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Swiss bakers on a roll in Boston

This content was published on May 24, 2010 Today her family runs a successful Swiss bakery and catering business near Boston in the United States. “We really like living here, but we are Swiss at heart and the same goes for our product,” Helene and Thomas Stohr told swissinfo.ch during a visit to their bakery in Reading, Massachusetts. The bakery itself is actually…

Concern expressed over state of biodiversity

This content was published on May 22, 2010 Non-governmental organisations have also been sounding the alarm about Swiss biodiversity, including releasing a survey which found that a majority of the population wanted more action on the issue. In a statement, Environment Minister Moritz Leuenberger said that some progress had been made in protecting nature, such as in setting up special reserves and in…

Swiss send condolences over India air crash

This content was published on May 22, 2010 A passenger jet crashed on landing at the city of Mangalore in the early hours of Saturday, killing almost 160 people. In a statement, the transport ministry said that Leuenberger had written to express his sadness at the deaths and his sympathies to the families of the victims. Air India Express said there were eight…

Experts say biology breakthrough has long path

This content was published on May 22, 2010 United States genome pioneer Craig Venter and his team have reported a major step forward in their attempts to make synthetic life, creating an artificial genome and using it to bring a bacterium back to life. The scientists hope to use their stripped-down version of a bacterium to learn how to engineer custom-made microbes. “This…

Swiss show the world they can recycle

This content was published on May 21, 2010 The organisation said on Friday that more than 80 companies from the drinks, pet food and aluminium industries and the Swiss retail trade were now members The cooperative’s aim is to increase the current 91 per cent recycling rate to 100 per cent, Igora said in a statement. It added that the collection network and…

Swiss-German towns take quality of life crown

This content was published on May 21, 2010 While the results may not surprise regular followers of such city comparison studies, this particular listing shows towns in French-speaking Switzerland are lagging behind their German-speaking cousins. Not a single French-speaking town features in the top 25 of the annual ranking by the Bilanz business magazine of quality of life in Swiss cities, towns and…

Developing economy banks move to Switzerland

This content was published on May 20, 2010 Brazil’s Itau private bank is the latest enterprise to apply for a Swiss banking licence as financial institutions in developing economies recognise the value in capturing the assets of wealthy locals that are managed in Switzerland. Speculation was rife at the height of the financial crisis that the ranks of foreign banks in Switzerland would…

Telecom companies challenge merger ban

This content was published on May 20, 2010 The two telecommunications companies have filed an appeal with the federal administrative court, a spokeswoman for Orange told the Swiss News Agency on Thursday. The Swiss foundation for consumer protection has expressed its dismay. In a statement issued on Thursday, the foundation described Orange and Sunrise as stubborn for failing to consider the welfare of…

Swiss upgrade safety in road tunnels

This content was published on May 20, 2010 The office said on Thursday that 126 of the 220 tunnels did not conform or only partially conformed to the latest safety norms. However, it added that Swiss tunnels were among the safest in the world. Efforts to improve road tunnel safety have been made throughout Europe since fatal accidents in 1999 and 2001 in…

SMEs start to find their feet again

This content was published on May 20, 2010 The bank noted that although SMEs are reporting an improvement in business, profits and employment decreased “modestly” in the first quarter. While SMEs in the industrial, service and retail sectors expected turnover to increase in the second quarter, and the building sector saw sales levelling off at last year’s figures, tourism continued to fear declining…

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