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Swiss get a breath of summer – at last

This content was published on Jun 27, 2010 Various outdoor events have enticed large crowds. In the biggest such, about 100,000 people watched the firework display over Lake Lucerne on Saturday night as part of the Lucerne festival. As for music fans, nearly 82,000 attended the St Gallen Open Air event and more than 50,000 trucker and country fans gathered in Interlaken for…

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Charging it

This content was published on Jun 27, 2010 By 7 I was out and up to actual summit of the Dents Blanche. an incredible view of Mont Blanc and the Chamonix area peaks greeted me. How I wish I‘d made it to the summit last night! But then life changed. The descent down the west side was a knife edge that turned into…

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What does the “God particle” sound like?

This content was published on Jun 26, 2010 The LHC Sound project aims to raise awareness about the work deep under the French-Swiss border and to develop a way for scientists to listen to the data and identify the Higgs particle, if and when they detect it. One of the widely publicised aims of the LHC, the world’s biggest atom smasher, is to…

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Alpine tourism strategy approved

This content was published on Jun 25, 2010 Tourism is a key industry for the mountain regions and has a huge potential for economic growth, according to a statement published by the economics ministry on Friday. The government strategy, to be reviewed every four years, seeks the creation of high-quality employment and to improve Switzerland’s competitive edge as a tourist destination in the…

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Spain confirms probe of 3,000 Swiss bank accounts

This content was published on Jun 25, 2010 Swiss authorities also confirmed they were investigating the information published on Wednesday by Spanish newspapers El País and Expansion about up to €6 billion (SFr8.16 billion) hidden in Swiss accounts. Spanish Finance Minister Elena Salgado said the owners of the accounts had been notified and asked to clarify whether they had declared the money in…

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Raw materials have Swiss industry in a lather

This content was published on Jun 25, 2010 Commodity-poor Switzerland has more to lose than most countries as it battles its way out of economic gloom, according to Swissmem, which represents the electronic and machinery industries. The prices of vital manufacturing commodities, such as oil, copper, rubber, zinc and steel, have again risen dramatically since the start of the year. Part of the…

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Federal budget SFr600 million in the red

This content was published on Jun 24, 2010 In total the government plans to collect about SFr61.9 billion and spend SFr62.5 billion. On top of that, authorities will pour an additional SFr1.1 billion into the Swiss Federal Railways pension fund and make a one-time payment of SFr850 million to an account for infrastructure projects. The government’s overall financial standing improved during the federal…

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Nestlé seizes compatible Nespresso capsules

This content was published on Jun 24, 2010 The capsules, produced by the Fribourg-based Ethical Coffee Co. (ECC) for French supermarket chain Casino, were taken on Tuesday, Agence France Presse said. ECC’s capsules were launched in the French market on May 27. French authorities, acting on behalf of Nestlé, seized small amounts of coffee capsules from two distributors, ECC head Jean-Paul Gaillard said…

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It’s Summer!

This content was published on Jun 24, 2010 The date coincided with the arrival of warm weather after weeks of rain and cool temperatures. All images: Keystone

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