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Experts want turnaround in transport policy

This content was published on May 9, 2010 That’s the provocative thesis of a new book – Verkehrt: Plädoyer für eine nachhaltige Verkehrspolitik (Going the other way: a plea for a sustainable transport system) – presented to the media on Wednesday by the independent think tank, Avenir Suisse. It maintains that the current system is neither economically nor ecologically sustainable. Switzerland is proud…

Volcanic ash hampers European air travel again

This content was published on May 9, 2010 Airports in Switzerland have not suffered to any great extent but three flights were cancelled and the situation could change, the authorities said. Meterologists said the cloud was drifting towards Switzerland. An airport spokesman in Geneva said two flights scheduled for Portugal had to be cancelled, while Zurich airport said one flight to northern Spain…

European leaders try to stabilise euro

This content was published on May 8, 2010 The leaders of the 16 countries that use the single currency said after talks with the European Central Bank and the executive European Commission they were ready to take whatever steps were needed to protect the stability of the euro area. “We will defend the euro whatever it takes. We have several instruments at our…

Leaders hold euro crisis meeting

This content was published on May 7, 2010 The summit was originally called to sign off on a €110 billion (SFr155 billion) bailout for Greece and draw lessons for the future. Speaking ahead of the meeting, German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged European leaders to sharpen the core rules underpinning the euro to avoid debt crises like the one which has pushed Greece to…

Swiss army fights battle of the blisters

This content was published on May 7, 2010 Sixty recruits have this week been testing a prototype of a sock that is aimed at reducing rubbing on toes and heels. Researchers from the materials testing institute Empa and experts from the procurement and technology group armasuisse have been developing the sock, which is expected to be introduced from 2013. The sock, containing various…

Jobless rate drops to four per cent

This content was published on May 7, 2010 Figures published on Friday by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) showed there were 158,570 people without a job at the end of April. This is 7,462 fewer than at the end of the previous month. Employment offices registered 223,804 people looking for work, 7,693 fewer than at the end of March. The number…

Holcim plans major cement plant in Indonesia

This content was published on May 7, 2010 Holcim, which is the number two on the cement market after Lafarge of France, said the plant, with an annual capacity of 1.6 million tons, is expected to go into service in the first half of 2013. In a statement from its headquarters in Zurich, the company said on Friday that Java had registered the…

Student symposium spans two eras of unrest

This content was published on May 7, 2010 The student-run forum, which has notched up its 40th year, is a vital ingredient in preventing the unrest in Greece from becoming a “contagion”, according to Symposium meeting chairman Lord Griffiths of Fforestfach. Lord Griffiths was a 26-year-old lecturer when the London School of Economics was closed for several weeks in 1968. But he later…

Transocean faces court cases over oil spill

This content was published on May 6, 2010 The suits were lodged in April and May with various federal district courts in the United States. Transocean is the owner of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform, leased to BP, which caught fire on April 20, allowing hundreds of thousands of litres of oil to flow into the sea and pollute the coast of Louisiana.…

Swiss Re reports profit despite disasters

This content was published on May 6, 2010 This is a 22 per cent increase compared with the same period last year when the Zurich-based company posted a $130 million net profit. Earnings per share were SFr0.49 ($0.44), up from SFr0.45 in the year-earlier period, the company said. Swiss Re added that the result was affected by high natural catastrophe losses from Chile’s…

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