Swiss Identity

Von Arx returns to NHL

This content was published on Jan 25, 2001 Von Arx was dropped from the world’s top ice hockey league less than three months ago, but has now been given a second chance after the team’s first-choice center, Alex Zhamnov, suffered a throat injury. Zhamnov, who was hit by a puck during a game on Sunday, is expected to be out of action for…

Unearthly creatures rule Lötschental

This content was published on Jan 25, 2001 There’s not much known about their origins, but the Tschäggättä appear every year at the same time, usually under the cover of darkness. In reality, the creatures are costumed young men. They drape goats or sheep’s fur and bells over their bodies and disguise their appearances with carved masks. Typical to Lötschental, they have twisted…

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Road movie takes top prize at Solothurn film festival

This content was published on Jan 25, 2001 Rabaglia’s film tells the story of a retired Italian who worked for 30 years as a seasonal worker in Geneva. The old man returns to Switzerland to find funds to pay for an operation for his blind granddaughter. The movie, which was a long time in the making and went through the hands of a…

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High time in Davos

This content was published on Jan 25, 2001 From the town at night, small lights can be made out moving slowly up the mountainside. They belong to about a dozen snow tractors making use of the hours of darkness to groom the nearly 200 kilometres of ski slopes below the Weissfluh peak. There’s a weather station just below the peak belonging to the…

Double gold for snowboarders

This content was published on Jan 25, 2001 Both the men’s and women’s giant parallel slalom ended in Swiss success with Gilles Jaquet and Ursula Bruhin taking the gold medals. In the first run of the finals, Jaquet finished with the same time as Sweden’s Daniel Biveson. He then took a two-second lead in the next run to win his first world title.…

Hingis completes sister act

This content was published on Jan 25, 2001 The 6-1, 6-1 victory completed a rare double, following Hingis’s win over Serena Williams in the quarter-finals. The two victories made Hingis only the third player ever to beat both sisters at the same tournament. Following her latest triumph over Venus, which lasted just 53 minutes, Hingis admitted she had profited from an unusual number…

Money laundering fears delay casino licensing

This content was published on Jan 24, 2001 So far, the government has received 63 applications for gaming licenses, but it appears less than half satisfy the conditions required. The Swiss justice minister, Ruth Metzler, said on Wednesday she hoped the first few licenses could be granted by May, but admitted that the process of reviewing the applications had been difficult. “It won’t…

Demographics

Sauber backs rookie driver

This content was published on Jan 24, 2001 The boss of the Swiss racing team said he expected Nick Heidfeld and Kimi Raikkonen to achieve better results than last season, when Sauber’s previous line-up of Pedro Diniz and Mika Salo managed just six championship points. Sauber also insisted that a series of successful pre-season tests had already justified the controversial selection of Raikkonen,…

Fearful security guard fakes assault

This content was published on Jan 24, 2001 Police in the eastern town of Schaffhausen said the 20-year-old even injured himself on one occasion to lend his stories more credibility. The police said they launched an investigation after receiving a call for help from the young man during the summer. He claimed to have been attacked by two men while keeping a watch…

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Fribourg increase pressure on Ambri

This content was published on Jan 24, 2001 Both Fribourg and Ambri have looked like joining La Chaux-de-Fonds and Chur in the bottom four playout zone. So it was fitting that they met each other on Tuesday, Fribourg heading south to Ambri’s canton Ticino home. But despite being hosts, Ambri gained little from home advantage. They limped away from a 4-1 beating by…

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