, bronze and wood, including the doors of the cathedral’s original storage cupboards. The medieval “treasury” has had a colourful history. Over the centuries it…

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Mariuccia Medici: dialect is part of our roots

This content was published on Mar 19, 2001 For 40 years, she was a primary school teacher at Lugano-Loreto where she taught hundreds of pupils to speak and write Italian. But it has been her acting that has made her a household name. “I have absolutely no sense of being a star, even though people often come up and say nice things to…

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Zurich Lions book place in finals

This content was published on Mar 18, 2001 The Zurich Lions are set to defend their title in the championship finals next Sunday after winning their fourth match of the best-of-seven series on Saturday evening. Larry Huras’ men beat the Kloten Flyers 4-1 (2-0 2-0 0-1) in front of a home crowd. They started the match on a good footing, scoring two goals…

Culture

Taiwan sweeps top honours at Fribourg Film Festival

This content was published on Mar 18, 2001 The awards were announced at a ceremony on Sunday which brought the eight-day festival to an end. The festival’s top prize was awarded to the film “Yi Yi” (One, Two), directed by Edward Yang. The international jury, presided over by the Brazilian Silvia Oroz, gave the 54-year-old Yang the award for showing how a middle-class…

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Sauber team crash out of Malaysian Grand Prix

This content was published on Mar 18, 2001 In a race full of drama, the drivers had to compete not just with each other but with a severe tropical storm which lashed down on to the circuit during the early laps. Many cars skidded off the circuit and a safety car had to be brought on for part of the race. Both Sauber…

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Köniz storm to 3-0 victory in volleyball cup final

This content was published on Mar 17, 2001 In front of a 2,000 crowd in Fribourg, the team from canton Bern stormed to victory against their opponents, Kanti Schaffhausen, who are the current holders of the title. Köniz needed just 56 minutes to win the match 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-21) and take back the title snatched away from them in 2000. Despite his…

Culture

Orchestra set to return to Lucerne Music Festival

This content was published on Mar 17, 2001 The orchestra was a popular part of the acclaimed festival for decades when it performed under the name “Swiss Festival Orchestra”. But this orchestra was disbanded in 1993 and replaced by the short-lived “Lucerne Festival Orchestra”. The new group of instrumentalists, to be known once again as the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, will make an inaugural…

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Former Serb prime minister’s Swiss bank account frozen

This content was published on Mar 17, 2001 Marjanovic, a close ally of the ousted Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milsoevic, is said to have funds of over SFr100,000 ($58,450) in a Swiss account. He served as Serbian prime minister until shortly after Milosevic was toppled following an uprising last year. Yugoslav officials are trying to track down funds that left Serbia during Milosevic’s 13-year…

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