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Texas Instruments taps Swiss nanotech as future of computer chips

This content was published on Jan 5, 2004 It made the statement based on research it undertook with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. Texas Instruments (TI) presented the evidence behind the statement in a paper at the IEDM in Washington, a confab of the chip industry’s engineering crowd. It is possible to use single electron transistors (SET) in combination with…

Egyptian crash airline banned in Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 4, 2004 The Federal Office for Civil Aviation (FOCA) said it had banned Flash Airlines planes after detecting technical problems in one of their aircraft more than a year ago. “A series of safety shortcomings showed up in a plane of Flash Airlines during a routine security check at Zurich airport in October 2002,” said Celestine Perissinotto…

Chilling out in an igloo village

This content was published on Jan 2, 2004 swissinfo checked into the “igloo village” above the southeastern town of Scuol to find out why taking a room at an icy inn has become one of the coolest trends in the Alps. Scuol’s igloo village has to be Switzerland’s largest accommodation made entirely of snow and ice. On the night of our visit, the…

New law promises more rights for disabled

This content was published on Jan 1, 2004 Two offices dealing with disability have also opened to help implement the law and offer legal advice and information. The new law guarantees improved access to public buildings and transport – within limits. The legislation applies to all new public buildings in Switzerland, but existing structures do not have to comply with the law until…

Deiss seeks to expand global role for Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 1, 2004 In an interview with swissinfo, Joseph Deiss said he also wanted to encourage dialogue between members of government, as well as among the Swiss people. The economics minister, who is a Christian Democrat, takes on the country’s rotating presidency after one of the most eventful years in Swiss politics. December saw the first shake-up in…

Blocher gives up stake in EMS Chemie

This content was published on Dec 31, 2003 The announcement – made at an extraordinary meeting of the company’s shareholders – came one day before he officially took up the post of Swiss justice minister. On Wednesday, Blocher confirmed that he had transferred his 73 per cent stake in the company to his four children. “Although I wasn’t legally obliged to do so,…

Kyrgyzstan’s organic cotton revolution

This content was published on Dec 31, 2003 In turn, Swiss companies have been asked to purchase Kyrgyzstan’s “bio-cotton” to help farmers fund their transition. “Finally, I feel like a real farmer,” Kurbashev Mirzaakim told swissinfo. A former army officer who was given a plot of land by the Kyrgyzstan government when it privatised the country’s collective farms in 1996, Mirzaakim spent the…

History shows there’s more to fondue than cheese

This content was published on Dec 31, 2003 While debate about the authentic recipe is endless, no one disputes that the melted cheese dish has long been part of the national cuisine. The ingredients, and the way fondue is eaten, recall the legendary “Kappel milk soup” of 1529 when, after a battle, Catholic and Reformist Confederates resolved their differences over a huge steaming…

Victorinox employees have no cross to bear

This content was published on Dec 29, 2003 While many companies are quick to lay off employees when times are tough, sackings are taboo at the 120-year-old Victorinox. The family-run firm say this policy is down to its Christian traditions. “Our firm feels obliged to adhere to Christian principles in the day-to-day running of our business,” Carl Elsener IV, who runs the company…

Kyrgyzstan follows Swiss economic model

This content was published on Dec 28, 2003 Djoomart Otorbaev, a government minister and “special representative on foreign investments”, spoke to swissinfo about Kyrgyzstan’s often-troubled transition. Switzerland has helped Kyrgyzstan to adapt by representing the republic at the Bretton Woods institutions – the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). In 1991, Askar…

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