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IEA praises Swiss efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions

This content was published on Jun 28, 1999 The International Energy Agency on Monday praised Switzerland’s efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions and recommended swift deregulation of the electricity and gas market to further help reduce CO2 emissions. IEA Executive Director Robert Priddle underlined that Switzerland already had the lowest CO2 emissions of all 24 IEA member states due to its use of…

Orange enters mobile telephone market

This content was published on Jun 28, 1999 Orange Communications has become the third company to enter Switzerland’s mobile telephone market. The Lausanne-based company said its nationwide network will cover about 90 percent of the population at the start of operation today Tuesday. To achieve this coverage, Orange will initially share parts of the network with the market leader Swisscom. Reports say the…

Swiss authorities present measures to protect lynx population

This content was published on Jun 25, 1999 The Swiss authorities on Friday announced plans aimed at protecting the country’s lynx population and its habitat. But one lynx suspected of having killed 12 sheep will be shot, the federal environmental agency said. The lynx was reintroduced into central Switzerland in the 1970s and since then it has thrived and migrated as far south…

SAir Group to buy 20 percent stake in South African Airways

This content was published on Jun 25, 1999 In a speech to the South African parliament, Mbeki said the SFr350 million ($230 million) deal was part of the partial privatisation of the airline. “We are very happy with the result and convinced that it will lead to in the highest possible gains for our county,” said Mbeki. He added that the agreement would…

Report: Bilateral accords with EU would boost Swiss economy

This content was published on Jun 25, 1999 Switzerland’s bilateral accords with the European Union, which still have to be ratified, would benefit the Swiss economy and lead to a long-term increase in Gross Domestic Product of up to 2 percent, according to a report released on Friday. The findings of the report, commissioned with several others to assess the impact of further…

Fight against inflation should be a priority, says Swiss Bankers Association

This content was published on Jun 25, 1999 The Swiss government should keep a check on inflation as its top economic priority, said the Swiss Bankers Association. That was one of the points contained in a working paper put forward by the Association in Berne on Friday. The Association said using monetary policy to create jobs and promote growth was not a desirable…

Red Cross warns against likely increase in natural disasters

This content was published on Jun 24, 1999 In a report just out, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent societies warned of a new era of “super-disasters”. It named global warming, environmental degradation and population growth as factors contributing to a likely increase in disasters. According to the Geneva-based federation’s World Disasters Report, 1998 was the grimmest year on record.…

Swiss economy suffers major long-term damage due to winter avalanches

This content was published on Jun 24, 1999 This past winter’s avalanches severely affected the economies of Switzerland’s alpine regions, cutting some industry profits by 25 percent and causing a shortage in investments for the region. The Swiss Working Group for alpine regions – an organisation focusing on the economic development of Switzerland’s mountain regions – said that 350 avalanches not only killed…

Swiss Cablecom to be sold

This content was published on Jun 23, 1999 Switzerland’s leading cable network operator Cablecom is being sold. The announcement was made by the telecommunications company Swisscom – which owns a third of Cablecom. Swisscom said it and the two other main shareholders – the German companies Veba and Siemens – were selling their respective one-third stakes. The new shareholders will have to take…

Swiss ambassador calls for closer relations with the United States

This content was published on Jun 23, 1999 The Swiss ambassador to Washington Alfred Defago on Wednesday called on Swiss captains of industry to forge closer relations with the United States, saying the U.S. was a trade partner of vital importance for this country. Defago, addressing the Swiss-U.S. Chamber of Commerce in Zurich, called on Swiss industry as well as the government to…

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