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Leunberger looks to Tony Blair’s “Third Way” as model for Social Democratic Party

This content was published on Jul 8, 2000 Addressing members at a party conference on Saturday, he said that despite living in a changing world, there is a tendency in the party to resist progress. He told members in canton Zurich that social democracy itself had changed the world. However, he warned that forces within the party tend to glorify and romanticise the…

The business week in Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 8, 2000 The airline industry was rocked by the surprise resignation of Swissair’s president and chief executive officer, Jeffrey Katz. Katz is leaving the airline after just three and a half years to take up a position with an e-business company in the United States. He said it had been a privilege to lead the company but…

Luxury hotels bought by Luxembourg company

This content was published on Jul 7, 2000 At a news conference in Zurich, the Richemond Hotels Holding company of Luxembourg said the aim was not to build a hotel chain but to have a collection of hotels, each with its own style. The group is to invest more than SFr100 million in the five star hotels listed below:· the Richemond in Geneva·…

Geneva illuminates the dark sciences

This content was published on Jul 7, 2000 The event is designed to persuade people to overcome their natural aversion to science, to showcase the city’s rich scientific heritage and perhaps even inspire children to take up science as a career. Science Night will be held in and around the Museum of the History of Science, in the Perle du Lac Park. It…

Tourists rediscover Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 7, 2000 The ministry is predicting that the number of nights spent at hotels around the country will increase by 4.2 per cent this season, compared to the same period last year. It put the leap down to a strong global economy and domestic measures to improve the competitiveness and attractiveness of holidays in Switzerland. Foreign guests…

Mikron launches activities in the American mobile phone market

This content was published on Jul 7, 2000 In a communiqué, Mikron said the factory at San Antonio in the state of Texas would be ready for production from the fourth quarter of this year, supplying components to the Mikron Infocom Technology Division. Texas is regarded as one of the most important growth areas for the US mobile telephone industry. To provide it…

Swissair keeps monopoly on flights from Geneva to Barcelona

This content was published on Jul 7, 2000 Federal law allows Swissair a monopoly on the lines it currently serves until 2008 at the latest. However, for many European lines the monopoly will go when the bilateral accords with the European Union come into effect. That will probably happen next January. In the meantime, the government can rescind Swissair’s monopoly on individual services…

Unemployment keeps on falling

This content was published on Jul 7, 2000 Figures released by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs show that 65,962 people were jobless in June, 3,826 fewer than the previous month when unemployment stood at 1.9 per cent. The head of the Secretariat’s labour division, Jean- Luc Nordmann, believes that the decline in unemployment will slow down over the coming months. He says…

Unemployment falls again

This content was published on Jul 7, 2000 June’s figure shows a jobless rate of just 1.8 per cent of the working population, down from 1.9 per cent in May. The number of people without a job is 65,962 which is 3,826 fewer than the previous month. The unemployment rate now stands at its lowest level since the middle of the 1990s. 119,828…

Basel exhibition centre plans to open casino

This content was published on Jul 6, 2000 The exhibition centre has joined forces with the company, Swiss Casinos, in an attempt to gain a concession to open a Grand Casino in the year 2002. Under the deal, the exhibition centre would provide a hall for the enterprise while Swiss Casinos would take care of its day-to-day management. The city authorities are also…

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