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Passenger wait goes on as flights resume

This content was published on Apr 20, 2010 The first plane took off from Zurich just after 8am to ease five days of travel chaos but only a handful of flights have managed to get airborne. The airport said it would take several days for services to return to normal. For many passengers who flocked to Switzerland’s busiest airport in the hope of…

Pro Helvetia to open an office in China

This content was published on Apr 20, 2010 Director Pius Knüsel announced the news on Tuesday at a press conference in Bern. According to Knüsel, the goal is to foster a long-term cultural exchange between Switzerland and China. Three Chinese will staff the Shanghai office; a fourth will work at the embassy in Beijing. The annual budget is half a million Swiss francs…

Swiss airspace reopens

This content was published on Apr 20, 2010 The first plane took off from Zurich just after 8am, but only a handful of planes has since taken off and the airport said it would still take several days for services to return to normal. The Federal Civil Aviation Office announced its decision after the positive results of four test flights and research carried…

Volcano means boom for some businesses

This content was published on Apr 19, 2010 With Swiss airspace closed until at least 10am on Tuesday, thousands of travellers have been forced to book hotels, take trains, rent cars, linger in bars and hire taxis to cover enormous distances – in one case from Zurich to Kiev. Even climatologists say the dramatic eruption in Iceland that has ground air traffic to…

Swiss jet flies on urgent mission to US

This content was published on Apr 19, 2010 The aircraft is repatriating two brothers, aged four and six, who suffered major burns after a gas explosion. They boys will be treated at a special clinic in Boston because there is currently a lack of space for such treatment in Norway. Rega said it was the first emergency flight since it had moved two…

Germany proves an attraction despite politics

This content was published on Apr 19, 2010 The figure of 1,126 comes as a surprise because it is more than double the number who emigrated the previous year. It also comes at a time when political strains have surfaced between Switzerland and its main trading partner, particularly over tax matters. While much has been written about Germans who have come to settle…

Airspace remains closed as ash cloud spreads

This content was published on Apr 18, 2010 About 20 countries closed their airspace leaving millions of passengers stranded following the eruption of a volcano in Iceland last Wednesday. It is the worst air travel chaos since the 9/11 attacks in the United States nine years ago. The Federal Civil Aviation Office said given the latest data it had no choice but to…

Minister urges parliament to agree US bank deal

This content was published on Apr 18, 2010 “The US tax authorities would resume a civil procedure against UBS and the legal case could be re-activated,” Calmy-Rey told the SonntagsZeitung and Le Matin Dimanche newspapers. Washington could refuse to ratify a new double taxation agreement which would damage Switzerland’s economy, she added. “The US might also consider taking action against other Swiss banks,”…

Railways set to confront “major challenges”

This content was published on Apr 16, 2010 The company announced on Friday it carried 327.5 million people in 2009, an increase of 1.5 per cent. But freight transported by its Cargo subsidiary fell by seven per cent. In a statement, it said one of the big challenges was to satisfy the growing customer demand for passenger services. “Despite the progress made, the…

Legal action at UBS seen as “unlikely”

This content was published on Apr 15, 2010 But Peter V. Kunz, a professor of economic law at Bern University told swissinfo.ch that Wednesday’s vote against the so-called discharge, usually a routine affair at annual general meetings, nevertheless has certain implications. The vote against – 52.8 per cent – has been widely interpreted as a strong signal of disapproval by the shareholders. UBS…

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