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Initiative calls for protection of fish

This content was published on Jan 21, 2005 It also calls for fishing and environmental organisations to be given more legal say in environmental issues. Werner Widmer, the association’s president, said on Friday that fish were rapidly disappearing from Swiss waterways. “Since 1980 the amount of trout caught has dropped by 60 per cent in Switzerland and in the Rhine and 16 of…

Novartis maintains its focus on innovation

This content was published on Jan 20, 2005 After announcing record results for the eighth successive year on Thursday, Vasella gave a speech at a news conference in Basel aptly titled “Fuelled by Innovation”. In the pharmaceutical industry, the rule of thumb seems to be “innovate and thrive; stagnate and you could well take a dive”. But while analysts’ and investors’ eyes were…

Swiss expert spearheads quake surveillance

This content was published on Jan 17, 2005 As the World Conference on Disaster Reduction gets underway in Japan, Domenico Giardini talks to swissinfo about the challenges facing the international community following the catastrophe. Millions of people were caught off-guard on December 26, when an undersea quake off the coast of Sumatra sent killer waves crashing into coastlines across southeast Asia. Here in…

Tech graduates show entrepreneurial spirit

This content was published on Jan 17, 2005 A study shows that large numbers of engineers and IT specialists are branching out on their own, belying past criticism that the Swiss lack entrepreneurial spirit.. These graduates were behind the creation of between 19,000 and 24,000 jobs over the past ten years. The survey, conducted by the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich in…

Space probe sends images from Titan

This content was published on Jan 14, 2005 Some of the technology on board the ambitious Huygens-Cassini mission was supplied by Zurich-based Contraves Space. The first scientific data arrived at the European Space Operations Centre in the German city of Darmstadt at 17:19 Central European Time on Friday. Pictures taken during the probe’s more than two-hour descent by parachute to the surface showed…

Swiss favour TV over family

This content was published on Jan 13, 2005 This was the main conclusion of a Univox survey published on Thursday into how the Swiss spend their leisure time. In the survey of 718 people carried out in 2004 in German- and French-speaking Switzerland, 80 per cent admitted that being a couch potato was their preferred leisure activity. Four-fifths of the population spends at…

A breath of fresh air

This content was published on Jan 13, 2005 Target customers are stressed office workers who need to put their feet up at lunch time for a bit of power napping and oxygen inhaling. Owner Beatrice Pauli practises aromatherapy, and developed a successful line of room sprays before setting up the O2 Oasis Bar. Inspired by oxygen bars in Frankfurt, Milan and Florida, she…

Tsunami threaten even landlocked Swiss

This content was published on Jan 13, 2005 Willi Hager says not just earthquakes but also volcanoes and landslides can trigger tsunami, and even Switzerland could be at risk. The best way of avoiding huge death tolls in the future will be to educate and provide shelters for people, argues Hager. The head of hydraulic research at the Federal Institute of Technology in…

Charities fear post-tsunami donor fatigue

This content was published on Jan 12, 2005 They fear that with all the media attention on the disaster region, the public will forget about the suffering and needs of other communities at home and abroad. The charity Swiss Solidarity, which launched a campaign to raise funds for the tsunami-hit region, has amassed SFr154 million ($131 million) in two weeks and money is…

Calmy-Rey pleads for disaster prevention plan

This content was published on Jan 11, 2005 Speaking at an international conference in Geneva, Micheline Calmy-Rey also called for long-term planning in southeast Asia to help the region recover from last month’s tsunami. Calmy-Rey said it was essential to compile a list of natural threats, environmental hazards and risks of infectious disease for the region’s most vulnerable countries. Additional measures should include…

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