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Migrant numbers drop during crisis

This content was published on Jul 12, 2010 The figures, cited in a report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) presented on Monday, follow an overall trend in rich countries during the same period, as labour demand fell. In the five years before the economic crisis, migration helped plug gaps in the Swiss labour market, said the OECD. Around half…

Dairy farmers decry low milk prices

This content was published on Jul 12, 2010 Several dozen staged a demonstration in the Swiss capital Bern on Monday, calling for industry heads to help them earn a fair living. They say that BO Milch, the industry organisation, has failed to curb overproduction. This in turn has led to a dramatic fall in the price of milk. Uniterre – the farmers’ union…

Storms leave trail of damage

This content was published on Jul 11, 2010 Rail traffic was disrupted on various lines in different parts of the country. The popular tourist route between Zweisimmen in the Bernese Oberland and Montreux on Lake Geneva was cut by a landslide, while a power cut on the line running south-east from Zurich delayed trains bound for Austria. About 3,900 flashes of lightning were…

UBS shareholders set sights on former bosses

This content was published on Jul 11, 2010 Former UBS chairman Marcel Ospel heads a list of targets for potential lawsuits following the bank’s fall from grace. The chances of legal action were boosted in April when shareholders voted against absolving 2007 executives from blame. UBS was Europe’s worst victim of the subprime mortgage collapse, writing down some $50 billion (SFr53 billion) while…

Swiss still sweltering

This content was published on Jul 10, 2010 A new record for the year of 34.8 degrees was set in Basel, the Swiss Metrological Office said. The office has issued a warning of forest fires in the southern canton of Valais, where there has been a persistent drought. The Health Office is reminding people to drink enough, especially water, and to keep their…

Swiss and German railways sign new deal

This content was published on Jul 9, 2010 The government-owned service and Germany’s Deutsche Bahn signed a memorandum of understanding in Basel on Friday. This deal will improve services between the two countries greatly according to the two companies, increasing train numbers as well as upgrading the current fleet. High-speed trains will run from the end of 2014 but will only reach their…

Solar power: the sky’s the limit

This content was published on Jul 9, 2010 Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, the initiator of the project, pilot André Borschberg, and the host of designers and developers who made the flight possible may have entered the history books, but what does their achievement mean in practical terms? “I hope that in two years time at the next Green Aviation Show we shall be…

Hollywood to star in Swiss charity golf bash

This content was published on Jul 8, 2010 The big-screen star will invite the public to bid to play golf with himself and a host of other celebrities in Switzerland in September. The event aims to raise around €500,000 (SFr666,600), part of which will go to Cambodia. The proceeds would go some way to funding the SFr3 million rebuilding project of the over-crowded…

Up with the sun

This content was published on Jul 8, 2010 Packed with Swiss technology and backed by a host of personalities, the Solar Impulse plane completed the highest, longest flight of a solar-powered plane on July 7-8, 2010. It is a prototype for another version that pilots Bertrand Piccard, famous for his round-the-world balloon flight, and André Borschberg, a former fighter jet pilot, hope to…

“It was a very zen flight”

This content was published on Jul 8, 2010 The experimental solar-powered plane, known as Solar Impulse, landed safely at 9am on Thursday after completing its first night test flight, powered only by solar energy stored during the day. The organisers said it was the longest and highest flight in the history of solar aviation. Helpers rushed to steady the revolutionary aircraft as it…

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