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Helping women break into a man’s world

This content was published on Mar 8, 2010 As Women’s Day is marked, businesswoman and networker Barbara Rigassi tells swissinfo.ch why the situation is so and how women can make it to the top. Rigassi, an economist who sits on several boards herself, is a co-founder of the GetDiversity network. Since 2007 the Swiss organisation has been putting forward women candidates for board…

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Swiss tackle the threat of animal diseases

This content was published on Mar 3, 2010 As veterinary experts know, it’s not a question of if the next big disease outbreak happens but when, something that the new Swiss animal health strategy aims to address. Although Switzerland is widely regarded as a best practice example in the area of animal health, global developments make vigilance essential. On Tuesday the Federal Veterinary…

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Men and women get different travel bugs

This content was published on Mar 2, 2010 The study, by Zurich University, is the first one ever to give a broad profile of travel-based infectious diseases from a gender point of view. “What we see very clearly is that men are much more likely to have vector-borne diseases, such as malaria, leishmaniasis or rickettsia which are transmitted by mosquitoes or ticks or…

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“Big bang” machine is rebooted

This content was published on Mar 1, 2010 The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) said the “big bang” machine had been put on standby in December to prepare for higher energy collisions and the start of their main research programme. Collisions at the highest possible energy level, emulating conditions in the moments after the creation of the universe 13.7 billion years ago,…

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Chile steps up quake rescue effort

This content was published on Mar 1, 2010 Swiss humanitarian experts have arrived in Chile to support the rescue effort. For the moment there are no reports of Swiss nationals injured or killed in the disaster. “We face a catastrophe of such unthinkable magnitude that it will require a giant effort [for Chile to recover],” Chilean President Michelle Bachelet told reporters on Sunday…

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Earthquake toll continues to rise in Chile

This content was published on Feb 28, 2010 The Swiss embassy in the Chilean capital, Santiago, also suffered heavy damage in the 8.8-magnitude earthquake that has affected more than two million people. The Swiss foreign ministry said on Sunday that all of the embassy workers are safe but that glass doors had shattered and left portions of the building no longer accessible. The…

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Government sends team to Chile after quake

This content was published on Feb 27, 2010 A massive 8.8-magnitude quake has killed at least 122 people after it toppled buildings, knocked out cell phone communication and left portions of the country in a “state of catastrophe”, as Chilean President Michelle Bachelet declared. The Swiss foreign ministry said on Saturday that it would send experts already based in South America to the…

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Veil lifted on giant solar-powered boat

This content was published on Feb 25, 2010 The boat, which measures 30-metres long by 15-metres wide, features 500-square-metres of solar panels that will power it on a trip around the globe starting in 2011. “The project is meant to make a vital contribution to acquainting people with Switzerland’s innovative capacity in the domain of renewable energies,” the Swiss foreign ministry said in…

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Swiss to follow through on Copenhagen pledge

This content was published on Feb 24, 2010 The cabinet said after its weekly session on Wednesday that it had agreed to join the Copenhagen Accord and said the cuts could be boosted. “This target is in line with that of the EU. If other industrialised countries and emerging economies also announce substantial efforts to cut their emissions, Switzerland will raise its target…

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