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FIFA officials waiting for extradition

This content was published on Jun 5, 2015 After last week’s arrest of seven high-ranking FIFA officials in Zurich, the detainees are waiting for their extradition to the United States.

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The fife flute from Ilgau, canton Schwyz

This content was published on Jun 5, 2015 Taken from the programme ‘A Thousand Years of Switzerland in Music and Sounds’.

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The impunity trap

This content was published on Jun 4, 2015 Ours is a world of impunity. Allegations of corruption swarmed around FIFA for decades, culminating in indictments of current and former officials.

Repair grounds Solar Impulse for a week, maybe longer

This content was published on Jun 4, 2015 Some minor wing damage could mean a major delay if the weather doesn’t play along.

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FIFA corruption may not just disappear with Sepp

This content was published on Jun 4, 2015 The President may be gone but bringing FIFA to heel will still require enormous effort both within the organisation and externally, according to a Swiss authority on the governance of sporting bodies.

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Heli-scanner helps police work

This content was published on Jun 4, 2015

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Sepp Blatter, no stranger to controversy

This content was published on Jun 3, 2015 Joseph Blatter, known to everyone as Sepp, was born in a poor family 1936, in Visp in canton Valais. He started working for FIFA in 1975 as director of development programmes. In 1981 he was appointed general secretary, becoming the loyal collaborator of the-then director Joao Havelange. When Blatter was elected FIFA president in 1998,…

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Israel complains about funding for ‘anti-army’ NGO

This content was published on Jun 3, 2015 Caspi protested verbally on Tuesday about the ministry’s financial support of the exhibition, a spokeswoman for the Israeli Embassy told the Swiss News Agency. She confirmed that Caspi had told the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper that it was not the job of the authorities to support such an organisation and that an exhibition abroad that portrays Israel…

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Swiss decline to tighten corruption laws excessively

This content was published on Jun 3, 2015 Swiss senators have refused to push for overly strict private corruption laws that would affect Swiss-based sports federations like FIFA as well as businesses. This comes despite the recent corruption scandal rocking the world of football.

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The colourful world of Sepp Blatter

This content was published on Jun 3, 2015 Publicity shy: two words that cannot be used to describe Sepp Blatter.

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