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Switzerland’s skipper cheers legal victory over America’s Cup

This content was published on Dec 6, 2000 His comments come after an arbitration panel validated a challenge from Switzerland’s “Societe Nautique de Geneve” to the current cup-holders, the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron (RNZYS). The panel’s decision followed bitter legal wrangling over the RNZYS’s refusal to accept the challenge from the Swiss club, which is based on landlocked Lake Geneva. The rules…

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Record prices at Swiss art auction

This content was published on Dec 6, 2000 Other record sales included SFr705,000 for a canvas by Giovanni Giacometti entitled “Fanciulli al Sole” and SFr2.585 million for two oil paintings by Ferdinand Hodler, “Femme Joyeuse” and “Le Grammont”. Swiss art expert Barbara Basting says the high bidding came as no surprise because of the recent boom in the market for Swiss paintings. “For…

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Laughing it up on the slopes

This content was published on Dec 6, 2000 Mime acts from across Europe and North America will be well represented in Arosa from December 8 to 17, proving that comedy can bring down cultural barriers. Among them is Tomas Kubinek, a Czech-Canadian, who calls himself a “Certified Lunatic Master”. Winner of the top prize at Arosa last year, Kubinek can balance a toothbrush…

Prestigious French art prize awarded to Swiss

This content was published on Dec 6, 2000 The Marcel Duchamp Prize was created in 1994 by private collectors, who wanted to encourage new artistic forms among artists working in France. Hirschhorn qualified as a recipient of the award because although born in Bern he has been based in Paris since 1984. The 43-year-old artist moved to France after studying graphic design in…

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IOC considers webcasts for minor sports

This content was published on Dec 5, 2000 “Internet broadcasting is possible for sports that do not get a minimum amount of coverage on television,” said Dick Pound, chairman of the IOC marketing commission. Currently, the IOC does not allow Internet broadcasting because it cannot be limited to geographic regions. The IOC, which is based in Lausanne, sells its broadcasting rights per region…

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Swiss Olympic bids deemed unfit

This content was published on Dec 5, 2000 At a meeting on Tuesday of the association’s executive committee, it was declared that neither the Bern-Montreux, nor the Zurich-Graubünden, proposal reached the international standards necessary for such a high calibre event. Sports experts said that as they currently stand, the Lausanne-based International Olympic Committee (IOC) would flatly reject the proposals. Despite the weaknesses, the…

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Fuchs becomes best-earning rider

This content was published on Dec 5, 2000 Fuchs earned SFr580,344 ($341,378) in the year ending September 30, beating the previous record of SFr352,484 set by Willi Melliger in 1996. He also won the owner’s championship for the first time for the horse’s owner, Stéfanie Wagishauser. Fuch’s earnings by far exceed those of the best-earning German rider, Marcus Ehning, whose prize money totalled…

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Swiss president records rap album

This content was published on Dec 5, 2000 But the recording, which is English and entitled “Crucial to the Headquarters in Kandersteg”, was not made for commercial reasons, and does not mark a new career move for Ogi, who is retiring from politics at the end of this year. The CD is a tribute by him to Swiss troops engaged in the peacekeeping…

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Zermatt marks a special birthday

This content was published on Dec 5, 2000 Ulrich Inderbinen spent 70 years working as a mountain guide. His life is a testimony to just how much this corner of Switzerland has changed over a century. When Inderbinen was born, on December 3 1900, Zermatt was a poor farming village of 740 people. The road to the village was open only in summer.…

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Swiss journalist faces prison term in Indonesia

This content was published on Dec 5, 2000 Oswald Iten said he had been detained at his hotel by police on Saturday. “I really thought it was nothing, and now I’ve discovered that I risk five years in jail and a fine of 25 million rupiah ($2,500),” Iten told journalists. The NZZ said on Monday that Iten had been “carrying out his normal…

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