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Boosting public transport for Euro 2008

This content was published on Mar 26, 2008 The company said it would provide two million additional seats to cope with football fans travelling to stadiums and public-viewing zones across the country. Other railway companies will lay on 1,300 extra trains for the three-week period. About 1,500 additional office staff will be deployed as part of improved services at railway stations. Maintenance work…

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Aid agencies call for water for all

This content was published on Mar 22, 2008 They say that its sustainability can only be guaranteed in the long term if both developing and industrialised countries take more action. Water causes thousands of deaths around the world each day through pollution, or because it’s too expensive and because there is simply not enough of it. According to the NGO Helvetas, one person…

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NGO’s work continues despite Kenya troubles

This content was published on Mar 21, 2008 On a visit to Zurich, Peter Baumgartner, who runs a BioVision-financed newspaper for smallholders, said it was now even more vital to help this neglected but important part of Kenyan society. Around 1,500 people died and 600,000 people were displaced during the violence which followed disputed elections in Kenya in December. A power-sharing deal between…

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Strong snowfall hits Switzerland

This content was published on Mar 21, 2008 It snowed across the country from Geneva to Zurich, with 15 centimetres being reported in the lowlands and up to half a metre in some alpine valleys. The wind blew at more than 140 kilometres an hour in some parts of central Switzerland, with the Säntis mountain recording a high of 146 km/h. The Swiss…

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Blood and Gore endorse sustainable investment

This content was published on Mar 11, 2008 The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize-winner and environmental campaigner was in Geneva on Tuesday promoting a tie-up between a sustainable investment fund he heads and a private Swiss bank, Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch. “More money is allocated by markets around the world in one hour than by all the governments on this planet in the entire…

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Naples waste not welcome in Geneva

This content was published on Mar 11, 2008 The cantonal government said the impact on the environment was not clear and there were not sufficient guarantees about the origins of the waste. The decision comes after the director of the environment department, Robert Cramer, in January asked the public waste management company, Services industriels de Genève (SIG), to negotiate a contract with two…

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A life aquatic

This content was published on Mar 11, 2008 Michel Roggo is a specialist in underwater photography in Switzerland’s rivers and lakes. Taking these pictures sometimes requires patience: it can take anything up to three days before a fish cares to swim in front of the camera lens.

Consumer habits cancel out green efforts

This content was published on Mar 10, 2008 It says that people are thinking more ecologically than ever before – and yet it sums up its findings under the headline “One step forward, one step back.” “Sales of ecological products are increasing in all areas, in some cases steeply. But people are becoming more demanding about their food, housing and leisure activities, which…

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Car industry revs up green models in Geneva

This content was published on Mar 6, 2008 The event, which is expected to attract more than 700,000 visitors, showcases 94 new models, 17 of which run on alternative technologies designed to be less harmful to the environment. Over the next ten days, around 260 exhibitors from 30 countries will be displaying their shiny wares at the first big motor show of the…

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Storm disrupts air, land and water transport

This content was published on Mar 1, 2008 A number of flights had to be cancelled at Zurich airport, while others were delayed. On the other hand, Zurich received flights diverted from storm-hit airports in southern Germany and Austria. Geneva also suffered delays with incoming flights from Germany and the UK. A number of trees were blown down in eastern Switzerland, blocking roads.…

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