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Maternal instinct is not enough

This content was published on Jan 4, 2003 Last year alone, it is estimated that more than 50,000 parents attended courses ranging from baby massage and dealing with the “terrible twos” to coping with a rebellious teenager. Despite its popularity, parent education in Switzerland remains firmly in the voluntary sector. There is no government department for family matters, and almost no public funding…

A glimmer of hope for a lost generation

This content was published on Jan 4, 2003 One of dozens of projects to receive a grant from the Swiss-South African Cooperation Initiative (SSACI) is a pottery school in the township of Soweto. The one-year course – which is heavily oversubscribed – is open to unemployed and unskilled students looking to gain vocational training as ceramic artists. SSACI estimates that the unemployment rate…

Switzerland pays homage to Eccles

This content was published on Jan 4, 2003 A new foundation aiming at continuing his research has opened its doors in Ticino, where the Australian-born neuroscientist spent the last years of his life. Eccles was born in Melbourne on January 27, 1903, and dedicated most of his life to neuroscience and research into the communication among nerve cells. Together with his wife Helena,…

Avalanche victim cheats death

This content was published on Jan 3, 2003 The man, who was skiing to the Jungfraujoch – the highest alpine station in Europe – was discovered by a Swiss rescue hound. The 23-year-old had started out from the Mönchjochhütte with a friend on New Year’s eve when they triggered an avalanche. “He disappeared [in the snow] and was dragged down the slope for…

Car imports to display green credentials

This content was published on Jan 3, 2003 The colourful labels, coded A to G, are similar to those already seen on electrical appliances, and will help emphasise cars that use less fuel. The A category will be awarded to smaller, urban-friendly cars, whereas the other end of the scale will be used to identify less environmentally sound models. The new classification for…

Swiss beats the drum for business women

This content was published on Jan 3, 2003 Rüegg has been elected president of the International Federation of Business and Professional Women. Founded in Geneva in 1930, BPW now has 50,000 members in more than 100 countries. “Our principal goal – to empower women in shaping a more humane society with the same degree of influence as their male peers – is part…

Restored films reveal Switzerland’s past

This content was published on Jan 2, 2003 The DVD, entitled “Es war einmal… die Schweiz” (“Once upon a time… in Switzerland”), contains 156 minutes of film from 1896-1934. “These were the first films ever shot in Switzerland and the very first ones made by the Lumière brothers,” Hervé Dumont, director of the Lausanne-based Swiss National Film Archive told swissinfo. “The films have…

No ordinary village

This content was published on Jan 2, 2003 But what makes it different is that its 84-strong community is entirely made up of mentally handicapped people. This unique project based at Bernex in the Genevan countryside, aims to promote the independence of the mentally handicapped by giving them jobs and encouraging them to live on their own. The village has been constructed around…

Serono concentrates minds

This content was published on Jan 1, 2003 The decision is a welcome tonic following Novartis’s move last year to concentrate its research efforts in the US. Serono, Europe’s leading biotechnology company and the third largest in the world, has set aside SFr500 million ($332 million) to develop the new complex. Project “Horizon Serono” will involve all the company’s research staff – currently…

Sperm banks face donor shortage

This content was published on Dec 30, 2002 Donor numbers dipped following a new law which ruled out donor anonymity. The law was introduced on January 1, 2001, following an amendment to the Swiss constitution in 1992. The new legislation brought Switzerland into line with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which states that all children have the right…

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