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“Significant” deal reached in Copenhagen

This content was published on Dec 18, 2009 No country was “entirely satisfied” with deal but the official called it “a meaningful and historic step forward and a foundation from which to make further progress”. The deal was not enough to combat climate change but was an important first step, the official added. All eyes have been on the Danish capital as negotiations…

LHC goes into winter hibernation

This content was published on Dec 18, 2009 The European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) said in a statement that the LHC’s “short technical stop” was needed to prepare for higher energy collisions and the start of the main research programme. The LHC circulated its first particle beams since its restart on November 20, and the first collisions were recorded on November 23.…

UBS clients appeal data sharing with US

This content was published on Dec 18, 2009 An avalanche of new appeals is expected in the coming weeks, as 500 cases regarding requests for judicial assistance from the US authorities were processed by the Swiss tax office by the end of November and those informed of the decision have 30 days to appeal. The 30-day limit has been interrupted by the Christmas…

Economy to pick up modestly in 2010

This content was published on Dec 18, 2009 In a report issued on Friday, KOF, which is part of the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, said Swiss GDP reached its nadir in mid-2009. In comparison with the previous year, the economy is expected to shrink by 2.9 per cent in 2009. KOF said the final figure for this year was an upward…

Swiss pushes issue of climate refugees

This content was published on Dec 18, 2009 The United Nation’s representative for internally displaced persons and professor of law at Bern University sees no alternative, adding that whatever the outcome in the Danish capital, an agreement must be reached in the long term. On Friday world leaders attempted a final push to agree a new global climate pact. Finding money to help…

The secret of a Swiss sweet success

This content was published on Dec 18, 2009 The company which makes them, Kägi Söhne, is still based in Lichtensteig, a small village in northern Switzerland, where Otto Kägi first set up a bakery 75 years ago. swissinfo.ch went to the factory to take a look. Lichtensteig lies deep in the rolling Toggenburg countryside, not far from the abbey city of St Gallen.…

Swiss offer more to combat climate change

This content was published on Dec 17, 2009 This would be in addition to the SFr80 million already pledged by Bern. Leuenberger, who symbolically travelled to the Copenhagen climate conference in Denmark by train, said the financing would depend on the results of the conference and money pledged by other states. He added that he did not wish to speculate on any agreement…

Excess swine flu doses could be sold on

This content was published on Dec 17, 2009 There were 900 confirmed cases of H1N1 last week, the Federal Health Office said on Thursday – around 700 fewer than the previous week and 1,400 fewer than a month ago. The infection trend among people under 30 was clearly going down but among those aged 30-64 it continued to increase slightly, officials said, adding…

Rome extends amnesty for tax cheaters

This content was published on Dec 17, 2009 It is also increasing the fee to be paid on repatriated assets to six per cent, from the five per cent imposed under the “scudo III” amnesty, which ended on December 15 and was seen as hitting Swiss banks in the southern canton of Ticino. According to reports, assets worth more than €100 billion (SFr150.5…

First in vivo baby sees light of day

This content was published on Dec 16, 2009 They hope their new “more natural” assisted reproduction technique will help young couples struggling with the growing infertility “epidemic” – one out of six couples in Switzerland. “It’s a world first,” declared medical specialist Pascal Mock, the inventor of the new technology. “This is the first time a baby has been born after in vivo…

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