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Australian executive calls “Swiss Riviera” home

This content was published on Dec 25, 2001 He is a marketing and communications director with the cutting-edge digital television software group, Lysis. The information technology industry has been welcomed to Switzerland, where small, state-of-the-art firms cluster alongside big names in the industry. “The industry is moving ahead very quickly, we have good products and we were recently bought by the Kudelski Group,…

Who wants to be a millionaire?

This content was published on Dec 20, 2001 These are the findings of a representative survey on the subject of “wealth” carried out on behalf of Credit Suisse’s “Bulletin” magazine. Some 1,079 Swiss were asked which was more important: “eternal youth”, “wealth” or “beauty”. Thirty-seven per cent chose “eternal youth”, with 30 per cent preferring to be “rich”. “Beauty” took a back seat…

WHO calls for “firewall” to protect drug research

This content was published on Dec 18, 2001 WHO experts say commercial interests may be threatening the objectivity of clinical evidence in the drug trials. WHO was particularly concerned about under-reporting of negative results, bias in publicizing positive results and examples of financial links between researchers and manufacturers. Jonathan Quick, the director of essential drugs and medicines policy at WHO, says conflicts of…

Satellites may play crucial peacemaking role

This content was published on Dec 17, 2001 As the ongoing conflict in Afghanistan demonstrates, satellites play a crucial role in tracking the enemy and directing missiles. But the data provided from space can also help with locating mines, tracking the movement of refugees, anticipating natural disasters and rebuilding societies after conflict. The two-day conference, entitled Peace-Building from Space: Use of satellite technologies…

Tourism: friend or foe of Aletsch World Heritage Site?

This content was published on Dec 17, 2001 However, some environmentalists are concerned about a massive new influx of tourists, and feel that the region needs to be better protected. They feel that Unesco’s decision has the potential to do more harm than good by promoting mass tourism in a region already saturated with cable car and mountain railway networks. The “Aletsch-Jungfrau-Bietschhorn” region,…

Swiss scientists receive Ake Senning Award

This content was published on Dec 16, 2001 Roger Lüchinger, a 30-year-old physicist, and Firut Duru, a 36-year-old doctor, were given SFr25,000 by Medtronic Switzerland, which created the award. The two scientists examined the effects of MRI generated magnetic fields on implanted pacemakers and defibrillators. Magnetic Resonance Imaging is a form of medical imaging which measures the response of the atomic nuclei of…

Too cold for ice cream?

This content was published on Dec 15, 2001 During the first three quarters of 2001, which includes the peak summer season, consumption of ice cream in Switzerland fell by 4.7 per cent to 43.3 million litres, according to statistics released by the Association of Swiss Ice Cream Makers. The association blamed the fall in sales partly on last summer’s weather. Periods of sunshine…

Tobacco-funded research goes up in smoke

This content was published on Dec 15, 2001 The university vice-rector, Eric Doelker, said it would reconsider the decision only once the tobacco lobby has “changed its attitude”, and stopped interfering in research and misrepresenting its findings. The decision follows the embarrassing case of a senior researcher at the university who received funding from the tobacco firm, Philip Morris, to conduct – and,…

Glacier region becomes World Heritage site

This content was published on Dec 14, 2001 Members of the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) decided last week to recognise the Aletsch-Jungfrau-Bietschorn region as a World Heritage site. Meinhard Küttel of the Swiss environment agency, who was at the World Heritage meeting in the Finnish capital Helsinki, said he was very pleased about the…

Annan to be made honorary citizen of Geneva

This content was published on Dec 12, 2001 The proposal will have to be ratified by Geneva’s parliament in order for it to come into effect. The head of Geneva’s government, Micheline Calmy-Rey, stressed the bonds between Annan and the city. She evoked his days as a student at the University Institute for Higher International Studies, from which he graduated with an economics…

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