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Swiss economy sails steadily through the storm

This content was published on Apr 29, 2010 Switzerland is benefiting more from the global economy than other parts of Europe, economist Jan-Egbert Sturm tells swissinfo.ch. Sturm, who is head of the KOF Swiss Economic Institute in Zurich, argues that intervention from the Swiss National Bank is also playing a role to keep the franc from appreciating too much. Swiss exporters have complained…

Sales of Swiss-made war goods stay strong

This content was published on Apr 29, 2010 Germany, Britain and Pakistan were the biggest buyers of Swiss weaponry, which netted SFr148 million in sales ($136.6 million), statistics from the Federal Customs Office showed on Thursday. That is nearly three per cent more than the same quarter in 2009. Three countries expressed an increased interest in Swiss-made war goods. Pakistan nearly doubled its…

Switzerland presents its wares at Shanghai Expo

This content was published on Apr 29, 2010 Mountains and landscape are a big theme. But the stands belonging to Switzerland and the cities of Basel, Geneva and Zurich are hoping to go beyond Heidiland and the typical Swiss clichés. The Swiss Pavilion certainly cuts a dash. It’s a huge raw concrete building, covered with a lattice work of thousands of LED cells.…

Deadline looms for dog owners to take courses

This content was published on Apr 29, 2010 The transition period for the animal protection law passed two years ago is coming to an end. Since September 2008, all first-time dog owners have had to take a written and practical course on the basics of dog ownership. Those who purchased their dogs between September 1, 2008 and August 31, 2009 were given a…

Papers await next move in financial strategy

This content was published on Apr 29, 2010 Newspapers on Thursday generally agreed that the time was right for at least a “mini reform” in the financial sector but some wondered whether the country was playing a high-stakes poker game. At a news conference in Bern on Wednesday, ministers announced their intentions of taxing bonuses of more than SFr2 million ($1.84 million) as…

Cabinet plans action to control finance sector

This content was published on Apr 28, 2010 Under plans announced on Wednesday in Bern, banks that needed state support such as UBS would also be subject to increased regulation. The government also felt there was a “need for action” in containing the problem of companies that are considered “too big to fail”. It wants to have a binding schedule by May for…

More permits released for foreign workers

This content was published on Apr 28, 2010 An extra 5,500 work permits are to be made available to workers coming from countries outside the European Union and the European Free Trade Association in the second half of 2010, the Migration Office announced on Wednesday. Acting on fears of rising unemployment, the government in December 2009 halved the number of so-called B and…

Yearly report to replace census every decade

This content was published on Apr 28, 2010 The Federal Statistics Office said on its website on Wednesday that information not included in these registers will be collected by random sampling among the population. Depending on the type of information required, up to 200,000 people will be contacted by phone or by post. The first random sample will be taken on December 31.…

Credit Suisse chairman defends bonuses

This content was published on Apr 28, 2010 In an interview with the Geneva-based Le Temps newspaper published on Wednesday, Doerig said Credit Suisse’s bonuses and compensation programme have allowed “for excellent results compared with the competition”. “Many people don’t consider the issue of bonus pay in its entirety,” he told the newspaper. “I find it hard to understand the criticism.” Over the…

“Percurso do Chocolate” na Cailler

This content was published on Apr 28, 2010 O fabricante suíço de chocolates Cailler, cuja fábrica está localizada em Broc, na região do Gruyère, inangurou no início de abriu um novo “Percurso do Chocolate”. swissinfo esteve por lá e mostra algumas imagens desse passeio verdadeiramente “delicioso”.

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