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Swiss seek to prevent extinction of storks

This content was published on Aug 4, 2000 Unless the mystery is solved soon, Swiss storks will die out completely, officials for the project “SOS Stork” say. The storks’ 52-gramme backpacks are solar-powered transmitters, the initial part of a telemetry system. Their signals will be received by three satellites and relayed to biologist Adrian Aebischer in Fribourg, giving him the location of each…

Swiss react positively to Adtranz sale

This content was published on Aug 4, 2000 Adtranz, which is owned by DaimlerChrysler and has its headquarters in Germany, announced last year that it was closing two plants in Switzerland, with the loss of 710 jobs. The sale has still to be approved by the relevant competition authorities. DaimlerChrysler boss, Jurgen Schrempp, said the sell-off would enable the company to focus on…

Lavin: a tiny village that moved a mountain

This content was published on Aug 4, 2000 Speeches were made in Switzerland’s fourth national language, Romansch. Alphorns blew. Dignitaries came from Berne. Television cameras rolled. The small community of Lavin was enjoying its moment in the sun. The event was to mark the official handing over of the plateau and its lakes to the Swiss National Park. It was quite an occasion…

Adtranz falls into Canadian hands

This content was published on Aug 4, 2000 Adtranz, which is owned by DaimlerChrysler, last year announced it was closing two plants in Switzerland, with the loss of 710 jobs. The deal was announced on Friday by DaimlerChrysler, and has still to be approved by the competition authorities. DaimlerChrysler boss, Jurgen Schrempp, said the sell-off would enable the company to focus on automobile…

In search of the dragon of the lakes

This content was published on Aug 4, 2000 The lakes sit on a high plateau above the town of Zernez on one side and the village of Lavin on the other. I followed the steep route up from Zernez. Macun is the Romansch word for ibex, and there are plenty of these animals in the area as well as deer, chamois and marmots.…

Swiss banks to give final go-ahead to Holocaust settlement

This content was published on Aug 4, 2000 Their approval clears the final hurdle on the Swiss side to the settlement and paves the way for distribution of money to tens of thousands of elderly Holocaust survivors and their heirs, although payments are still not expected before the end of the year. The United States District Court Judge, Edward Korman, who approved the…

Canton under fire for Americanisation of landscape

This content was published on Aug 4, 2000 The Swiss Foundation for Landscape Protection has asked the authorities in Graubünden to answer one simple question: are there any ethics left in tourism? The foundation is incensed by a number of projects in the pipeline, which are aimed at attracting a different type of tourist. “I see in Graubünden and in other parts of…

SWX turnover up by 4.5 per cent

This content was published on Aug 4, 2000 In a communiqué, SWX said that trading in shares and funds accounted for the lion’s share of the total, with a volume of SFr85.4 billion, 4.5 per cent more than in June. However, turnover in bonds went down by almost 4.5 per cent to just over SFr12 billion. Trading in derivatives rose by 27.2 per…

Swiss nuclear plant probes leaky British fuel elements

This content was published on Aug 4, 2000 Beznau, which is about 30 years old, is one of five Swiss nuclear power plants and is run alongside Beznau II by the Swiss utility, NOK. NOK said on Thursday it had launched an investigation, which could take six months to a year to establish whether the producer, British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL), or the workers…

Campaign launched against move to cut number of foreigners

This content was published on Aug 3, 2000 Launching its campaign in Berne on Thursday, the “Committee against the 18 per cent initiative” said proposals to restrict the number of foreigners in Switzerland would have dire consequences. The committee, made up of 186 parliamentarians from seven parties, including the four in government, is resolutely opposed to an initiative, which proposes restricting the number…

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