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Swiss memory chip innovators attract $6 mln venture capital

This content was published on Mar 17, 2004 The deal was led by Geneva-based Index Ventures, joined by Paris-based Auriga Partners and Soitec Technologies SA, a Benin, France based wafer manufacturer. One of the co-founders, Pierre Fazan, is a part-time professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (EPFL. But he has worked in industry, most recently in a management capacity…

Swiss urge global action against internet drugs

This content was published on Mar 15, 2004 The two countries called for international action in a resolution tabled on Monday at the annual session of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna. The joint resolution states that every country should introduce and enforce laws against the sale of narcotics and psychotropic drugs over the internet. “An estimated 4,000 to 8,000…

Swiss biotech industry is booming

This content was published on Mar 11, 2004 At the end of last year, Switzerland was home to 227 biotech companies – up from 216 in 2002. “I think the industry is looking very optimistic for the future. The year 2003 was probably the second best financing year on a global basis,” Jürg Zürcher, biotech expert at Ernst & Young Switzerland, told swissinfo.…

Mental health problems remain taboo

This content was published on Mar 8, 2004 The study also found that mental health problems are still considered taboo, with many sufferers too ashamed to seek treatment. Peter Meyer, director of the Swiss Health Observatory – which published the research – said although the rates seemed high, they were in line with other developed nations. What was more worrying, Meyer said, was…

Swiss feel new surge of patriotism

This content was published on Mar 5, 2004 The findings also showed that most people were willing to pay more for Swiss-made products. The GfS, which interviewed 1,006 people, says the findings point to a “new patriotism” among the Swiss. However, it stressed that this should not be confused with the recent political shift to the right. The rightwing Swiss People’s Party emerged…

2003 was hottest summer in 500 years

This content was published on Mar 4, 2004 Their study, which was published in “Science” magazine, examined European temperatures over the past 500 years. The findings confirmed that global warming is indeed taking place. Not only was 2003 the hottest summer for 500 years, but winter and summer temperatures in the three decades from 1973 to 2003 were the highest since 1500 too.…

Comet chaser takes off

This content was published on Mar 2, 2004 Swiss scientists designed one of the instruments aboard the Rosetta spacecraft, which lifted off from Kourou in French Guiana at 8.17 CET. “It’s a feeling of great relief and a lot of pleasure,” Peter Bochsler of Bern University told swissinfo. “Many people have spent ten years of their scientific career preparing this instrument, so this…

Swiss find galaxy 13.23 billion light years away

This content was published on Mar 1, 2004 Because its glimmer took so long to reach Earth, the galaxy offers a look back in time to when the universe was less than half a billion years old. The previous record – which was set as recently as February 13 – was held by a team of American scientists, who discovered a galaxy around…

Migrant workers keep home economies afloat

This content was published on Feb 28, 2004 For many poorer countries, remittances from workers living abroad form the backbone of their economy and offer poverty relief with no strings attached. Switzerland is ranked fifth after the United States, Saudi Arabia, Germany and Belgium by a World Bank study, which says worldwide remittances made through official channels amounted to $72.3 billion in 2001…

Swiss wrestle with rising health bill

This content was published on Feb 27, 2004 The news comes amid fresh government proposals to cut the country’s health bill. One option, say experts, would be to close 85 per cent of hospitals. The Federal Statistics Office said on Friday that the rise in health costs in 2002 was in line with the five-year average. Officials blamed higher costs on more expensive…

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