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Aid for drought-hit areas of Ethiopia

This content was published on Apr 24, 2000 A member of Switzerland’s Development Agency says it is vital for the people threatened by drought in Ethiopia that the international community, donors and the local authorities co-ordinate their efforts to avoid a repeat of the famine in 1984/5. Jürg Zumstein, programme coordinator for the Horn of Africa with the Development Agency said there were…

Another barren Easter for Berne’s bears

This content was published on Apr 23, 2000 The traditional Easter presentation of newly-born cubs at the bear-pits in Berne has failed to take place for the sixth year in a row. However, the bears’ keepers say they are not too upset about another barren spring. The pitter-patter of tiny paws may bring tourists flocking, but finding homes for the new cubs can…

Swissair asks LTU workers to accept pay cut

This content was published on Apr 23, 2000 Switzerland’s SAir group, says workers at the German tourism company, LTU, of which it owns nearly 50 per cent, have been asked to accept a ten per cent pay cut as part of a rescue package. SAir group’s Beatrice Tschanz said workers would be asked to accept reduced pay for six to 18 months, and…

Couchepin and Ogi at odds over defence cuts

This content was published on Apr 23, 2000 The economics minister, Pascal Couchepin, has called for cuts to be made in the military budget, just 24 hours after the defence minister, Adolf Ogi, rejected such a move. Speaking in the French-language newspaper, Le Matin, Couchepin said a planned reduction in the number of troops serving in the army should lead to long-term savings,…

Late Easter brings warm Swiss weather

This content was published on Apr 22, 2000 Switzerland has been bathing in the warmest Easter weather since 1962. According to the national weather institute, central areas have been particularly hot with temperatures in Basel climbing above 27 degrees centigrade on Good Friday. The sunny skies also brought holiday-makers onto the streets of Lugano (pictured), where the temperatures also went above the “summer…

Father and son killed in helicopter crash

This content was published on Apr 22, 2000 Canton Glarus police have identified the two men killed in a helicopter crash on Good Friday as a father and his son. The son had been piloting the aircraft when it crashed into a snowfield in the Vorab region. The 45-year-old son is thought to have been attempting to land on a mountain landing spot…

Sweet-toothed Swiss munch through 4100 tonnes of chocolate bunnies and eggs

This content was published on Apr 21, 2000 The Easter bunny has brought Swiss chocolate manufacturers a special present – sales have shot up over the holiday period to an estimated 4100 tonnes. However, the Federation of Swiss Chocolate Manufacturers, Chocosuisse, said sales did not beat the record set in 1997, when 4250 tonnes of chocolate were sold. Chocosuisse director, Franz Schmid, said…

Business Week

This content was published on Apr 21, 2000 European bourses were hit on Monday by a bad case of the jitters, as dealers were left reeling from Wall Street’s biggest one day point loss the previous Friday. The main casualty was high-tech stocks. Seen by many analysts as overvalued, new economy stocks have been suffering heavily in the recent sell-off. However this has…

Swiss goods regarded as expensive world-beaters

This content was published on Apr 21, 2000 “Made in Switzerland” is a label that reassures consumers around the world, according to a new study by the University of Berne. The findings are based on interviews carried out between 1991 and 1997 with 3400 senior managers in Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Switzerland and the United States. Those questioned regarded Swiss-made goods as…

Germany gets behind Swiss road-to-rail-plans

This content was published on Apr 20, 2000 The German transport minister, Reinhard Klimmt (pictured right), has expressed support for Swiss plans to transfer freight traffic from road to rail. He made the remarks following talks with his Swiss counterpart, Moritz Leuenberger (left), in Berlin. Klimmt also told Leuenberger that Germany would follow Switzerland’s lead in introducing a tax on heavy goods vehicles.…

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