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Beznau or never

This content was published on Jan 24, 2011 Every year the plant is subject to a thorough overhaul. The Axpo company wants to keep Beznau 1 running until at least 2023 and to take it off the grid once Beznau 3 is operational. (Pictures: Thomas Kern, swissinfo.ch)

Winter is cold comfort for climate scientist

This content was published on Jan 24, 2011 Climatologist Heinz Wanner says the past few years are among the warmest since the first measurements were taken in 1860, and he tells swissinfo.ch that “manmade greenhouse gases are the cause”. The emeritus professor at Bern University said the emissions have led to a rise of the global mean temperature. That partly justifies how November…

Assange condemns arrest of Swiss banker Elmer

This content was published on Jan 24, 2011 Julian Assange told the Sonntag newspaper that Switzerland’s actions were drawing renewed international attention to its banking practices after the detention of former Bank Julius Bär employee Rudolf Elmer. “Mr Elmer is in prison because he has revealed a criminal offshore system of tax evasion in which Swiss banks play a leading role,” Assange is…

Ex-Swiss banker hands over files to WikiLeaks

This content was published on Jan 24, 2011 Rudolf Elmer, a former employee of Bank Julius Bär, said the account holders included “high net worth” celebrities, business leaders and lawmakers from the United States, Britain and Asia. The founder of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, appeared with Elmer in London to collect the files, and praised the ex-banker’s attempts to expose alleged shady practices in…

Wikipedia grows up

This content was published on Jan 22, 2011 Its founder, Jimmy Wales, is due in Switzerland on January 26 to receive the prestigious Gottlieb Duttweiler Prize, worth SFr100,000 ($103,000). Wikipedia has come a long way since its launch on January 15, 2001 – it is now available in more than 270 languages and has more than 17 million volunteer-authored articles. The encyclopaedia is…

Biscuit hatchet buried in champagne wars

This content was published on Jan 21, 2011 The trade group objected to the use of the name Champagne on the local bakery Cornu’s sweet and savoury biscuit products. However, a similar row continues over the label “vin de Champagne” used by local Swiss winegrowers. “We will no longer use the name Champagne as a brand, but we will be able to use…

Better regional policies could improve economy

This content was published on Jan 21, 2011 The Paris-based OECD noted in its territorial review of the country that although Swiss companies were world leaders in pharmaceuticals and high-tech goods such as bio and medical technology and machinery, research and development and innovation were stagnating. The report recommended tapping into the potential of rural regions and small firms, expanding innovative activities, increasing…

Hildebrand stands by Switzerland’s euro policy

This content was published on Jan 21, 2011 Hildebrand told a Club of Rome Forum in Zurich on Thursday night that the interventions between March 2009 and June 2010 were necessary at the time to combat the risk of deflation. He added that decisions about such measures were solely based on the central bank’s mandate to ensure price stability. The SNB announced last…

Ticino “needs to fight” to attract companies

This content was published on Jan 21, 2011 They argue that although the Italian-speaking canton in southern Switzerland has many advantages, it is being left behind by other cantons when it comes to wooing companies. The Taiwanese Acer Group – second worldwide in the personal computer market – officially laid the foundation stone for its new European headquarters in September last year. The…

Market develops for stolen bank data

This content was published on Jan 20, 2011 Swiss lawyer and fraud specialist Christof Müller tells swissinfo.ch that a market has now developed for stolen client data. On Wednesday, Elmer was given a suspended fine after being found guilty of threatening his former employer Julius Bär and breaking Swiss secrecy laws. Elmer was then re-arrested in Zurich on charges of violating banking laws…

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