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Bern and Brussels agree to disagree

This content was published on Nov 30, 2006 Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey and EU Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner decided on Thursday that solutions had to be found at the political and judicial levels. Talks in Brussels – described as “pleasant and constructive” – ended with a declaration of the two sides’ different positions. Privileges offered to companies by some cantons…

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Scientists identify weak link in cancer cells

This content was published on Nov 29, 2006 Those behind the discovery say it should lead to the development of new “inhibitor” drugs, but warn that it could be 15-30 years before they are available. The research, published in this week’s Nature magazine, was carried out by a team led by Thanos Halazonetis, professor of molecular biology at Geneva University. The team studied…

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Swiss economy hears mixed messages

This content was published on Nov 29, 2006 But Zurich’s Institute for Business Cycle Research (KOF) reported on Wednesday that business expectations are steadily falling. The Swiss National Bank said it would continue to raise interest rates. The OECD raised Switzerland’s 2006 gross domestic product (GDP) growth prediction to three per cent from the 2.4 per cent forecast in May. The rate of…

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Committee contests single health insurance

This content was published on Nov 28, 2006 Voters will decide on the plan supported by centre-left political parties in a nationwide ballot next March. A cross-party committee of parliamentarians said the initiative created more problems than it was able to resolve. They said a single health insurance company would trigger higher premiums and also lead to dramatic tax increases. The people’s initiative…

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Getting cargo through the alpine bottleneck

This content was published on Nov 28, 2006 Part of this strategy has been to combine rail and road transport, but the message is not getting through to hauliers, who are still putting more trucks on the road. Switzerland is the European champion when it comes to rail transport. In 2005, nearly two thirds of cargo in transit travelled by rail. In Austria,…

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Green group wants action over alpine traffic

This content was published on Nov 27, 2006 A leading environmental group has warned it will file a legal complaint if the government doesn’t take action. The non-governmental Alpine Initiative group on Monday handed in a petition calling for increased efforts to bring down the number of trucks from more than 1.2 million to 650,000 by 2009. It said the 40,000 signatures it…

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Postal workers stage wave of protests

This content was published on Nov 27, 2006 The demonstrations in three cities across the country come ahead of a new round of negotiations next month. Trade union leaders said they would not give up their industrial action until they won assurances from the management that nobody would lose their jobs or have to accept salary cuts. In October Swiss Post announced it…

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Digger D-2 gets the all-clear for Sudan mission

This content was published on Nov 27, 2006 After six months’ testing in Sudan, the Digger D-2 has won official approval from the United Nations to be deployed in clearing Sudanese mine fields. The news is a suitable reward for the engineers in the town of Tavannes who have worked for the past eight years to develop cost-effective, high quality mine clearance tools.…

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