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Swiss agree to curb immigration and rethink EU deal

This content was published on Feb 9, 2014 The initiative was approved by just 50.3% of votes cast and was passed by a majority of cantons. The move by the Swiss People’s Party – known for its anti-foreigner and anti-EU agenda – will see the reintroduction of quotas, as well as a national preference when filling job vacancies and restrictions of immigrants’ rights…

Abortions to remain covered by health insurance

This content was published on Feb 9, 2014 Voter turnout on Sunday was about 56%; of those, 69.8% rejected the initiative. The highest percentage of “no” votes – 89.1% – was cast in canton Vaud. Only one canton said “yes”: Appenzell Inner Rhodes, with 50.9% of the votes. Backed by an inter-party committee made up essentially of conservative Christians, the initiative called for the introduction…

Voters to decide who pays for abortions

This content was published on Feb 8, 2014 Backed by an inter-party committee made up essentially of conservative Christians, the people’s initiative was signed by about 110,000 voters – making it eligible for a popular vote. It calls for the introduction of a new article in the federal constitution and states that abortion and foetal reduction (the elimination of one or more embryos…

Next generation particle smasher is in the works

This content was published on Feb 6, 2014 The experiments run using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) since 2010 have been investigating dark matter, antimatter and the creation of the universe. In 2012 the Higgs Boson was observed by CERN – a particle confirming an important theory from the 1960s about why matter has mass. The current LHC will still be used by…

150 years: a milestone in diplomatic relations

This content was published on Feb 6, 2014 The original document, seen here, is in the Swiss Federal Archives. Swiss President Didier Burkhalter has been in Japan for the anniversary celebrations, which started in the presence of Japanese Emperor Akihito. Burkhalter’s programme included official talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida. Japan is Switzerland’s fourth-largest global trading partner and…

The cost of making Gstaad skiable

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Credit Suisse posts mixed results

This content was published on Feb 6, 2014 It missed expectations with a small increase in fourth-quarter net profit after increased legal costs arising from United States probes into alleged tax evasion and the sale of mortgage-backed bonds. For the fourth quarter, net profit stood at CHF267 million, a little up from CHF263 million a year ago, when the bank said efforts to…

Handsome men finish first, study finds

This content was published on Feb 5, 2014 Erik Postma, a professor of evolutionary biology, used photos of 80 Tour de France racers’ heads and shoulders and asked an online pool of about 800 participants to rate their attractiveness on a scale of one to five. In the end, he found that those athletes that were ultimately the most successful in the 2012…

The price of a T-shirt

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Syngenta profits take a tumble

This content was published on Feb 5, 2014 In October of last year, Syngenta had warned that its profits would be down for the year because of a $170 million write-down on seed stocks. “Our financial performance in 2013 did not meet expectations,” said Chief Executive Mike Mack in a statement. “While this was mainly due to non-recurring costs in our seeds business,…

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