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Passenger wait goes on as flights resume

This content was published on Apr 20, 2010 The first plane took off from Zurich just after 8am to ease five days of travel chaos but only a handful of flights have managed to get airborne. The airport said it would take several days for services to return to normal. For many passengers who flocked to Switzerland’s busiest airport in the hope of…

Pro Helvetia to open an office in China

This content was published on Apr 20, 2010 Director Pius Knüsel announced the news on Tuesday at a press conference in Bern. According to Knüsel, the goal is to foster a long-term cultural exchange between Switzerland and China. Three Chinese will staff the Shanghai office; a fourth will work at the embassy in Beijing. The annual budget is half a million Swiss francs…

Swiss airspace reopens

This content was published on Apr 20, 2010 The first plane took off from Zurich just after 8am, but only a handful of planes has since taken off and the airport said it would still take several days for services to return to normal. The Federal Civil Aviation Office announced its decision after the positive results of four test flights and research carried…

Volcano leaves stranded passengers fuming

This content was published on Apr 19, 2010 Others meander, contemplating how they will get home. For a few it’s an opportunity to snap photos of the video screens reminding them they won’t be going anywhere. Switzerland’s busiest airport has been closed since Saturday. In some parts of the country the faint haze of volcanic ash is visible. If the people waiting at…

Volcano means boom for some businesses

This content was published on Apr 19, 2010 With Swiss airspace closed until at least 10am on Tuesday, thousands of travellers have been forced to book hotels, take trains, rent cars, linger in bars and hire taxis to cover enormous distances – in one case from Zurich to Kiev. Even climatologists say the dramatic eruption in Iceland that has ground air traffic to…

The world’s greenest football stadium

This content was published on Apr 19, 2010 Opened in 2005, its solar panels cover a total of 12,000 square metres. Although it has since been overtaken in size by Taiwan’s World Games stadium, in 2009, it still produces more power than any other. Around 20,000 people usually descend on the Stade de Suisse for the matches of the capital city’s local team,…

Swiss lasers map volcanic ash cloud

This content was published on Apr 19, 2010 Bertrand Calpini and his team at the MeteoSwiss Aerological Station in Payerne have been using the innovative Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) weather measurement system to map the ash cloud over Switzerland. The Federal Civil Aviation Office said on Monday morning that the cloud, which arose following the eruption of a volcano in Iceland on…

Swiss jet flies on urgent mission to US

This content was published on Apr 19, 2010 The aircraft is repatriating two brothers, aged four and six, who suffered major burns after a gas explosion. They boys will be treated at a special clinic in Boston because there is currently a lack of space for such treatment in Norway. Rega said it was the first emergency flight since it had moved two…

Volcanic eruption

This content was published on Apr 19, 2010 The volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier has become a major problem since it started spewing ash high into the atmosphere on April 14. The cloud it has generated has caused major interruptions in flights over Europe. (All pictures: Keystone)

Germany proves an attraction despite politics

This content was published on Apr 19, 2010 The figure of 1,126 comes as a surprise because it is more than double the number who emigrated the previous year. It also comes at a time when political strains have surfaced between Switzerland and its main trading partner, particularly over tax matters. While much has been written about Germans who have come to settle…

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