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Accola welcomed back into the fold

This content was published on Sep 11, 2000 The 33-year-old Accola was suspended last Tuesday by the federation’s director, Jean-Daniel Mudry, after he arrived late for a pre-season promotional session attended by team sponsors and suppliers in the Swiss resort of Zermatt. The two parties came to an agreement on Monday, but Swiss-Ski has reserved the right to take further action against Accola,…

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National anti-racism demonstration called off

This content was published on Sep 11, 2000 The organising committee, Open Hearts, said the meeting – scheduled for Saturday – was being called off because two rock stars, who were supposed to attend the rally, could not attend. The American rock singer, Tina Turner, and the British musician, Phil Collins – both of whom live in Switzerland – were booked to be…

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Bernese Oberland becomes Hollywood set

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 Swiss producer, Leonard Gmur, is in charge of the shooting in Switzerland on behalf of Steven Spielberg’s film company, Dreamworks. The mini-series will be called “Band of Brothers” and is based on a best-selling novel by Stephen Ambrose, who was the historical consultant on the blockbuster film, “Saving Private Ryan”. While Spielberg hopes to cash…

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Statistics seen as key to fostering democracy

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 The five-day conference – organised by the Swiss government – aimed to find ways of using statistics to “measure” human rights and poverty with the aim of helping to improve the lives of those worst affected. “The conference does not have a political objective,” Carlo Malaguerra, the head of the Swiss Federal Statistics Office, told…

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Two-thirds of Kosovo refugees in Switzerland repatriated

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 The director of the Federal Refugee Office, Jean-Daniel Gerber, told a news conference in Berne on Friday that more than 31,000 Kosovo refugees and asylum seekers had returned home under the voluntary repatriation programme run by the Swiss government. A further 4,000 people have been forcibly repatriated. The programme, which has cost an estimated SFr112…

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Deiss in New York for talks on UN membership

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 Deiss’s official programme starts on Monday with a meeting of the UN Development Programme. Switzerland is represented on the body’s executive council and this year contributed SFr52 million ($30 million) to further its work. Switzerland’s relations with the UN, and possible future membership of the organisation, will be at the centre of discussions on Thursday…

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Switzerland seeks greater ties with United Nations

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 In the first address by a Swiss president to the United Nations general assembly, Ogi said on Thursday that while Switzerland still only had observer status at the UN, its people would vote in two years’ time on full membership. He reminded leaders attending the summit of Switzerland’s commitment and links to the UN. Ogi…

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Novartis boss awarded conscience prize

This content was published on Sep 8, 2000 Vasella was honoured for his sense of social responsibility as chairman and CEO of one of the world’s largest life sciences multinationals. Vasella was presented with the prize by Henry Kissinger at an award ceremony attended by the Swiss president, Adolf Ogi, the UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, and a host of other leaders and…

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Transfer system not yet dead, says UEFA

This content was published on Sep 7, 2000 Last week, the world governing body, FIFA, appeared to have caved in to demands from the European Commission that transfer fees be scrapped because they infringe EU rules on the free movement of labour. The announcement by FIFA’s Swiss president, Sepp Blatter, was greeted with predictions of chaos. An end to the transfer system would…

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Northern Iraq seen as safe for repatriations of asylum seekers

This content was published on Sep 7, 2000 The refugee appeals commission said on Thursday that forced repatriations of people whose asylum requests had been rejected was now acceptable. It added, however, that each case should be treated individually. The commission said the two parts of northern Iraq, controlled by the rival Kurdistan Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, could be…

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