Swiss Identity

Swiss banks urged to disclose more Holocaust-era accounts

This content was published on Jan 19, 2001 New York’s top banking regulator has said that Swiss banks should allow the entire database of accounts to be searched to see if the owners or heirs can be located. The New York superintendent of banks, Elizabeth McCaul, made the demand during a district court hearing on Friday. In his testimony, the New York City…

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High time in Davos

This content was published on Jan 19, 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…

Swiss make low-key start to Kitzbühel weekend

This content was published on Jan 19, 2001 Neuchâtel’s Didier Cuche was the only member of the Swiss team to finish Friday’s demanding super-G course in the top ten, after recording the seventh fastest time of the day. Steve Locher was fortunately able to pick himself up from a dramatic looking crash, while Didier Defago and Bruno Kernen both wandered off course. Silvano…

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Davos security to be tighter than ever

This content was published on Jan 19, 2001 Officially, security is the responsibility of the local canton of Graubünden, but police reinforcements will be brought in from all over the country to protect the world’s top political and economic leaders. The focus of the security operation has turned away from the spectre of a terrorist attack to the more tangible threat posed by…

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German tourist attacked by lynx

This content was published on Jan 19, 2001 The Valais authorities said on Friday that the man had been walking in the Agettes region when the lynx leapt out of a tree on top of him. The man was injured as he tried to protect himself. He had to be treated for four separate wounds to his arm. According to the authorities, there…

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Medical students prepare to go private

This content was published on Jan 19, 2001 Talks are underway between the Hirslanden group, which runs private clinics and healthcare services, and Fribourg university. Sponsors are being sought for the new private department. Students would take the first two years of their course at Fribourg university before continuing at one of the group’s seven private clinics. “A feasibility study shows that this…

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St Gallen fail in bid for Frei

This content was published on Jan 19, 2001 St Gallen had hoped to sign the Swiss Under-21 international as a replacement for their top scorer Charles Amoah, who last week completed a move to Austrian champions Sturm Graz. Lucerne are reported to have been offered SFr 700,000 for the 21-year-old Frei, but refused to budge from their original demand of more than a…

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The “Prisoner of Chillon” lives on

This content was published on Jan 19, 2001 From the courtyard near the gate, stone steps lead down to the prison and gallows. High gothic arches support the ceiling of the cellar and upper floors. Waves lap against the outside walls and can be heard through the entrances that open on to the lake. Guide Graziella Toukabri points to the gallows. “It’s not…

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Yakin cleared for return to Basel

This content was published on Jan 19, 2001 The 24-year-old Swiss international was dropped from the Grasshoppers team last week after he decided not to renew his contract with the Zurich club. Yakin then tried to sever the contract but Grasshoppers refused to release him until the pre-arranged expiry date at the end of this season. Basel, who had in the meantime agreed…

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Kratochvil and Gagliardi out in third round

This content was published on Jan 19, 2001 Gagliardi made a good start against Spain’s Marta Marrero, taking the first set 6-4. But the 24-year-old Genevan then lost her way badly in the last two sets, eventually going down 4-6, 6-1, 6-2. The Swiss woman caused one of the tournament’s first major upsets earlier this week when she knocked fifth seed Conchita Martinez…

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