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Swiss help to break down eastern bloc barriers

This content was published on Nov 28, 2007 Ten countries joined the European Union in 2004, seven of them former members of the Soviet-dominated eastern European trading bloc. Over the next ten years they will receive a total of SFr1 billion ($895 million) from Switzerland. The collapse of the old system left eastern Europe with a legacy of out-dated production facilities and wide-scale…

Largest-ever donation made to Swiss university

This content was published on Nov 28, 2007 The largest-ever private donation to a Swiss university will partly be used to set up an institute of nanomaterials. The 83-year-old, who graduated from the university in the 1940s, said he wanted to “give something back to Fribourg”. The Adolphe Merkle Institute will be attached to the faculty of sciences at the university. It will…

IT skills shortage reaches alarming levels

This content was published on Nov 27, 2007 The number of young people opting to study IT at a higher education level has dropped by more than half since 2001. In the coming years there will not be enough new IT professionals to fill the vacancies left by retiring staff, observers warn. In an effort to address the problem, various players in the…

Swiss and Japanese explore future trade ties

This content was published on Nov 27, 2007 With themes such as the environment and innovation, the head of the Swiss delegation, Ambassador Luzius Wasescha, tells swissinfo the talks in the town of Thun are breaking new ground. Launched at the beginning of 2007, the trade negotiations should be completed in the second half of next year. If they succeed, they will result…

Onions galore

This content was published on Nov 26, 2007

Zurich votes on airport restrictions

This content was published on Nov 24, 2007 Zurich’s runways handled over 260,000 takeoffs and landings last year but that number could increase to 450,000 by 2030 to meet growing demand. Critics are warning that restrictions could cost the economy billions. Many residents under flight paths complain their quality of life is damaged by air traffic. This was made worse in October 2003…

Böhm picks up Balzan Prize in Switzerland

This content was published on Nov 23, 2007 Böhm, who has championed the cause of the poor in Ethiopia since 1981, received his parchment award from Swiss Interior Minister Pascal Couchepin. The prize was awarded to Böhm “for his life’s work serving humanity and peace, for his extraordinary personal commitment, for the successful, outstanding network of activities he has created to support concrete…

Ancient trees stir modern passions

This content was published on Nov 23, 2007 If it proves to be as old as thought, the tree in the Goms Valley would have first cast down its roots at the end of Roman times. But whatever the outcome, public interest in the discovery shows that ancient trees continue to fascinate. Drills, wood samples, and huge slices of tree trunks adorn the…

copy of: UBS shakes up management after credit losses

This content was published on Nov 23, 2007 The world’s largest wealth manager swept out senior managers and announced it would cut 1,500 jobs in its investment bank as it became one of the biggest casualties so far of turmoil in global credit markets. The third-quarter losses of up to SFr800 million ($685 million) are mostly linked to the subprime mortgage crisis in…

Schwyzerörgeli-Grossformation Simmental-Saanenland. 25 Jahre.

This content was published on Nov 23, 2007

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