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Star Alliance provides no easy ride for Swiss

This content was published on Apr 7, 2006 Franz warned that the benefits of becoming a member of the global airline consortium did not extend to “corporate life insurance”, after Swiss sunk deeper into the red last year. Franz was speaking at an event staged at Zurich airport on Friday to mark the milestone – Swiss officially joined on April 1 – in…

swissinfo – Mobile – How to use swissinfo mobile

This content was published on Apr 7, 2006 In order to use swissinfo mobile, you will need a personal digital assistant or a WAP-enabled mobile. You can find a guide to the WAP equipment and configurations available in Switzerland on Swisscom’s WAP page (www.swisscom-mobile.chExternal link) or under sunrise.chExternal link or orange.chExternal link. Please Note: Not all net providers give access to all WAP…

Hunt goes on for nuclear waste site

This content was published on Apr 7, 2006 The most recent site earmarked for long-term storage of Switzerland’s nuclear waste is under a farming region north of Zurich, but those living nearby are far from convinced. Residents in central Switzerland have already voted down an attempt to store waste under a hill in their canton of Nidwalden. This time it is a winegrowing…

Nuclear expert slams planned storage site

This content was published on Apr 7, 2006 The site had been earmarked for use by the Swiss authorities, which have been searching for waste disposal areas for radioactive material for more than three decades. John Large said he was sceptical whether the site at Benken, near the German border, was safe in the long run. Large is advising a group of anti-nuclear…

Jobless rate drops as economy picks up

This content was published on Apr 7, 2006 Experts forecast a further drop in unemployment figures later this year as the Swiss economy continues to show signs of recovery. At the end of March 143,249 people were registered as unemployed – down 6,850 or 0.2 per cent compared with February, a Seco statement said on Friday. It is the biggest seasonal drop in…

Bed and Breakfast helps save Ukraine’s forests

This content was published on Apr 7, 2006 In the rural villages of Transcarpathia, over-dependence on forest products is threatening the stability of the ecosystem. The local people are trying an alternative: eco-tourism. The region around Chernobyl is not the only part of Ukraine closed to the general public. In the mountains of Transcarpathia, close to the border with Hungary and Romania, another…

Water supply creates inter-ethnic goodwill

This content was published on Apr 7, 2006 Working together to construct a water-supply system, Russians and Crimean Tartars have got to know one another and put old tensions behind them. Osman, a young lad of Tartar background, used to go to the well every day to get water – a time-consuming task that prevented him from attending school. The suspicious looks of…

Living in the shadow of Chernobyl

This content was published on Apr 7, 2006 swissinfo visited a village south of the 30km exclusion zone around the power plant, to which 700 people were evacuated following the meltdown. The evacuees living in Sukachi were among 350,400 people forced to leave their homes in contaminated areas near Chernobyl. Relocation was a deeply traumatic experience, and the cost of social benefits for…

Helping Ukraine make a fresh start

This content was published on Apr 7, 2006 By providing technical support and financial assistance, Switzerland aims to help improve living conditions and promote the sustainable management of resources. Since it became independent in 1991, Ukraine (population: 50 million) has been trying to consolidate its links with the West, without breaking off relations with Russia, its principal trading partner. This vast eastern European…

Economists tell government to reform now

This content was published on Apr 6, 2006 The Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research (KOF) on Thursday revised its 2006 growth forecast from 1.5 per cent last October to 2.1 per cent and predicted GDP growth of 1.9 per cent in 2007. “If the economy is doing well, it’s always easier to implement new ideas and to have some restructuring going on…

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