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WHO summit: Partnerships urged to tackle health problems

This content was published on May 16, 2000 “The emphasis at this assembly should be on an improvement in the relationship between the WHO and UNAIDS to allow them to act more effectively,” said Reto Durler, head of international relations at the Swiss Federal Health Office. The question of a partnership between industry, governments, and UN agencies is one of the recurring themes…

Shipwrecks reveal rich heritage of Lake Geneva

This content was published on May 16, 2000 The exhibition at the Musée du Léman, or Museum of Lake Geneva, in Nyon, concentrates on 15 of the 30 wrecks that have been located at the bottom of the lake. They range from a 15th Century wooden flat-bottomed boat, found by accident during dredging work, to the steamer, Le Rhône, which sank in 1883,…

Licence auction brings windfall for public coffers

This content was published on May 16, 2000 The WLL is considered the ‘last mile’ in linking households and providers without requiring a fixed cable network. The Federal Office for Communications held the auction over the Internet – the first time in Europe a government body has done so. The office said it brought in SFr583 million francs for three national and 31…

Novartis rejects allegations against Ritalin drug

This content was published on May 16, 2000 Legal action has reportedly been taken against Novartis in the American state of Texas for lack of information concerning side effects of the drug. The Wall Street Journal reported that a Dallas law firm had filed a lawsuit alleging that Novartis fraudulently promoted Ritalin as a treatment for attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder. The suit seeks class-action status…

Mobile phone competition inquiry launched

This content was published on May 16, 2000 The competition commission is investigating Switzerland’s three mobile phone operators on suspicion that they have illegally fixed prices. The commission said the inquiry into Swisscom, Diax and Orange would look at whether their very similar prices and pricing structures were acceptable. In a statement, it said that the situation was unsatisfactory for the customer and…

EU-bilateral accords: do they threaten the Swiss environment?

This content was published on May 16, 2000 The issue of overland transport was one of the biggest challenges in the bilateral negotiations between Switzerland and the European Union and it is regarded as the hardest nut that negotiators on both sides had to crack. In it, the European Union acknowledges Switzerland’s aim of switching as much transalpine goods transport as possible from…

Swiss dairy producers look to new markets in the European Union

This content was published on May 15, 2000 One sector of Swiss business which is eager to exploit closer ties with the European Union is the dairy industry. The last few years have not been easy for Switzerland’s dairy industry. Milk subsidies have been reduced, and guaranteed prices for certain cheeses such as Emmentaler and Gruyère have been abolished. Above all, Swiss producers…

Trade unions attack pension reforms

This content was published on May 15, 2000 Serge Gaillard, secretary-general of the federation, said on Monday the financial situation of the pension scheme had been over-dramatised in order to cut back payments and weaken the scheme as a whole. He said that, in particular, the proposed measures do not take into account the still huge differences in salaries paid to men and…

Oil keeps Swiss import prices high

This content was published on May 15, 2000 Analysts are predicting that the higher costs will be passed on to consumers, leading to an increase in inflationary pressures. However, the Swiss National Bank is forecasting that inflation will average only 1.5 per cent for the year. “I assume the National Bank prefers a mixture of both a stronger Swiss franc – to keep…

Switzerland marks the advent of summer with a cow festival

This content was published on May 15, 2000 It is a tradition in Switzerland that cattle be taken into Alpine pasture as the weather turns warm and the days last longer. Poya is a festival which celebrates cattle and their new-found freedom to roam the open pastures in the long days of summer. A special mass, spoken in the local dialect, blessed the…

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