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Lynx population spreads to the east

This content was published on May 25, 2000 Cantons in eastern Switzerland have agreed to welcome the lynx on to their territory, in return for being allowed to shoot the predators under certain conditions. Previously, the federal authorities had insisted that they should retain the right to decide whether an animal could be hunted. They have now agreed to let the cantons make…

Martigny celebrates its Napoleonic past

This content was published on May 22, 2000 Two hundred years ago, Napoleon Bonaparte and his army marched into Martigny on their way to northern Italy. There, the French forces surprised and defeated the Austrian army at the Battle of Marengo. The battle was a turning point in the war in northern Italy. It forced the Austrians to the negotiating table and heralded…

Swiss museum probes beyond the boundaries of science

This content was published on May 22, 2000 The ESA’s Innovative Technologies from Science Fiction for Space Applications (ITSF) project is aimed at “reviewing past and present SF literature, artwork and films to identify and assess innovative technologies and concepts which could be developed further for space applications”. The eventual goal is to “obtain fairly firm ideas viable for long-term development by the…

Lake Geneva threatened by suffocating algae

This content was published on May 18, 2000 The warnings, published in New Scientist magazine, make alarming reading. Two researchers from the University of Geneva have been examining the impact of dams on Lake Geneva, and have concluded that the Lake is slowly suffocating to death. They say that the nine hydro-electric dams, built on tributaries of the Rhone over the past 40…

Panamarenko exhibits in Basel

This content was published on May 17, 2000 Panamarenko has been called as an artist, poet, engineer, physicist, inventor and visionary all rolled into one. The Basel exhibition of his key works and drawings attest to the accuracy of the description, to which might be added the word “dreamer” – because the objects he has created are from an idiosyncratic dream-world of escapism.…

Academics impatient for closer ties with EU

This content was published on May 17, 2000 One of the seven treaties would allow greater Swiss participation in Europe-wide research. But approval won’t mean Swiss students and researchers are treated equally with EU citizens. Despite the high standing internationally of Swiss scientific research, Switzerland does not have equal rights to participate in European research projects. For Evi Schupbach, of Berne University’s Institute…

WHO summit: Partnerships urged to tackle health problems

This content was published on May 16, 2000 “The emphasis at this assembly should be on an improvement in the relationship between the WHO and UNAIDS to allow them to act more effectively,” said Reto Durler, head of international relations at the Swiss Federal Health Office. The question of a partnership between industry, governments, and UN agencies is one of the recurring themes…

Novartis rejects allegations against Ritalin drug

This content was published on May 16, 2000 Legal action has reportedly been taken against Novartis in the American state of Texas for lack of information concerning side effects of the drug. The Wall Street Journal reported that a Dallas law firm had filed a lawsuit alleging that Novartis fraudulently promoted Ritalin as a treatment for attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder. The suit seeks class-action status…

Switzerland prepares to host poverty-fighting summit

This content was published on May 12, 2000 This year’s summit, which will be held in Geneva and co-sponsored by the government’s Swiss Development Agency (SDC), will assess progress made, especially in the field of poverty reduction and the creation of employment opportunities as agreed upon at Copenhagen. The Copenhagen Summit set the world community the ambitious target of cutting world poverty by…

Lausanne goes back to nature

This content was published on May 12, 2000 The idea was born in 1995, to coincide with the second European Year of Nature Conservation. Its 40 individual projects, which now form a green corridor running through the city, have been funded by the city of Lausanne, canton Vaud and the Federal Environmental Agency. “The experience is that people prefer a living town,” says…

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