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Art world remembers Swiss forerunner of symbolism

This content was published on Jan 16, 2001 Born the son of a textile merchant in Basel, Böcklin is regarded as one of the most influential painters of the 19th century. Among the artists who have acknowledged his influence on their work are Salvador Dali and Giorgio de Chirico. At the age of 18 Böcklin left Basel to study at the art academy…

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Lions pounce for Samuelsson

This content was published on Jan 15, 2001 Samuelsson’s contract with the second division club runs until 2003, but the 32-year-old has been at the centre of transfer speculation since putting in some spectacular performances for Davos in the Spengler Cup. Zurich will now be hoping that Samuelsson can do as well for them as he did during his week with Davos. In…

Swiss to press ahead with Russia corruption inquiry

This content was published on Jan 15, 2001 Announcing the decision on Monday, the Geneva prosecutor handling the case, Bernard Bertossa, said the Swiss investigation would continue. Bertossa is probing allegations that two companies based in canton Ticino, Mabetex and Mercata, paid millions of dollars in bribes to high-ranking Kremlin officials, including family members of the former Russian president, Boris Yeltsin. Also implicated…

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Agassi pulls out of Swiss Davis Cup tie

This content was published on Jan 15, 2001 The world number six, who is currently in Melbourne to defend his Australian Open title, confirmed his withdrawal at a Monday press conference. Agassi said he would not be playing any Davis Cup tennis as long as the competition retained its current format. The American argued that the playing programme was not compatible with players’…

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Swiss make strong start to Australian Open

This content was published on Jan 15, 2001 Both the Swiss women involved in first day action won in three sets. Emmanuelle Gagliardi had to defend three match points in a gruelling last set against Australia’s Annabel Ellwood before completing a 6-3, 4-6, 8-6 victory. Miroslava Vavrinec pulled off a surprise win over France’s Anne-Gaëlle Sidot, a player more than 50 places above…

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More drugs seized at Swiss borders in 2000

This content was published on Jan 15, 2001 Figures released on Monday showed a large increase in the amount of drugs seized along Switzerland’s border, with so-called soft and designer drugs accounting for most of the rise. Seizures of cannabis were up by more than 450 per cent, with over a tonne confiscated by the border services. Border guards also intercepted 1.2 tonnes…

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Bastl falls in first round of Australian Open

This content was published on Jan 15, 2001 Bastl’s hopes of reaching a respectable position in this year’s Open faltered on Monday, when he lost his first round singles match to Guillermo Canas of Argentina 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. Switzerland’s other players were more successful: Michel Kratochvil beat Raemon Sluiter of the Netherlands, while Ivo Heuberger beat the retired Younes El Aynaoui of Morocco.…

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Lugano seal playoff berth

This content was published on Jan 14, 2001 Jim Koleff’s team bounced back from Saturday’s defeat in Kloten with a 2-1 win over sixth placed Bern. The side from the Swiss capital are still far from making sure of their own playoff spot with Sunday’s defeat leaving them just three points above the playout zone. With the Zurich Lions concentrating on their weekend’s…

Austrians sweep slalom in Wengen

This content was published on Jan 14, 2001 Benjamin Raich overcame the foggy conditions to win the event in a combined time of one minute 44.42 seconds. His compatriots Rainer Schoenfelder(1:45:71) and Mario Matt (1:46:07) took second and third places respectively. Raich’s victory was his first of the season, his sixth overall in World Cup races and, as he told swissinfo afterwards, one…

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Götschi wins again

This content was published on Jan 14, 2001 Götschi and his team (Andy Gees, Alexandre Quiblier und Cédric Grand) came dramatically from behind on the second day of the championships after a first day which had seen Christian Reich’s rival team take an apparently unassailable lead. Reich had finished Saturday’s two runs more than a third of a second ahead of Götschi, a…

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