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Scientists send mixed biodiversity message

This content was published on Jun 5, 2006 The Swiss Environment Agency presented the first overview of its pioneering Swiss Biodiversity Monitoring (BDM) programme ahead of World Environment Day on Monday. It paints a mixed picture of the nation’s biodiversity. The publication of the extensive BDM report comes after five years of biodiversity monitoring and data-collection at 2,000 different sites throughout the country.…

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World Cup beckons for Swiss referee Busacca

This content was published on Jun 4, 2006 Busacca, who hails from canton Ticino in southern Switzerland, tells swissinfo he is keeping his feet firmly on the ground and is well aware of the responsibility he will shoulder during the tournament. He is one of 23 referees from 21 countries appointed by world football governing body Fifa in Zurich to officiate during the…

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125 years of eyes on the skies

This content was published on Jun 3, 2006 After first struggling to win acceptance, MeteoSwiss has gone from strength to strength. More recently its focus has turned to safety and coping with a rise in extreme weather conditions. “We should never forget that nature behaves in a fundamentally chaotic way. Maybe weather forecasts will never be completely accurate,” says Peter Binder, head of…

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Swiss step up aid for Java quake victims

This content was published on May 30, 2006 The government is increasing the size of its emergency team in the affected central region around Yogyakarta. Swiss Solidarity, the fundraising arm of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, has also launched a public appeal. The United Nations warned on Monday that the task of helping survivors was “enormous” and a “race against the clock”. The relief…

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Think tank boss warns against complacency

This content was published on May 29, 2006 Thomas Held said that while Switzerland had some of the same problems as the European Union, including an ageing population, the country’s economy was currently benefiting from its international outlook. He admitted that reforms were slow in some areas but said some sectors were more open and transforming as a result of globalisation. Held was…

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Swiss respond to Indonesia earthquake

This content was published on May 28, 2006 Bern and aid organisations have pledged financial support for the disaster and the government’s aid unit has already sent two experts to the country. In a statement, Swiss president Moritz Leuenberger and Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey have expressed their condolences to the victims of the quake and to the Indonesian authorities. No Swiss victims have…

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Magnificent men in their flying machine

This content was published on May 28, 2006 An exhibition featuring film, photos and documents tracking the historic ascent to a record 15,780 metres has opened at the Lake Geneva Museum in Nyon. “This was the first time anyone had left the earth’s atmosphere and for the time it was an incredible achievement,” curator Jean-François Rubin told swissinfo. The figure of Basel-born Auguste…

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Swiss on alert over Indonesia earthquake

This content was published on May 27, 2006 The Swiss foreign ministry said there were no known Swiss victims, but it was trying to contact Swiss nationals in the area. Emergency aid experts are on standby. In a statement, Swiss President Moritz Leuenberger and Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey expressed their condolences to the victims and to the Indonesian authorities. The quake, which measured…

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Columbus space lab heads to launch site

This content was published on May 26, 2006 The multi-purpose science laboratory, which has taken a decade to build and cost around SFr1.55 billion ($1.26 billion), is due to dock with the International Space Station (ISS) in 2007. The 13-ton Columbus, which has been built by the European Space Agency (ESA), was originally planned to be sent into orbit in October 2004, but…

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