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Swissair resumes flights to Belgrade

This content was published on Mar 22, 2000 Swissair is resuming its service to Belgrade for the first time since it was suspended a year ago. It is the first western European airline to restart its regular service since the end of the war in Kosovo. Swissair had planned to resume flights to the Yugoslav capital last month but decided on a delay…

Clariant boosts earnings

This content was published on Mar 21, 2000 The Swiss speciality chemicals group, Clariant, has revealed a seven per cent rise in profits in 1999 to SFr553 million. The group said it would increase its dividend from SFr9 to SFr10 per registered share. The increase in profit was achieved despite a modest one per cent increase in turnover last year, to SFr9.1 billion,…

A sea change in Swiss attitudes to motoring

This content was published on Mar 21, 2000 Attitudes to motoring and road construction are undergoing a sea change in Switzerland.For the first time in years, a major expansion of the country’s road network has stood a chance in parliament. The 1980s and 90s were the era of the ecologists. Parliament even called in a special session in the mid-eighties to debate forest…

Swissair resumes flights to Belgrade

This content was published on Mar 21, 2000 Swissair is resuming its service to Belgrade for the first time since it was suspended a year ago. It is the first western European airline to restart its regular service since the end of the war in Kosovo. Swissair had planned to resume flights to the Yugoslav capital last month but decided on a delay…

Reexamining the importance of woodlands

This content was published on Mar 21, 2000 Organisers of the International Day of the Forest in Switzerland are using the occasion to highlight the importance of the country’s woodlands, especially after December’s storms which felled about 13 million cubic metres of wood. The day is designed “to attract attention to the changing value of Swiss forests,” explained the organisers, a non-governmental organisation…

Nestlé and Danone create joint Internet market

This content was published on Mar 21, 2000 Business-to-business electronic commerce is taking off in Europe. The Swiss-based food giant, Nestlé, and its French competitor, Danone, are joining forces to create the first European electronic market place for procurement in the consumer goods sector. In a joint statement, the two groups said the platform “will enhance the efficiency of logistics while at the…

Zurich bourse shrugs off merger of competitors

This content was published on Mar 20, 2000 The Swiss Stock Exchange (SWX) says that the three-way merger between the Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels stock exchanges announced Monday will not affect its plans to create a pan-European bourse. “The process of consolidation is only in its infancy,” says Ettore Candolfi, SWX spokesman in Zurich. The Swiss exchange has been negotiating for months not…

House of Representatives backs electricity liberalisation

This content was published on Mar 20, 2000 All consumers should be able to pick their electricity supplier by 2008, according to Switzerland’s House of Representatives. The House overwhelmingly backed government plans on Monday for a stage-by-stage liberalisation of the power market, with full freedom to choose in place within six years of the passage of the relevant legislation. The House went along…

Swiss Day at Hannover Trade Fair

This content was published on Mar 20, 2000 The Hannover Trade Fair has opened in Germany, with many eyes looking at what Switzerland has to offer because the opening day is also “Swiss Day”. More than 180 Swiss companies are represented at the world’s largest showcase for the investment goods branch. Under the spotlight at the “Swiss Day” celebrations is the Federal Institute…

Business Week Ahead

This content was published on Mar 19, 2000 The reporting season continues here in Switzerland with some major corporate results out over the coming week. Swiss telecommunication giant Swisscom is expected by analysts to reveal higher net profits on Wednesday despite cuts in its call prices. The former monopoly operator, in which the Swiss government still owns 65.5 per cent, is expected to…

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