Swiss Identity

McNaught springs into legal action

This content was published on Feb 20, 2001 The Olympic silver medallist was recently suspended from the squad following accusations that she had repeatedly refused to fulfil team obligations. The federation said that McNaught had frequently ignored her team leader’s directions and had displayed an unprofessional attitude to organisers and sponsors. On Tuesday, though, McNaught’s lawyer Ulf Walz said he had been instructed…

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Krueger inspects his ‘American’ troops

This content was published on Feb 20, 2001 The Swiss coach has been conducting a lightning tour of Canada and the United States this week in an effort to keep in touch with Switzerland’s far-flung heroes and to check on their availability for this year’s world championships and the 2002 Winter Olympics. Speaking to swissinfo’s Mathias Froidevaux in Hamilton, Krueger admitted that the…

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Aids group steps up efforts to combat discrimination

This content was published on Feb 20, 2001 Launching the campaign on Tuesday, the Federation said it was setting up a special office to deal with legal issues and to lobby the authorities and insurance companies. It has also hired a legal expert to fight inequalities in the law and to deal with the authorities and insurance companies. A spokesman said one of…

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Hungarian challenge for Swiss handballers

This content was published on Feb 20, 2001 The playoffs will take place over four matches in the first half of June, beginning with two games in Switzerland. History doesn’t favour the Swiss. In their 31 previous encounters with Hungary, Switzerland have won just nine matches and lost 20. But despite the statistics, coach Arno Ehret seemed fairly happy with the draw. “We’re…

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Rosset suffers another early exit

This content was published on Feb 20, 2001 The Swiss number two was beaten in three sets (6-3, 3-6, 6-3) by the French number one Arnaud Clément. With Clément in strong form and up to 12th in the world rankings the result might not have been a major surprise, but it has cast fresh doubt on Rosset’s suitability for the Swiss Davis Cup…

Education

Digital divide leaves less educated worse off

This content was published on Feb 20, 2001 The latest figures from the federal statistical office, released on Tuesday, show that while Switzerland has a good IT infrastructure, there is a noticeable gender, educational and generation gap. Worst affected are people without a university education. Switzerland leads the list of OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries in terms of IT investment.…

Culture

Works of art disappear in Lucerne

This content was published on Feb 20, 2001 For years, the pictures had been forgotten and kept in storage. Their existence was only discovered by chance when the department’s head, Ueli Habegger, came across receipts documenting the loan of the art works to the Lucerne Art Society in the early 1930s and during the 1960s. Confirming a report in the Lucerne newspaper, the…

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Hober pays price for wretched season

This content was published on Feb 20, 2001 After winning just four of their 44 matches in the regular season, La Chaux-de-Fonds were the first side to drop into the relegation playouts. Assistant coach Michel Lussier will now be in charge of the club’s fight to avoid an immediate return to the B league. Hober had been coaching La Chaux-de-Fonds since last April,…

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Bastl piles more Swiss misery on Gimelstob

This content was published on Feb 20, 2001 Six days before his 24th birthday, the man from New Jersey appeared to be on course to avenge his doubles defeat against Switzerland in this month’s Davis Cup first round tie. After winning the first set against Bastl 6-1, Gimelstob found himself serving for the match at 5-4 in the second set. But the Swiss…

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Fribourg prepares for Ice Hockey quarter finals

This content was published on Feb 19, 2001 Fribourg and Rapperswil-Jona scraped through to the playoffs on Sunday making Langau and Ambri face the relegation playouts. The result was a bitter disappointment to Langau who narrowly missed making the quarter-final playoffs. For Ambri, it ends an unsuccessful season. They had been tipped as possible title contenders but have finished 10th out of 12.…

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