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Lausanne hire new manager, Zvunka

This content was published on Jan 9, 2001 Zvunka, 49, has been hired for a six-month period, ending on June 30, 2001. The former defender built his football career playing for Marseille and has managed a number of French teams including Racing Paris, Toulouse, Cannes and Châteauroux. However, he has no experience in Swiss football. Lausanne, who are currently in fourth place in…

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Von Grünigen confident ahead of Adelboden

This content was published on Jan 8, 2001 Von Grünigen put himself in a commanding position on Saturday when he won his third giant slalom race of the season. His victory in Les Arcs was especially notable for the size of his winning margin. Reflecting on a performance which saw him cross the line more than a second and a half ahead of…

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Music festival simplifies its name

This content was published on Jan 8, 2001 From the summer of 2001 it will simply be called “Lucerne Festival” to make access to its website more straightforward through Internet search engines and to give it a name more acceptable abroad. For festival organisers, the change could not have come sooner for another reason. In Switzerland, many considered the original name to be…

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Government seeks explanation over possible irregularities in UMTS auction

This content was published on Jan 8, 2001 Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile subsidiary withdrew from the bidding just three days before the auction was due to begin in November. Two days later, Tele Danmark acquired majority stakes in two Swiss bidders, diAx and Sunrise, and then announced plans to merge them. That move led the government to postpone the sale for several weeks. DiAx…

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Swiss judge investigates Raul Salinas of Mexico

This content was published on Jan 8, 2001 The Geneva judge, Paul Perraudin, told swissinfo he had sent a rogatory letter to the Mexican attorney general’s office in early December seeking help in investigating Raul Salinas and his wife. He was confirming a report on Sunday by the weekly Mexican magazine “Proceso”, which said the Swiss authorities had asked Mexico for judicial assistance.…

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Maillart: A revolutionary bridge-builder

This content was published on Jan 8, 2001 Robert Maillart, a young Swiss engineer, built the bridge over the Inn River in the Graubünden village of Zuoz in 1901. That slender arch of reinforced concrete was the first of Maillart’s “revolutionary bridges”. The description “revolutionary” comes from Princeton University’s David Billington, who writes that Maillart’s extraordinary skill was to build structures that were…

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Army hotline inundated with calls about Balkan syndrome

This content was published on Jan 8, 2001 “The phone has been ringing non-stop,” said Felix Endrich, spokesman for the army chief of staff. Endrich said the special line was intended to take calls purely from Swiss soldiers who had brought back souvenirs of ammunition from their tours of duty. He said 10 people had admitted to bringing back weaponry. The army fears…

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Von Grünigen ready for Adelboden test

This content was published on Jan 8, 2001 For the last two days more than 60 volunteers have been helping to keep the World Cup piste in good condition despite recent heavy snowfall. All of which should be good news for Von Grünigen who is well on course to clinch the giant slalom title after celebrating his third win of the season at…

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Flu virus hits Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 8, 2001 The first Swiss cases of the New Caledonian flu appeared last week. The same strain hit Belgium and northern France in late December. Werner Wunderli, of the Swiss National Flu Centre, says the New Caledonian influenza strain is not particularly dangerous and its symptoms are similar to those of other influenza strains. Wunderli told swissinfo…

Avalanche risk high in eastern Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 8, 2001 The federal institute for avalanche research in Davos said northern and central areas, as well as the Engadin valley were most at risk from avalanches triggered by fresh snowfalls It advised skiers not to leave marked pistes and urged motorists to exert extreme caution. On Monday, the search was called of for at least two…

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