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Calmy-Rey discusses cooperation in Tajikistan

This content was published on Oct 6, 2009 On Tuesday she discussed bilateral cooperation with her Tajik counterpart, Hamrokhon Zarifi, in Dushanbe. One subject of particular importance is water management in the Fergana Valley, which the former Soviet Central Asian state shares with Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan. Switzerland hopes that by helping to make more rational use of the valley’s water resources it will…

Out of steppe

This content was published on Oct 6, 2009 However, overgrazing since the end of the Soviet Union has resulted in desertification. The livestock crisis is equally serious – and it all has little to do with climate change… (Images: Christa Wüthrich)

Another US citizen cites UBS over tax evasion

This content was published on Oct 6, 2009 He was accused in the US of filing a false tax return, omitting that he had an interest in or control over accounts at UBS, as well as failing to report income from the accounts, according to the US Justice Department. The case is seen as another step by US authorities in pursuing Americans who…

Swiss economy “doing relatively well”

This content was published on Oct 6, 2009 Speaking at a presentation of the IMF’s latest European forecast in Zurich, Luc Everaert said this was surprising given the importance of the financial sector to the Swiss economy. However, overall Europe’s recovery will be slow. Everaert, assistant director of the European Union policies and regional studies division at the Washington-based IMF, is no stranger…

Telecoms industry weathers financial storm

This content was published on Oct 5, 2009 The 90-page study was presented on Monday at the opening of the weeklong Telecom World trade fair, which the ITU is hosting at the Palexpo exhibition centre in Geneva. According to the report’s authors, the financial crisis has failed to dent demand for information and communication technology (ICT) services, with the mobile and satellite sectors…

Retirement home workers charged

This content was published on Oct 5, 2009 The prosecution said on Monday they were seeking sentences and fines for four former staff at the home in Entlisberg in canton Zurich accused of violating the pensioners’ privacy. A fifth former employee who photographed a sleeping resident has already been ordered to pay a fine of SFr500 ($485) and SFr1,500 in lieu of a…

Middle East tourist dip adds to hotel slump

This content was published on Oct 5, 2009 The overall number of overnight stays by foreign visitors fell 4.5 per cent to 2.5 million in August, according to figures released by the Federal Statistics Office on Monday. It is the fourth consecutive monthly decline. Year-on-year overnight stays by visitors from the Gulf states fell by 39 per cent to 56,000. In Geneva alone,…

Breaking records like clockwork

This content was published on Oct 5, 2009 “It has pretty much all the complications that you can imagine for a mechanical watch,” says Jean-Michael Piguet, deputy curator of the International Watchmaking Museum in La Chaux-de-Fonds, a Swiss town near the French border. The Calibre 89 was designed to celebrate the watchmaker’s 150th anniversary in 1989. It is an example of Swiss watchmaking…

Kudelski makes second bid for US software group

This content was published on Oct 5, 2009 Kudelski launched on Monday an all-cash tender offer to shareholders in the San Francisco-based company of $1.55 (SFr1.60) per share for the 108 million shares it does not already own. The deal values OpenTV at $215 million and follows the rejection of Kudeliski’s February 2009 offer of $1.35 per share, which was viewed by OpenTV’s…

“Ardi” skeleton sheds light on common ancestor

This content was published on Oct 5, 2009 At 4.4 million years old, Ardi, or Ardipithecus ramidus, is one of our oldest ancestors from Africa; she also plays a vital role in understanding how both humans and the great apes have developed. According to extensive research published in the latest edition of the journal Science, Ardi was an adult female weighing 50 kilograms…

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