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Switzerland teams up with EU to make roads safer

This content was published on Apr 7, 2004 At the same time, Switzerland has joined forces with the European Union to attempt to halve the number of road traffic deaths by 2010. According to the WHO, road traffic accidents claim a new victim every 30 seconds and kill 1.2 million people around the world annually. Last year, the number of people who died…

Consumers to swallow cost of obesity

This content was published on Apr 6, 2004 The number of obese people in developed countries has risen threefold over the past 30 years, raising the risk of premature death and early payouts. In a report published on Tuesday, Swiss Re, the world’s second-largest life and health reinsurer, said that the increasing prevalence of obesity was too significant for the life insurance industry…

Lindt pulls gold rabbit out of the hat

This content was published on Apr 6, 2004 Net income of SFr122.4 million ($96.5 million) outstripped analysts’ forecasts as the firm posted record sales. New products, including Lindt’s successful global launch of the Gold Bunny, helped outweigh a drop in tourism, which reduced sales of luxury goods worldwide, the company said. Lindt, based in Kilchberg near Zurich, said on Tuesday that sales of…

Swiss diplomat leads debate over policing the web

This content was published on Apr 6, 2004 In an interview with swissinfo, Kummer said his first task was to establish a Working Group on Internet Governance. The question of internet governance generated heated debate during December’s World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Geneva. Governments are divided over issues such as rights to domain names, privacy, consumer protection and restrictions on…

Swiss develop cleaner diesel engine

This content was published on Apr 5, 2004 The Swiss environment agency presented the emission control system – which can be used on lorries, buses and construction machinery – on Monday. The device can cut emissions of nitrogen oxides, one of six principal air pollutants, by up to 90 per cent. Nitrogen oxides – a generic term encompassing nitrogen dioxide and nitrogen monoxide…

The Chinese are coming!

This content was published on Apr 5, 2004 swissinfo accompanied one of the first reconnaissance missions by Chinese travel agents to the Swiss Alps. “It’s just like Tibet!” exclaims Ji Peng, a Chinese travel agent, standing on top of Mount Titlis in central Switzerland. “It gives me energy just watching people skiing. I feel like I’m in paradise,” Ji says as he crouches…

Swiss firms weigh up risk and opportunity in Iraq

This content was published on Apr 5, 2004 Representatives from some 50 firms met in Zurich last week to explore business opportunities in a country still wracked by political instability. The meeting was held amid ongoing fears about the safety of civilians who take up employment in Iraq. Four United States contractors were killed last week before their bodies were mutilated and dragged…

Sleepless nights for Swiss hoteliers

This content was published on Apr 2, 2004 The Federal Statistics Office said fewer tourists from abroad were to blame for the drop – the third consecutive decline since 2000. Officials announced on Friday that there were 64 million overnight stays in Swiss hotels between November 2002 and October last year, representing a decline of 1.4 per cent. According to Silvia De Vito,…

Too rich to reform

This content was published on Apr 1, 2004 He said one reason growth had been slower than anywhere else in the industrialised world was because the Swiss were too well off to accept radical reform. In his last interview before stepping down on March 31, Syz said the country urgently needed to speed up the process of political and economic reform. Syz was…

Telecoms fair cuts Geneva connection

This content was published on Mar 31, 2004 The ITU cited a number of reasons for the move, among them costs, organisational problems and the importance of Asian markets. Since the first Telecom World fair in 1971, Geneva has always played host to the event, which is held every four years. The authorities reckon it has brought in a total of about SFr600…

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