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Alarm bells sound at SAirGroup over German demands

This content was published on May 24, 2000 It was reacting to Germany’s announcement on Tuesday that, at the end of May 2001, it would withdraw from an agreement with Switzerland which regulates inward and outward bound flights from Zurich’s Kloten airport. In a statement, the SAirGroup said, “Zurich airport is Swissair’s home base and also a major operations centre for the regional…

Coop puts shopping on the rails

This content was published on May 24, 2000 The new Railshop will initially be in train compositions on the busy Berne to Zurich route and will open for business when the new timetable comes into force on May 29. “Finding places at railway stations for our Pronto shops according to the criteria and speed we wanted was almost a mission impossible, says Coop’s…

Insurance company to respect resting place of Swissair victims

This content was published on May 23, 2000 The aeroplane was carrying diamonds worth an estimated 200 million dollars when it crashed off the coast of Nova Scotia in September 1998. But in a statement, Lloyds insisted that it had never intended to recover the gems. “The reputation of Lloyds is dependent upon its integrity,” the statement said. “Because of this Lloyds will…

Germany tears up flight treaty with Switzerland

This content was published on May 23, 2000 Germany unilaterally terminated the accord, which regulates in and outgoing flights from Zurich’s Kloten airport. The German transport minister, Reinhard Klimmt, has given one year’s notice for the cancellation of the 1984 agreement, carrying out a threat he made in April. Klimmt had said he would terminate the accord unless Switzerland agreed to cut the…

Switzerland presses for further talks with EU

This content was published on May 23, 2000 The trip comes only two days after the Swiss people adopted a series of seven bilateral accords with the EU. The accords virtually break down all trade barriers between Switzerland and the 15 member states of the EU in the fields of road and air transport, research, and public procurement contracts. Agriculture will be partly…

Task force calls for improvements in tunnel safety

This content was published on May 23, 2000 The Tunnel Task Force urged the government to release an extra SFr80-100 million to improve safety standards in motorway tunnels over the next four to five years. The group was set up last year following deadly accidents in tunnels in neighbouring France and Austria. In March 1999, 42 people were killed in a fire in…

The past and future of communications

This content was published on May 23, 2000 The focus of the exhibition in the city’s Kornhaus is not on technology but on the imagination of people as communicators, often far in advance of technological capability. Visitors to the exhibition begin their journey through five so-called “time islands” at an airport check-in desk, and then advance further into the future as they move…

Swiss exchange moots blue chip partnership with British firm

This content was published on May 23, 2000 A joint statement from the SWX and Britain’s Tradepoint Financial Networks said the talks were supported by the boards of both firms, and were expected to last three months. The Swiss Exchange had already announced earlier this month that it was in talks with Tradepoint which plans to begin trading in around 300 European blue…

Basel builds bridges with Boston

This content was published on May 23, 2000 Jane Swift, the vice-governor of the US’s third richest state, and Ralph Lewin, the head of the cantonal government of Basel, ratified the agreement on Monday at a meeting in the Swiss city. The “Memorandum of Understanding” between the two will encourage closer links without placing any financial commitments on the local governments. Samuel Hess,…

Swiss group sells luxury goods company

This content was published on May 23, 2000 Schweizerhall said that the current reorganisation of the luxury goods sector had resulted in many groups expressing interest in buying Boucheron, a leading name in jewellery, watch-making and perfumes. The French company, founded in 1858, had a turnover of SFr185 million last year. Gucci will take over Boucheron on July 1. Schweizerhall, a Basel-based group…

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