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Fredericks to take up post as U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 1, 1999 The U.S. Senate has confirmed President Bill Clinton’s nominee for the vacant post of ambassador to Switzerland. Richard Fredericks is to succeed Madeleine Kunin in the Swiss federal capital, Berne. Fredericks, 54, comes from a mainly business background and has known Clinton since their student days at Georgetown University in Washington, where they shared a…

Researchers chart path toward modernised welfare state

This content was published on Nov 1, 1999 The Swiss National Science Foundation is launching a major research project which is aimed at modernising social security programmes that are increasingly cash-strapped due to an ageing population and mounting benefit payments. Swiss and international researchers involved in 30 to 40 projects are addressing such issues as the working poor, insurance models for old age…

Lonza back to Swiss bourse after 25 years

This content was published on Nov 1, 1999 Specialty chemicals firm Lonza Group returned to the Swiss stock market on Monday after a quarter-century absence. Lonza had been listed on the Swiss bourse until 1974, when it was taken over by what is now Swiss aluminium, packaging and chemicals concern algroup. Lonza is being spun off again as algroup readies to merge with…

Swiss aid benefits 1.2 million Hurricane Mitch victims

This content was published on Nov 1, 1999 Switzerland’s emergency and reconstruction aid for the victims of last year’s Hurricane Mitch benefitted 1.2 million people in over 170 villages, the authorities said Monday. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation said that 95 projects were put in place swiftly to benefit those most in need in the Central American countries. The bulk of…

Red Cross societies meet in Geneva to draft action plan

This content was published on Oct 29, 1999 Red Cross delegates from all over the world are meeting in Geneva this week to plan concrete action to tackle the humanitarian challenges of the next millennium. The week-long conference brings together representatives from 188 governments and 176 national Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. They will chart the organisation’s so-called Millennium Year, which has…

OECD report highlights weak points of Swiss social assistance

This content was published on Oct 29, 1999 Switzerland’s welfare payments are on average very generous but have a tendency to stifle personal initiative and tend to slow down a return to the job market, says a newly released report. The study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development put the spotlight on four cantons – Zurich, Vaud, Ticino and Graubünden –…

Medical doctor Uma Grob honoured for work in Tanzania

This content was published on Oct 29, 1999

Swiss aircraft company takes off after restructuring

This content was published on Oct 29, 1999

Health authorities launch “Milestone” Stop Smoking campaign

This content was published on Oct 27, 1999 Swiss health authorities have launched a major stop-smoking campaign that involves anything from Swiss celebrities to a poster campaign and Internet chat rooms. The Federal Health Office and the Swiss Cancer League have enlisted Swiss soul singer Emel (picture), TV stars and showbiz celebrities as part of the “Milestone” campaign to kick the habit. The…

Villiger says economic growth won’t allow for tax reductions

This content was published on Oct 27, 1999 Swiss Economics Minister Kaspar Villiger Wednesday rejected suggestions that the government should implement tax cuts in order to create a major boost for the Swiss economy. Villiger — who effectively rejected policy suggestions by the Swiss People’s Party, which made major gains in weekend parliamentary elections – said the government had no financial reserves that…

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