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Making a bad housing situation worse

This content was published on Jan 22, 2014 In the lead-up to the February 9 vote on its initiative “Against Mass Immigration”, the rightwing Swiss People’s Party has made affordable housing a central theme of its campaign. The party argues that the influx of foreigners – notably a result of the free movement of persons accord with the European Union (EU) – has…

Big Brother in Davos

This content was published on Jan 22, 2014 But the average Davos man and woman has taken this revelation in their stride. “I’m not taking any more precautions than any other time I travel abroad,” one South African businessman told me. “Besides, I’ve got no intention of shouting out company secrets here.” In fact, government agencies trawling though large swathes of private data…

Should know-how come before independence?

This content was published on Jan 21, 2014 Deputy Chief Executive Branson, who may be proposed to replace CEO Patrick Raaflaub at Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA permanently, is well acquainted with financial matters. But his nomination as permanent successor would draw criticism, not only because he is a British national, but explicitly because of his experience. Branson was head of a…

Novartis to redeploy Swiss pharma jobs

This content was published on Jan 21, 2014 The company said the redeployment, including possible redundancies, were necessary to bolster the launch of new drugs, notably for the treatment of respiratory, heart and skin diseases. It added that the support services of the pharmaceutical division was the main sector affected by the reform. However, Basel is to remain one of the multinational’s main…

Can the establishment be trusted in Davos?

This content was published on Jan 21, 2014 Trust for politicians in France and the United States has fallen the most in the past 12 months, says global PR firm Edelman. US President Barack Obama and French President François Hollande (pictured) will be notably absent from Davos, but many other statesmen and women who have also suffered a fall in public image will…

WEF Davos through the lens

This content was published on Jan 21, 2014 Looking back over the past few summits, this gallery reveals some of the famous faces among the 2,500 delegates who have put in appearances over the years. Some of the more dramatic moments are also captured on camera, plus some of the lesser known aspects that make up the famous event. Headquartered in Geneva, the…

Notes from Davos

This content was published on Jan 21, 2014

Rosetta spacecraft phones home

This content was published on Jan 20, 2014 “Hello World” was the message received by scientists shortly after 7 p.m. Swiss time (1800 GMT) on Monday. “It was a little bit late, about half an hour or so, but if you sleep for 2 ½ years that’s understandable,” said Peter Wurz, a co-investigator on the Rosetta mission for the University of Bern. “It was…

To abort or not, helping women figure it out

This content was published on Jan 20, 2014 Afternoon sunshine as well as literature in several languages fill the waiting room on an upper floor of the women’s clinic at Bern University Hospital. It’s the family planning department, where women seeking advice can get their questions answered. Since 2002, the cost of an abortion has been covered by basic health insurance in Switzerland.…

Free movement won’t be renegotiated, EU warns

This content was published on Jan 19, 2014 In an interview with the Sunday newspaper Schweiz am Sonntag, Viviane Reding, Vice President of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, said it was “an illusion to think that the free movement of people could be renegotiated individually”. The free movement of people is part of the single market,…

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