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Manpower index highlights healthy Swiss economy

This content was published on Jun 28, 2000 Manpower’s survey reports that job offers in the Swiss press rose in nine out of the 13 regions covered by the index. It also said the domestic employment market is tightening even more as the gap between job offers and those actively seeking work is narrowing. The best performance was seen in canton Schaffhausen (…

Social benefits can beat poverty

This content was published on Jun 27, 2000 Central to the report and summit is the belief that social justice and equality must run parallel with globalisation. The report found that Switzerland’s old age pension scheme and social benefits are very effective in combating poverty amongst the elderly. The study also said that state benefits, which account for one third of revenue for…

Globalisation at heart of UN poverty summit in Geneva

This content was published on Jun 26, 2000 In 1995, the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen ended with United Nations member states promising to tackle poverty, unemployment and social exclusion. While not legally binding, it was felt the Copenhagen commitments carried a strong moral and political weight, especially as there was such a strong global consensus. Now, the UN General Assembly…

Swiss scientists to assist survey of Martian interior

This content was published on Jun 23, 2000 Professor Alex Halliday, of the Federal Institute for Technology in Zurich, said Switzerland had advised Nasa scientists surveying the Martian surface, and that Swiss know-how would play a crucial role in efforts to determine whether there really is water on the planet. “The Swiss are going to be involved in putting instruments on Mars. These…

Jonathan Fowler checks into an alpine pension along with a Druid

This content was published on Jun 23, 2000 Corbeyrier overlooks the vineyards that line the eastern shore of Lake Geneva, and the Dents du Midi mountains. At 920 metres above sea level, it’s the last settlement on the winding road up from the small town of Aigle, before you reach the Tour d’Ai mountain. But it’s the attitude and not the altitude that…

Watchmaker breaks new ground in power saving

This content was published on Jun 23, 2000 The new movement is to be housed in an exclusive rectangular case, which will be issued in a limited series of only 3,000 pieces. To ensure the 10-day power reserve capacity, both the barrels have to develop high power, which creates tension and therefore friction in the movement. To reduce the friction, 29 rubies are…

Globalisation at heart of UN poverty summit in Geneva

This content was published on Jun 22, 2000 The World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen ended with UN member states signing up to an audacious programme of action which included ten commitments. The 117 heads of state and government vowed to make the fight against poverty, the quest for full emplyment and the fostering of safe and just societies their overriding objectives.…

WHO gives Swiss health system only average marks

This content was published on Jun 21, 2000 The WHO based the results on the general health of countries’ populations, their access to medical services, and the cost and efficiency of those services. The report found that “virtually all countries are under-utilising the resources available to them. This leads to large numbers of preventable deaths and disabilities, unnecessary suffering, injustice, inequality and denial…

Study finds Swiss values losing ground

This content was published on Jun 20, 2000 The report collated research from surveys into all aspects of Swiss life over the last three decades. Some of the findings are not a big surprise; the fact that more women now work has naturally affected their role in society, and it has changed family structures. In addition, both men and women are seeking more…

ABB wins large order for London substation

This content was published on Jun 19, 2000 A communiqué from ABB headquarters in Zurich said that the Swiss subsidiary, ABB Switzerland, would have a SFr50 million stake in the deal. The contract has been placed by National Grid (NGC) ansd is the largest value high-voltage substation order placed by NGC to date. The project is part of NGC’s programme to upgrade the…

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