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Publiforum stresses transparency on transplantation issues

This content was published on Nov 28, 2000 The government is in the process of drafting new legislation on the issue. The group, made up of 30 citizens of varying ages from around the country, were brought together to debate the ethical, social, financial and legal questions surrounding transplantation in Switzerland. Principally, the panel agreed that the government should work harder to educate…

Think tank given credibility boost by choice of boss

This content was published on Nov 26, 2000 A sociologist and leader of student protests in 1968, Held doesn’t fit the stereotype of the neo-liberal right-winger. His appointment has silenced critics, who had claimed that the new think tank is no more than an effort by private enterprise to extend its influence over politics. The “Foundation on the Future of Switzerland” is funded…

Switzerland determined to reach future agreement on world climate

This content was published on Nov 26, 2000 After tough negotiations between 185 countries represented in The Hague, the Dutch minister for the environment, Jan Pronk, announced that it had been impossible to hammer out a manifesto on how best to reduce Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions globally. In an interview with the Swiss newspaper, SonntagsZeitung, the head of the Swiss delegation, Philippe Roch,…

Secrets of the senses revealed

This content was published on Nov 25, 2000 All these questions and many more are being answered at a new exhibition in Lucerne. The natural history museum is shedding light on the mysteries of vision, sound, smell, touch and taste. It is using technology to explain how the senses enable humans and animals to interact with the world. With the aid of night…

Eastern Swiss Alps setting for new road movie

This content was published on Nov 24, 2000 “We would be interested in having visitors help us, we need some people to act, some to use the camera, and some to help with the text…” Marianne says laughing. “They could even come up with a car, we need a red car for the movie!” “The movie will be called ‘Alpenrally’, or ‘Road Movie…

Swiss seek way out of deadlock at climate conference

This content was published on Nov 24, 2000 The head of the Swiss delegation, Philippe Roch, said he might be willing to support a compromise proposal put forward by the conference president, Dutch environment minister, Jan Pronk. The conference is deadlocked because United States and European negotiators have been unable to agree a joint position on how to reduce emissions, despite nearly five…

Switzerland seeks to expand its list of Unesco World Heritage sites

This content was published on Nov 23, 2000 The castles in the town of Bellinzona are among 71 natural and cultural sites nominated for inclusion on Unesco’s World Heritage List, which includes 630 sites worldwide. The Swiss site has good chances of being added to the list, after obtaining a recommendation at a preparatory meeting in June. If accepted, it would bring to…

4M Technologies delays results

This content was published on Nov 22, 2000 The company’s board said the results would now be released next Thursday to allow more time for negotiations to agree more financing. The board said it would also be in a position next week to present details of its restructuring plans The producer of CD manufacturing equipment intends to cut around a fifth of its…

Swiss launch PR offensive to strengthen image abroad

This content was published on Nov 20, 2000 Officials said after an inaugural meeting in Bern on Tuesday of the executive commission of Presence Switzerland – a new government-financed body designed to promote Switzerland abroad – that Britain would join the United States as a priority nation. A third “target” nation will be chosen by the middle of 2001. The chief executive of…

Scientists fail to block closure of particle accelerator

This content was published on Nov 17, 2000 A key advisory committee to CERN’s top decision-making body on Friday ratified the management’s November 8 decision to close the accelerator down for good. The management has ordered the dismantling of the Large Electron-Proton Collider (LEP) to begin early next week. The researchers had been hoping to convince their superiors to postpone a decision to…

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