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Flu fever tightens its grip

This content was published on Jan 31, 2001 For the first time this year, the number of people seeking medical advise for the flu rose in all cantons, according to Werner Wunderli, who is the head of the national influenza centre in Geneva. The cantons of Ticino and Graubünden were particularly hard hit by the epidemic as nearly six per cent of all…

Record-breaking da Vinci exhibition ends

This content was published on Jan 31, 2001 Zurich was the last stop of a world tour of “Leonardo da Vinci”. One of the exhibition’s organisers, Bernard Schüle, told swissinfo he had expected a total of about 80,000 visitors, in line with attendance figures for previous high-profile exhibitions. “We were very surprised,” he added. “I believe the high level of public interest was…

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Government endorses plan to ease citizenship laws

This content was published on Jan 31, 2001 The government came out in support of revising the citizenship on Wednesday following recommendations by the Federal Commission for Foreigners. The justice minister, Ruth Metzler, said that, under the proposed new legislation, the children of immigrants born in Switzerland would receive Swiss citizenship automatically. She said the process of becoming a citizen would also be…

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West urged not to impose democracy on Yugoslavia

This content was published on Jan 31, 2001 The conference, which wraps up on Wednesday, was organised by Switzerland’s East West forum, which regularly holds discussions and workshops aimed at achieving a greater understanding of the problems and issues faced by people in eastern Europe and the Balkans. The Deputy Director of the Forum, Erich Gysling, said he hoped participants at the meeting…

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Swiss tennis players rebound after Australian losses

This content was published on Jan 31, 2001 Basel’s Federer had an easy start to at the Milan Indoors, defeating Germany’s Rainer Schüttler in the first round. The seventh seed won in two sets, 6-3, 6-4. Geneva’s Marc Rosset also made it through to the second round of the tournament. The eighth seed had a hard time of it, though, needing three sets…

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Langnau and Rapperswil keep ice hockey playoff hopes alive

This content was published on Jan 30, 2001 Langnau remained just outside the top eight despite their 3-2 win over Davos but the canton Bern side are now within two points of Fribourg and Rapperswil. Fribourg dropped to eighth on Tuesday after losing 4-2 at home to runaway leaders Lugano. Rapperswil climbed to seventh after a 4-3 win over Zug. Chur, already heading…

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United States leaves John McEnroe off Davis Cup team

This content was published on Jan 30, 2001 Patrick McEnroe said he had considered using his famous brother, John, who had campaigned to be on the team, in doubles but decided against it. Veteran Todd Martin, Jan Michael Gambill, Justin Gimelstob and ITF 2000 world junior champion Andy Roddick will all be going to the Davis Cup in Basel next week. The McEnroes…

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Metzler calls for cooperation talks with EU

This content was published on Jan 30, 2001 Metzler was speaking on Tuesday during meetings in Stockholm with the Swedish justice minister, Thomas Bodström, and the International Development Cooperation minister, Maj-Inger Klingvall. Relations with the EU were the main topic of discussion at the working meetings, as Sweden has just assumed the EU presidency. The presidency rotates among members every six months. Metzler…

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Pictures of war on view in Lausanne

This content was published on Jan 30, 2001 Born in Budapest in 1913, Capa was killed by a landmine in 1954 while on assignment covering the war in Indochina. This exhibition is dominated by his black and white pictures of conflict, especially those taken during the Spanish civil war and the Second World War. But as it shows, there was much more to…

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Paul Klee Centre set to be “an art sensation”

This content was published on Jan 30, 2001 The feeling in Bern is that the outcome of the March 4 referendum is a foregone conclusion. As city mayor Klaus Baumgartner said at the unveiling of the plans in the Kornhaus (former corn exchange): “The people are looking forward to this new cultural symbol. I therefore predict that the outcome will be positive.” Public…

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