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Bern anti-nuclear protest camp cleared

This content was published on Jun 21, 2011 The city government issued a statement saying the decision to clear camp outside the headquarters of BKW Energy, which operates Mühleberg, had been taken after the activists had refused to dismantle the tents despite lengthy discussions. It said it would have been prepared to allow a permanent vigil, but had made it clear from the…

Study finds truth behind rock-a-bye baby

This content was published on Jun 20, 2011 In a study published on Monday, the scientists said that swaying from side-to-side makes people nod off faster. “It is a common belief that rocking induces sleep: we irresistibly fall asleep in a rocking chair and, since time immemorial, we cradle our babies to sleep,” said brain researcher Sophie Schwartz. “Yet how this works had…

Young inventor stopped in his tracks

This content was published on Jun 20, 2011 The unnamed 17-year-old welded together the front of a moped and the back of a Renault Clio, and stuck the back of the moped on the end. To make sure it would stop, he combined the car’s handbrake and the moped’s front brake, as Monday’s edition of the online 20 Minuten newspaper reported. And he…

Franc blamed for demise of ski resort

This content was published on Jun 20, 2011 The decision sounds the death knell for the small resort located near the Italian border. Its four lifts, already at a standstill last winter, are set to be closed for good in the summer. It is a disappointing end for an ambitious development plan which began when a British investor responded to a newspaper article…

Recycling gives economy a boost

This content was published on Jun 20, 2011 For a country like Switzerland, which has few raw materials, recycling saves millions of francs in imports, according to the report drawn up by the Swiss Recycling association. In 2009 the Swiss collected nearly 70,000 tonnes of aluminium worth SFr140 million ($165 million). The same year 850,000 tonnes of scrap iron, 331,507 tonnes of glass,…

Youth violence becomes a table topic in Zurich

This content was published on Jun 19, 2011 As part of a two-year pilot project, youth advocacy workers and police have been visiting juvenile offenders at home to make their families aware of the severity of the problem. Often, parents fail to realise that what their child described as a harmless scuffle may have resulted in a trip to hospital for the victim.…

Russians halt nuclear fact finding visit

This content was published on Jun 19, 2011 The official reason given by Rosatom, the Russian State Nuclear Energy Corporation, which is responsible for Mayak, is that the plant is in a closed military area. In a statement issued by Axpo on Sunday, chairman Robert Lombardini said they were “very annoyed” at the fact that the visit, scheduled for the end of the…

Neuchâtel voters approve tax plans

This content was published on Jun 19, 2011 Turnout was less than 30 per cent, but of those who voted, nearly 77 per cent were in favour. The cantonal finance minister, Jean Studer, had previously described the reform as an essential “new social contract” with business. It is designed to end the canton’s extensive use of tax breaks, which has left only half…

Football rioters face transport clampdown

This content was published on Jun 19, 2011 Every season rampaging fans cause about SFr3 million ($3.5 million) worth of damage to trains. The damage caused after May’s cup final alone went into five figures. “Things can’t go on as they are,” Peter Füglistaler, head of the Federal Transport Office, told the Sunday newspapers NZZ am Sonntag and Le Matin Dimanche. The Transport…

100 Years of the Simplon Tunnel (1998)

This content was published on Jun 17, 2011 100 Years of the Simplon Tunnel (1998) In 1898, work began on the Simplon Rail Tunnel, one of the great achievements in alpine engineering. Linking Switzerland to Italy, it took six-and-a-half years to build and offered the shortest route between Paris and Milan.

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