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Lufthansa strike hits Switzerland

This content was published on Feb 22, 2010 Lufthansa has cancelled 27 flights per day in Switzerland. In Geneva 13 of the 19 flights that normally start did not fly. The rest of the cancellations affect Zurich. Overall, Lufthansa has cut around 800 flights per day for the four-day strike. Swiss said it would use larger aircraft to deal with extra passenger demand.…

Futuristic student centre opens doors

This content was published on Feb 22, 2010 The radical, open, undulating student building, designed by the Japanese star architect team SANAA, is set to become the heart of the campus and symbolises the EPFL’s long-term ambitions. “It’s very audacious, but that was the aim. We needed to invent new spaces,” explained EPFL President Patrick Aebischer. “We want to become one of the…

Swiss Post slashes 100 jobs

This content was published on Feb 21, 2010 Post office spokesman Oliver Flüeler told two Zurich-based newspapers published on Sunday that the cuts follow a 15 per cent drop in turnover against last year. There are 260 people currently employed across the two divisions in Zurich, Basel, Bern, Geneva, Lausanne, Winterthur, Olten and Aarau. Post officials said they had devised a social plan…

Parties set agendas for upcoming session

This content was published on Feb 20, 2010 The centre-right Radical Democratic Party said revising the country’s old-age and survivors insurance scheme remains a top priority. Reforming unemployment insurance programmes are also high on the agenda. The centre-left Social Democratic Party have vowed to oppose any such revisions. The group also wants the government to come up with a plan for attracting “white…

How we get our heads round languages

This content was published on Feb 20, 2010 On the occasion of International Mother Language Day on Sunday, swissinfo.ch spoke to Jean-Marie Annoni, of the neuropsychology unit at the Geneva University Hospital, who has been working on the subject of language acquisition for several years. Switzerland has four national languages – German, French, Italian and Romansh – so multilingual ability is not unusual.…

Les Suisses sont gourmands

This content was published on Feb 19, 2010 Voici des images de quelques plats de chez Philippe Rochat, possédant 3 étoiles, à Crissier dans le canton de Vaud et de chez Rasoi by Vineet, restaurant indien à Genève qui a reçu sa première étoile.

Nestlé battles the crisis with strong figures

This content was published on Feb 19, 2010 Nestlé, whose brands include Nescafé coffee, Gerber baby food, Purina pet food and Perrier mineral water, announced sales of SFr107.6 billion, which represents organic growth of 4.1 per cent. Organic growth is the growth rate that a company can achieve by increasing output and enhancing sales, but it excludes mergers and acquisitions. Strong demand for…

Nestlé battles the crisis with strong figures

This content was published on Feb 19, 2010 Nestlé, whose brands include Nescafé coffee, Gerber baby food, Purina pet food and Perrier mineral water, announced sales of SFr107.6 billion ($99.2 billion), which represents organic growth of 4.1 per cent. Organic growth is the growth rate that a company can achieve by increasing output and enhancing sales, but it excludes mergers and acquisitions. Operating…

Water everywhere, but not enough to drink

This content was published on Feb 19, 2010 Big business has raised eyebrows by wading into the water issue with efforts to improve the situation, in a field that has traditionally been the preserve of non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The pressing issues surrounding water can broadly be divided into two main areas: access to clean drinking water and sanitation and the inefficient use of…

Number of companies going down on the rise

This content was published on Feb 19, 2010 Switzerland’s industry-heavy central plateau suffered the most, credit ratings agency Dun & Bradstreet said on Thursday evening. Bankruptcies in the region, which includes cantons Zurich, Thurgau and Bern, almost doubled. Of the 92 bankruptcies there last year, 67 of those were “real” insolvencies. A small part were categorised as bankruptcies due to changes in legislation.…

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