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Coordinated foreign language teaching at stake

This content was published on Feb 17, 2015 On March 8, citizens in the canton of Nidwalden will decide on a rightwing proposal to simplify the curriculum at the primary school level, limiting the number of foreign languages to only one, besides the native German. It is widely assumed that the change would be at the expense of French, one of Switzerland’s four…

Invasive species reach Switzerland

This content was published on Feb 17, 2015 More and more non-native species are coming or being brought, often by accident, into Switzerland.

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Central banks and the bottom line

This content was published on Feb 17, 2015 The Swiss decision raises questions about how much leverage central banks should exert over a nation's balance sheet.

Government launches campaign to help smokers quit

This content was published on Feb 16, 2015 The health ministry has launched a new campaign to give smokers who are thinking about quitting the final push they need to give up the habit for good.

Federal Railways commit to part-time jobs

This content was published on Feb 16, 2015 Part-time jobs are on their way to becoming the norm at the Swiss Federal Railways, with the company saying it will advertise the majority of new positions in its largest division with the option to work 80-100% of the full time hours. Jobs in the company’s passenger traffic division – which includes train drivers –…

Sika shareholders unite against takeover move

This content was published on Feb 16, 2015 In December of last year, descendants of the founder of the hallmark building materials company announced they were selling off their 16% stake in the enterprise to French conglomerate Saint-Gobain. However, because of an unusual “opt-out” clause in the company takeover law, those family members gained 52% of the voting rights and, with that, the…

Banks dismantle ‘strings of pearls’ as they turn to dust

This content was published on Feb 16, 2015 Global networks are targets for US money laundering investigations

How minks live on Danish fur farms

This content was published on Feb 16, 2015 Most of the mink fur imported into Switzerland comes from Denmark. Swiss public television, SRF, visits some of the fur factory farms.

Testing the best way to store radioactive materials

This content was published on Feb 15, 2015 The Federal Office of Energy has the overall responsibility for the three-stage selection process for one to two sites for geological repositories of nuclear waste. The cabinet at the end of 2011 approved six areas, which meet the requirements according to the National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste, NAGRA, most of them north…

Is the tide against Big Pharma in India turning?

This content was published on Feb 15, 2015 In January the court barred Cipla from making or selling a cheaper copy of Onbrez, citing infringement of patents held by the Swiss company. The decision lends support to a growing belief among industry analysts that the government of Narendra Modi is slowly distancing itself from an approach to make blockbuster drugs available to poor…

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