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Minister widens the ethics debate

This content was published on Feb 17, 2006 Speaking on Friday, Schmid dismissed the notion that preserving the moral health of the country lies in the sole hands of politicians, business leaders and lawmakers. The minister made his address in Zurich at the unveiling of a new study by the Lassalle Institute into ethics in Swiss politics. The Ethics 2006 report featured responses…

Marshalling the natural enemies of Aids

This content was published on Feb 17, 2006 A team of scientists, doctors and people from the pharmaceutical industry formed the Esperanza Medicines Foundation to take the battle against the virus to the world’s worst hit areas. Alex Matter, Esperanza chairman, says the classic approach is to take expensive drugs that have been developed in the West and make them available to developing…

Dental implant maker boasts record profit

This content was published on Feb 16, 2006 The Basel-based company also reported a 21 per cent rise in sales amid growing consumer awareness of implants for an ageing population. Full-year sales reached SFr509.6 million – surpassing the half a billion mark for the first time in the company’s 50-year history, a company statement said on Thursday. All regions contributed to the strong…

Looking for the missing lynx

This content was published on Feb 16, 2006 The Federal Environment Agency has called on the cantons concerned to take action. Meanwhile the lynx debate rages between environmentalists and hunters. Cuts to LUNO, an organisation sponsored by the environment agency which oversaw the reintroduction of the large cats into the region, mean that monitoring of the lynx population is also under threat. When…

Welfare state is too generous for most Swiss

This content was published on Feb 14, 2006 The second “Swiss Perspective” online survey was conducted between October and December last year and is intended to involve the populace more closely in the political process. The online survey contained 30 questions on the political development of the country. In all there were 16,800 responses from across Switzerland. Respondents could give their opinion in…

Swiss drawn to Cuba by biotech success

This content was published on Feb 13, 2006 Leading the delegation is the State Secretary for Education and Research, Charles Kleiber, the highest-ranking Swiss government representative to travel to Cuba on official business. “There are very few relations in the field of science and we think that it’s the moment now to strengthen our cooperation,” Kleiber, who was previously in Cuba in 2002,…

Alpine glaciers keep on shrinking

This content was published on Feb 8, 2006 Researchers said on Wednesday the results showed that glaciers were suffering from the effects of warmer and drier weather over the last years. “The measurements show long-term trends,” said Andreas Bauder of the Academy’s glaciology commission. “Glaciers react to climate change, and warmer temperatures in the Alps are reflected in the results.” Last year, 84…

Swiss scientists sign up to open access

This content was published on Feb 7, 2006 The joint signing of the Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities will help break down barriers for accessing scientific knowledge. The declaration, launched in 2003, is the response from the science world to the new information-sharing opportunities offered by the Internet, a statement from the Swiss National Science Foundation…

Artist dreams of building Alps’ highest hotel

This content was published on Feb 6, 2006 The “Dream Peak”, as the landmark project has been dubbed, will be a steel and glass pyramid topped by a tower rising to 4,000 metres above sea level. As visionary as it may sound, the project by local artist and designer Heinz Julen has won the backing of Zermatt’s ski lift company, which solicited bids…

Swiss society comes under pressure

This content was published on Feb 2, 2006 Recent figures published by the federal authorities show that one million Swiss people – about one in seven – live in impoverished conditions. Pierre Weiss is a sociologist at Geneva University and sits on the cantonal parliament for the centre-right Radical Party. His colleague Franz Schultheis heads the faculty of sociology at Geneva University. swissinfo:…

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