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UN rapporteur calls for biofuel moratorium

This content was published on Oct 11, 2007 Switzerland’s Jean Ziegler said the conversion of arable land for plants used for green fuel had led to an explosion of agricultural prices which was punishing poor countries forced to import their food at a greater cost. “232kg of corn is needed to make 50 litres of bioethanol,” Ziegler said on Thursday. “A child could…

Sport has more economic impact than perceived

This content was published on Oct 11, 2007 With 80,300 people working in the branch, it has more employees than in the chemical and pharmaceutical, watchmaking or insurance industries. Presented in Bern on Thursday, the report says sport’s importance is often underestimated because it is linked with other parts of the economy. “Sport is not just a lifestyle but is an indispensable economic…

World’s oldest Sauropod footprints uncovered

This content was published on Oct 10, 2007 The find on a rocky, almost vertical mountainside in the southeastern Swiss Alps, is also much older than the similar track discoveries in the Jura mountain range in the west of the country. The Sauropod footprints were first spotted a year ago on Tinzenhorn mountain in the Ela nature park by the schoolteacher and amateur…

New climate centre boosts Bern’s credentials

This content was published on Oct 9, 2007 The Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research aims to encourage a multidisciplinary approach to the study of climate change and its consequences for the environment and society. “With the [new] centre, we want to further strengthen those areas in which we are already doing top international research,” Bern geography professor Martin Grosjean told swissinfo. They…

Welfare state expert wins top science prize

This content was published on Oct 9, 2007 But 39-year-old Giuliano Bonoli, a professor of social policy at Lausanne University, tells swissinfo these systems should not be dismantled. The Latsis award, worth SFr100,000 ($79,000), is one of the most renowned research accolades in Switzerland and is presented each year by the National Science Foundation. It honours the outstanding scientific achievements of a researcher…

Obituaries for letters are premature

This content was published on Oct 9, 2007 With mail traffic decreasing, the Bern-based organisation – a specialised agency of the United Nations – warns that postal services around the world have to adapt and embrace new forms of communication. Since 2000 both domestic and international letter-post volumes have spiralled downwards, a trend that some experts say will continue into 2008. Between 2000…

Anonymous job seekers defy discrimination

This content was published on Oct 8, 2007 Applicants with foreign names or who come from another country are less likely to be offered interviews, official data shows. The project’s founders hope it will stem a “social time bomb” of youth unemployment. The Swiss Association of Commercial Employees launched the “Smart Selection” scheme on Monday with the aim of giving everyone a fair…

Young chef finds the recipe to reach the top

This content was published on Oct 8, 2007 Aged 30 and hailing from canton Grabünden, Caminada is the youngest person to have been awarded the title by the food-lovers guide. In its Swiss edition for 2008 presented on Monday, Gault Millau gave Caminada 18 out of a possible 20 points for his cuisine at the castle restaurant, which seats just 24 guests. The…

Skype gives Swiss investigators a headache

This content was published on Oct 8, 2007 Investigators are currently pursuing dozens of drug-related cases where Skype has been used for communications purposes. But the firm is keeping quiet over the issue. Skype software lets computer users talk to each other for free and make cheap calls to mobiles and landlines. But unlike other voice-over-internet services, its calls are heavily encrypted using…

Swiss women losing out in the workplace

This content was published on Oct 8, 2007 Management consultant Sonja A. Buholzer explains to swissinfo where the shortcomings are and what is at stake. The latest figures on workforce participation published by the Federal Statistics Office show once again that Switzerland is successful at attracting people into work. In comparison with the European Union and the other industrialised countries, Swiss women are…

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