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Patrizia Pesenti: Ticino is not a special case

This content was published on Mar 22, 2001 After graduating in law from Zurich University, she worked for 14 years as a juvenile court judge before her election in 1999 to the Ticinese government. “There have always been at least two myths associated with Ticino. According to one, we’re basically warm-hearted, sociable and creative people, living on Switzerland’s sun-drenched southern terrace. The second…

Basel leads the way in integration

This content was published on Mar 21, 2001 Today 23 per cent of Basel’s population is foreign, and consists of some 145 nationalities. Angela Bryner, at Basel’s office for migration and integration, runs a variety of projects designed to help the newcomers settle in to their new homes. “Integration to me means that every member of our society feels welcome,” she says. “Everyone…

Engelberg comes in from the cold

This content was published on Mar 21, 2001 The theme of this year’s forum is “Science and Society in the Information Age – coping with (R)evolution”. An impressive backdrop to the forum will be provided by central Switzerland’s tallest peaks and a Baroque Benedictine monastery, which will also be the setting for some of the talks. The event will be divided into plenary…

Radiation fears persist over mobile phone antennae

This content was published on Mar 20, 2001 At a press conference on Tuesday, experts from the Swiss Environment Agency said there was no conclusive proof that high frequency electromagnetic fields had negative effects on health. Instead, they issued recommendations for how the measurement of radiation levels from mobile telephone antennae should be calculated. “There has not been much change since the actual…

Sun fails to shine on Mount Rigi celebrations

This content was published on Mar 20, 2001 A few dozen people made the pilgrimage to the top of Mount Rigi, which looms 1,400 metres above Lake Lucerne, to celebrate the global event grandly called the “World Day of Planetary Consciousness”. While celebrations were taking place around the globe, following the sun as it moved across the planet from east to west, pilgrims…

Global warming hits Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 20, 2001 An international report, released by the Swiss environmental authorities, showed that between 1961 and 1990 average temperatures increased by one per cent in Switzerland, whereas it rose by 0.6 per cent in other countries over the entire century. The level of rainfall rose by 12 per cent in Switzerland, compared to a global average of…

Novartis to take part in Expo 02

This content was published on Mar 16, 2001 The exhibit, entitled “Biopolis,” will be located in Neuchâtel’s “Nature and Artifice” pavilion. Novartis’ contribution to the exhibition means good news for Expo organisers, who recently saw two major contributors withdraw their sponsorship. In mid-February, the mobile telecommunications company, Orange withdrew its SFr15 million investment. That decision was soon followed by SAirGroup, Swissair’s parent company,…

First McDonalds hotel opens in Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 16, 2001 Martin Huber, chief financial officer of McDonalds Switzerland, told swissinfo that the company had chosen Switzerland because the country has a strong “tradition in the hotel business”. The project is the brainchild of Urs Hammer, chief executive of McDonalds Switzerland. A graduate of the Hotel Management School in Lausanne, he said he had always dreamed…

Health officials seek to beat drugs at own game

This content was published on Mar 15, 2001 Many of the projects at Radix, a national fair for the prevention of drug abuse, try to catch the attention of teenagers using the same means commonly associated with their opponents – the public relations managers and advertising agents who are on the payroll of powerful drinks and tobacco companies. “Ten years ago, preventative measures…

Maria Caputo Mazzarella: Ticino doesn’t stop at the end of the working day

This content was published on Mar 15, 2001 “I don’t mind being described as a ‘cross-border commuter’. All it means to me is that I pass through the Italian-Swiss customs post every morning and every evening – backwards and forwards, every day, mile after mile, often in a queue. But that’s the way it is for everybody who goes to work, not just…

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