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Nespresso drinks to 20 years

This content was published on Nov 21, 2006 The company, one of the fastest-growing businesses of the Swiss food giant Nestlé, has an annual growth of 30 per cent and is expecting a turnover of more than SFr1 billion ($810 million) by 2007. Nespresso is an attempt by Nestlé to turn Italian coffee culture into a well-packaged Swiss concept, offering small sealed “Grand…

Organisers whet nation’s Euro 2008 appetite

This content was published on Nov 20, 2006 More than 100 representatives from towns across Switzerland came to a Federal Sports Office workshop in canton Bern on Monday to hear about the planned projects and initiatives. The organisers of the quadrennial competition, which will take place from June 7-29 2008 in four Swiss and four Austrian stadia, said the aim was to whip…

Actelion buys US biotech firm CoTherix

This content was published on Nov 20, 2006 CoTherix currently markets Ventavis, the only approved inhaled therapy for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in the United States. Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a potentially fatal disease where the blood pressure increases in the arteries between the heart and lungs. The takeover, which has been endorsed by CoTherix’s board, is still subject to regulatory…

Swiss design in Big Apple spans generations

This content was published on Nov 20, 2006 Ammann, who spent most of his career in the United States, has been widely hailed as one of the most important bridge builders of the 20th century. One of the Big Apple’s landmarks, the George Washington Bridge (GWB) spans the Hudson River from New York City to New Jersey. When it opened in 1931, it…

Children take to the streets for charity

This content was published on Nov 20, 2006 By doing odd jobs in the street, they are raising money for the Terre des hommes child relief foundation and showing solidarity with those less fortunate in the developing world. About 4,600 children from around Switzerland are taking part in a number of activities that mirror what their contemporaries do every day in for example…

Male workers ponder part-time working

This content was published on Nov 19, 2006 However, fathers still find it more difficult or are unwilling to persuade employers to allow them to spend time away from the office, particularly as they hold the majority of senior posts in Switzerland. Official government figures reveal that 12 per cent more men took up such positions in the second quarter of this year…

Eastern Europe cooperation is “exemplary”

This content was published on Nov 19, 2006 Hugo Bruggmann, head of cohesion at the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco), emphasised the positive results achieved to date in helping the former Eastern-bloc countries to democratise and develop. On November 26, the Swiss people will vote on a revision of the federal law on cooperation with eastern Europe. If the revised law is…

Closure of Mystery Park is no enigma

This content was published on Nov 19, 2006 They argue that the main reasons for the closure are the static nature of the exhibition, the slow involvement of local tourism and the stock exchange decline between 2001 and 2003. “Mystery Park needs extraterrestrial saviour” and “Career dreamer Erich von Däniken pulls back” were just two of the sarcastic headlines journalists made in a…

Olive harvest

This content was published on Nov 18, 2006

Institute plans to study tiny creations

This content was published on Nov 17, 2006 Funded by the university, the Swiss government and canton Aargau, the institute will focus both on future developments as well as the safe use of nanotechnology. “We already have a long tradition of nanoscience in Basel, doing basic research. But with financial help from canton Aargau we can now focus on applied research as well…

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