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swiss houses span the globe

This content was published on May 17, 2006 These so-called Swiss Houses aim to provide a link between Swiss citizens – academics or innovators – Switzerland and the host country. The first Swiss house opened its doors in Boston six years ago. Set up in a renovated redbrick supermarket building, it sits between Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “Our first goal…

Recent history

This content was published on May 15, 2006

Naturalisation is a step towards integration

This content was published on May 14, 2006 Piguet, from Neuchâtel University, says that speaking the language, a good education and access to the job market are the most important factors behind successful integration. Piguet’s comments come after Swiss citizens turned down two federal proposals to ease citizenship requirements for second and third generation foreigners eighteen months ago. Switzerland has one of the…

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This content was published on May 13, 2006

Swiss mark 50 years of polar research

This content was published on May 13, 2006 A groundbreaking glaciological expedition to Greenland in the 1950s marked the start of Switzerland’s involvement. This has continued over the decades, although the areas of research have changed. In addition to scientists and researchers from all around the world, the four-day conference was attended by surviving members of the Greenland expedition. “The importance of that…

Switzerland “should play leadership role in EU”

This content was published on May 13, 2006 Best-selling author Jeremy Rifkin said Switzerland has the perfect blend of free market values and social conscience to set the future agenda. He also thinks it is inevitable that Switzerland will become a full member of the European Union when the next generation reaches voting age. Rifkin, one time advisor to former European Commission president…

Addicts reconstruct villages and their lives

This content was published on May 13, 2006 This is the answer of Luke Fazzard to the question whether he sees any parallels between his attempt to put his life back together and the reconstruction of the alpine village, Bordei. Tall and thin with closely cropped hair, the 24-year-old began therapy in Bordei at the beginning of the year. He checked-in to the…

Swiss prosper from high inheritances

This content was published on May 12, 2006 But the research, the first of its kind in Switzerland, by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) found that most fortunes are bequeathed to those who need them least – the over-fifties. In all, SFr28.5 billion ($23.2 billion) – 6.8 per cent of Gross Domestic Product – is left to people annually in Switzerland. Financial…

Alzheimer’s vaccine candidate shows promise

This content was published on May 3, 2006 The results, published in the latest edition of the Journal of Neuroscience, show that the vaccine impedes the appearance of a protein that is a hallmark of the disease. Beta-amyloid proteins amass in the brain when a person suffers from Alzheimer’s. These so-called plaques are considered to be a typical indicator of the disease, although…

Parallel import ban divides Switzerland

This content was published on Apr 25, 2006 The federation claims that restrictions on these imports boost Swiss innovation while ensuring that sectors such as the pharmaceutical industry flourish. Parallel imports are branded goods manufactured or purchased abroad at a reduced cost and then sold in Switzerland at a lower than usual price. Speaking at the launch of the annual economiesuisse Economic and…

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