Tag: Switzerland
Swiss vote down lawyers for animals
Switzerland has voted against assigning lawyers to defend animals in court cases.[MORE]
Fight for lawyers to represent animals in court
A national referendum is taking place in Switzerland on a proposal to appoint state-funded lawyers to represent animals in court.[MORE]
Spain level with Swiss in Davis Cup
Spain's David Ferrer dispatched Marco Chiudinelli in straight sets to level the depleted champions' Davis Cup first-round tie against Switzerland at 1-1 in Logrono overnight.[MORE]
Size does matter in Switzerland
There is controversy in Switzerland over a new brand of condoms that is being marketed at boys as young as 12.[MORE]
Libya, US trade blows over Swiss jihad call
Libya's ambassador to the United States says Moamar Gaddaffi's call for a jihad against Switzerland was not a call to arms, but a push for economic sanctions. [MORE]
UN slams Gaddafi's Swiss jihad
The United Nations and European Union have rallied behind Switzerland after Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's call for jihad against the country, with a top UN official branding the move unacceptable.[MORE]
Gaddafi wants jihad against Switzerland
Libyan leader Moamar Gaddafi has turned up the heat in his country's dispute with Switzerland, calling for jihad against it over a ban adopted last year on the construction of minarets.[MORE]
Austrian, Swiss rule Vancouver slopes
Austrian skier Andrea Fischbacher and Swiss ski jumper Simon Ammann blew their opposition away to win gold medals at the Vancouver Winter Olympics, as organisers faced fresh complaints about safety standards.[MORE]
Brauer satisfied with downhill run
Australia's Jono Brauer says he is happy with his performance in the men's downhill event at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver this morning.[MORE]
America's Cup to go back to tradition
The America's Cup is poised to return to its traditional multiple challenger format after US side Oracle won the 33rd edition of sailing's oldest and most prestigious trophy in Spain.[MORE]
Swiss Defago wins men's Olympic downhill
Switzerland's Didier Defago has won the men's downhill race in Vancouver to hand his country a first Olympic gold medal in the blue riband event in 22 years.[MORE]
BMW Oracle brings home America's Cup
US challenger BMW Oracle won the 33rd America's Cup overnight, beating Swiss holder Alinghi in the second race to claim the best-of-three series 2-0 in a triumph of superior design and technology.[MORE]
Swiss ski jumper wins Games' first gold
Swiss ski-jumper Simon Ammann won the first gold medal of the 2010 Winter Olympics this morning (AEDT), and the third of his career, when he clinched victory in the normal hill.[MORE]
Alinghi stunned in America's Cup
US challenger BMW Oracle won the opening race of the 33rd America's Cup overnight, beating Swiss holders Alinghi by almost four kilometres in a stunning display of hi-tech sailing.[MORE]
America's Cup start delayed again
Rough seas forced the opening race of the 33rd America's Cup to be abandoned for the second time, prolonging a frustrating wait for the start of the regatta.[MORE]
Poor wind snuffs out America's Cup opener
The first race of the 33rd America's Cup between Swiss holders Alinghi and US challenger BMW Oracle has been abandoned because of unreliable wind, further delaying a bitterly fought event.[MORE]
Father Federer savours Melbourne victory
Roger Federer sipped champagne and partied until dawn in Melbourne on Monday, savouring his first victory at a major as a father but already looking forward to the defence of his French Open crown.[MORE]
Polanski extradition may take months
The Swiss government says it could take up to a year to extradite Roman Polanski to the United States. [MORE]
America's Cup to go ahead next month
The 33rd America's Cup will take place from February 8 after the New York Supreme Court said it would not hear before the match a complaint from BMW Oracle over the origin of sails to be used by holders Alinghi.[MORE]
Judge denies Polanski in absentia sentence bid
A Los Angeles judge has denied a bid by lawyers for Roman Polanski requesting the fugitive filmmaker be sentenced in absentia in his decades-old child sex case.[MORE]
Wife defends Polanski over child sex
Roman Polanski's wife has defended him in a rare interview, saying the 1970s, when the director was convicted of having sex with a 13-year-old girl, was a "crazy" age of sexual permissiveness.[MORE]
Polanski wins damages over photos
Filmmaker Roman Polanski won more damages on Tuesday (local time) from French publications that printed photographs of him at his Swiss home where he is confined pending extradition proceedings in a child sex case.[MORE]
Hingis keen on another comeback
Swiss tennis great Martina Hingis has hinted at a return to the women's professional circuit having served her two-year ban for drug abuse.[MORE]
Federer, Serena named top seeds for Open
Roger Federer and Serena Williams have been awarded the top seedings for the Australian Open, starting on Monday.[MORE]
Snow strands thousands in Europe
Snow and icy weather has disrupted travel across Europe, closing Geneva airport on one of its busiest tourist weekends of the year and prompting a state of emergency on part of Germany's Baltic coast.[MORE]
