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Organisers whet nation’s Euro 2008 appetite

This content was published on Nov 20, 2006 More than 100 representatives from towns across Switzerland came to a Federal Sports Office workshop in canton Bern on Monday to hear about the planned projects and initiatives. The organisers of the quadrennial competition, which will take place from June 7-29 2008 in four Swiss and four Austrian stadia, said the aim was to whip…

Eastern Europe cooperation is “exemplary”

This content was published on Nov 19, 2006 Hugo Bruggmann, head of cohesion at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco), emphasised the positive results achieved to date in helping the former Eastern-bloc countries to democratise and develop. On November 26, the Swiss people will vote on a revision of the federal law on cooperation with eastern Europe. If the revised law is…

Closure of Mystery Park is no enigma

This content was published on Nov 19, 2006 They argue that the main reasons for the closure are the static nature of the exhibition, the slow involvement of local tourism and the stock exchange decline between 2001 and 2003. “Mystery Park needs extraterrestrial saviour” and “Career dreamer Erich von Däniken pulls back” were just two of the sarcastic headlines journalists made in a…

Olive harvest

This content was published on Nov 18, 2006

Swiss funds to soften harsh Hungarian reality

This content was published on Nov 17, 2006 Swiss financial support to Hungary – as part of efforts to help the ten new European Union members adapt to western standards – could be used for infrastructure, environmental protection and regional projects. Seventeen years after the end of the Cold War, Budapest looks like any other western city, at least at first glance. Production…

Swissmem makes up with business federation

This content was published on Nov 17, 2006 Swissmem, which represents the engineering industry, said on Friday that it would remain part of the influential lobbying body provided promised reforms are carried out. In May, Swissmem said it would leave economiesuisse by the end of this year following a row over the amount of money it pays as a member, coupled with a…

Rival bourse must learn lessons of past

This content was published on Nov 16, 2006 The two banks are part of a consortium that plans to launch a new trading platform in London. They were also behind the now defunct Tradepoint exchange that failed to make an impact in the 1990s. The aim is to take advantage of new European Union regulations liberalising financial markets next year by setting up…

Sulzer wins contract for Siberian oil pipeline

This content was published on Nov 16, 2006 The deal, worth around SFr50 million ($40 million), is part of a major infrastructure project transporting crude oil from eastern Siberia to the Pacific Ocean. The order includes main pipeline, vertical booster and vertical loading pumps, according to a company statement. Leeds-based Sulzer Pumps UK, the British subsidiary, is in charge of the project to…

Mountain huts achieve milestone

This content was published on Nov 14, 2006 The SAC’s new marketing campaign was named “most outstanding project” for making its network of mountain huts more attractive to a wider public. “The SAC has had the courage to redesign its huts so they are a counterpoint to their monumental mountain setting, without disfiguring the natural landscape,” said the jury, which is made up…

Clariant makes further sweeping cuts

This content was published on Nov 14, 2006 Clariant, which began a four-year restructuring programme in 2004, expects to cut 2,200 jobs – most of them in Europe – and shrink the number of its products by a quarter. The group said on Tuesday it would spend SFr500 million ($404.2 million) on the new initiatives, including closing one in ten of its sites,…

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