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Unesco assesses geological ‘shrine’

This content was published on Oct 19, 2007 The Glarus Overthrust, a rock formation that provides unique insights into the formation of the Alps, is bidding to become Switzerland's eighth world heritage site.

Foreign trade booms

This content was published on Oct 18, 2007 Exports soared by 12.4 per cent to SFr146 billion ($125 billion), while imports rose by 11.9 per cent to SFr133.5 billion on the back of a healthy economy and weak Swiss franc, the customs office reported on Thursday. Switzerland’s SFr10 billion trade balance was 20 per cent higher than for the same period a year…

Wrestling for food

This content was published on Oct 18, 2007

Job cuts overshadow Novartis results

This content was published on Oct 18, 2007 The Basel-based company said it doubled its profit to $11.1 billion (SFr13.05 billion) in the first nine months of the year, but the result fell short of forecasts. The job cuts are expected to save the company $230 million annually. About 240 jobs will be axed in positions in headquarter functions at its US operation.…

Consensus sought for nuclear waste storage

This content was published on Oct 17, 2007 Switzerland is also planning to use deep geological repositories in the future, although the government still has some way to go to win the public’s hearts and minds. As climate change assumes ever-increasing importance to policymakers, nuclear power has re-emerged as a stronger candidate to supply Switzerland’s power needs. But the country’s existing power plants…

Swiss urged to take action on climate change

This content was published on Oct 16, 2007 Pachauri was speaking at a meeting in Switzerland on Tuesday. The Geneva-based IPCC and former United States Vice President Al Gore were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work on the environment last week. “Even though Switzerland is a small country, you have the technological resources, you have the financial resources and the human…

Studying how a broker’s brain works

This content was published on Oct 14, 2007 swissinfo talked to Bossaerts, a leading expert in neuroeconomics – the study of how we make financial choices – about his recent appointment as professor at the Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. The American, who also teaches at the prestigious California Institute of Technology (Caltech), says he is moving to Lausanne for the “excellent…

Work on Gotthard tunnel grinds to a halt

This content was published on Oct 13, 2007 However, constructors described the action as an unconstitutional blockade by the unions and said not one worker had gone on strike. Industrial action began on the New Railway Links through the Alps (NRLA) at 8pm on Friday when, according to the Unia, Syna and OCST unions, workers on the late shift in the sites of…

Researchers try to defuse African time bomb

This content was published on Oct 12, 2007 The threat in the Lake Kivu area comes from billions of cubic metres of gas dissolved deep underwater that could kill large numbers of people if it were to escape. The aim of the Rwandan government project is to extract methane from the lake, which straddles the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo, to…

“The Truth” earns Gore Nobel Peace Prize

This content was published on Oct 12, 2007 Swiss climate researchers have hailed the decision, saying it is also a recognition of their work and that it will boost efforts to combat global warming. Gore and the IPCC were honoured on Friday for their efforts to build up and disseminate knowledge about man-made climate change and to lay the foundations for fighting it.…

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