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Spanish bidders press for Swiss UMTS auction to go ahead

This content was published on Nov 26, 2000 In a statement on Saturday, Telefonica expressed its displeasure at the indefinite postponement of November’s sale of third generation licences. The company said it wanted the situation to be resolved swiftly. On November 13, the Communications Office stopped the auction just hours before it was scheduled to take place as the number of bidders for…

Switzerland set to clinch trade agreement in Mexico

This content was published on Nov 26, 2000 The deal is expected to benefit Swiss companies, which are expected to make savings on import duties of around SFr100 million. Couchepin will sign the document in the presence of the Mexican president, Ernesto Zedillo. His visit to Mexico concludes a six-day tour of Latin America during which he clinched trade deals with Chile and…

Switzerland determined to reach future agreement on world climate

This content was published on Nov 26, 2000 After tough negotiations between 185 countries represented in The Hague, the Dutch minister for the environment, Jan Pronk, announced that it had been impossible to hammer out a manifesto on how best to reduce Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions globally. In an interview with the Swiss newspaper, SonntagsZeitung, the head of the Swiss delegation, Philippe Roch,…

The week in business

This content was published on Nov 25, 2000 SAirGroup’s board meeting on Wednesday failed to deliver a new corporate strategy to turn around losses at its flagship carrier, Swissair. There had been speculation that SAirGroup may be ready to sell a stake in Swissair to American Airlines, British Airways or Lufthansa. But after the meeting, the company said such a sale was not…

Secrets of the senses revealed

This content was published on Nov 25, 2000 All these questions and many more are being answered at a new exhibition in Lucerne. The natural history museum is shedding light on the mysteries of vision, sound, smell, touch and taste. It is using technology to explain how the senses enable humans and animals to interact with the world. With the aid of night…

New body to oversee tighter BSE controls

This content was published on Nov 24, 2000 The agency would start work next March, if the authorities approve new measures to fight the disease, which were proposed by the federal veterinary office earlier this month. The main measure involves extending a ban on feeding bone meal to cattle to all other farm animals. The veterinary office said that retailers, farmers and butchers,…

Eastern Swiss Alps setting for new road movie

This content was published on Nov 24, 2000 “We would be interested in having visitors help us, we need some people to act, some to use the camera, and some to help with the text…” Marianne says laughing. “They could even come up with a car, we need a red car for the movie!” “The movie will be called ‘Alpenrally’, or ‘Road Movie…

Organic farming gets thumbs up for efficiency

This content was published on Nov 24, 2000 The study, carried out by the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), vindicates proponents of organic farming, who have long argued that it is a feasible alternative to conventional farming, which relies heavily on fertilisers and pesticides. The study found that, although organic crop yields were on average 20 per cent lower than those on…

Swiss halt imports of breeding cattle over BSE

This content was published on Nov 24, 2000 The federal office for agriculture said on Thursday it had postponed an initial auction of customs quotas, scheduled for this month, amounting to 70 per cent of total planned 2001 imports of 1,200 breeding cattle. Spokesman Rudolf Michlig said imports would be allowed once it was clear what was being done in Europe and Switzerland…

Couchepin in Argentina amid general strike

This content was published on Nov 24, 2000 Parts of the country came to a virtual standstill as the 36-hour strike took hold and thousands of workers in the transport, energy and health sectors withdrew their labour. Despite Argentina’s severe economic problems – the country has run up debts of $150 billion (SFr270 billion) – Swiss political and business leaders are anxious to…

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