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UN approves Ogi’s resolution

This content was published on Nov 3, 2003 The decision was announced by the UN General Assembly after a meeting in New York on Monday. While Tunisia sponsored the resolution calling for physical education and stricter doping controls, the idea was actually the brainchild of Ogi, the UN’s Special Adviser on Sport for Development and Peace. Its goal is to support the UN…

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Swiss to destroy illegal caviar haul

This content was published on Nov 3, 2003 The haul was one of the biggest in Switzerland and has been hailed as a major success in tbe fight against the illegal trade in caviar. In a statement on Monday, the Federal Veterinary Office said it had confiscated the caviar at the end of October after a two-year legal battle with the importers. Caviar…

Switzerland seeks closer ties with India

This content was published on Nov 3, 2003 The Swiss president, Pascal Couchepin, is due to sign an agreement with his Indian counterpart, Abdul Kalam, during a whistle-stop tour of India later this week. Couchepin’s first stop is the city of Bangalore, the centre of India’s computer industry, where he is due to attend a seminar along with representatives from Indian and Swiss…

Green, clean, and lucrative

This content was published on Nov 2, 2003 Looking like a personal rocket, the electric scooters are quieter and can run for 110 km of drive time at 40 km per hour before needing to be recharged. Innovations include a brushless motor and advanced, lightweight batteries. The US company is just one of eighteen firms selected by a jury of experts to present…

Swiss project targets needy Mongolian children

This content was published on Nov 1, 2003 Christine Jäggi and Martina Zürcher are hoping to start their ambitious soup kitchen project before the onset of the icy winter, when temperatures plummet to minus 40 degrees. The two women both fell in love with the vast Asian nation during their travels over the summer, but they were appalled by the squalor and alcoholism…

Swiss weigh and worry more

This content was published on Oct 31, 2003 The census, conducted every five years, also confirms that work-related stress is on the rise and that the number of cannabis users has doubled in the past ten years. “The nutritional behaviour is changing, as are our lifestyles. People eat several times a day, including fast foods,” Walter Weiss, a social psychologist from the Federal…

US growth spurs Swiss economy

This content was published on Oct 31, 2003 The recovery looks more certain thanks to a surge in growth in the United States in the three months up to September – the fastest in 20 years. Aymo Brunetti, chief economist at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco), believes the latest figures out of the US could give a positive impulse to the…

Scientists solve iceman mystery

This content was published on Oct 30, 2003 By studying his bones, teeth and intestines, researchers are now convinced that they know where the Neolithic mummy, also known as Ötzi, lived and travelled. “The evidence points consistently to the view that he came from south-east of the site where he was found on the Austrian-Italian border, and that he migrated north and west…

Older women hardest hit by salary gap

This content was published on Oct 30, 2003 The report found that this disparity was more pronounced in Switzerland than anywhere else in Europe. The study by the Employment Research Institute at Geneva University found that women over the age of 45 earn on average 35 per cent less than men of the same age. Women in general are paid 28 per cent…

Protests greet opening of new Zurich flight path

This content was published on Oct 30, 2003 Residents from Gockhausen, where planes now fly 1,000 feet overhead, showed their irritation by shouting and whistling as jets flew into the airport. An estimated 2,500 demonstrators gathered at five separate locations along the route to protest against the inaugural landing. Thousands of residents living in affluent areas are now forced to endure the sound…

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