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Big holes appear in Emmental exports

This content was published on Aug 23, 2006 The holey cheese, known as Swiss cheese in North America, is not only suffering from the consequences of a more liberalised domestic market, but also from large-scale foreign competition. According to figures published by the Swiss Cheese Organisation earlier this month, following a small downturn in 2005, exports of Emmental dropped by 14.5 per cent…

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Breeding problems may silence rare dog’s bark

This content was published on Aug 23, 2006 The indigenous Swiss animal, also known as the Appenzell Cattle or Mountain Dog, has been used in the herding of cattle in the eastern canton for 500 years. According to the Appenzell Sennenhund Club, the dog was first described in a book, “Animal Life in the Alps” in 1853: “[It’s] a loud barking, short-haired, medium…

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Nestlé reports a strong start to the year

This content was published on Aug 23, 2006 The world’s largest food company said on Wednesday results were largely due to good performances in its food, beverage and nutrition businesses, which grew by six per cent over the first six months. Nestlé said that sales had risen by 11 per cent to SFr47.138 billion as a result of growth in these particular sectors.…

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Disaster insurance coverage expected to rise

This content was published on Aug 22, 2006 But the fourfold increase of the maximum payout would lead to higher premiums. The move was prompted by devastating floods that hit several Swiss cantons last August and led to private insurance claims totalling SFr1.3 billion. “Last year’s events proved the payout limit was too low,” said Beat Krieger on Tuesday. The spokesman for the…

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Road accidents pursue a downward trend

This content was published on Aug 22, 2006 The Swiss Council for Accident Prevention said on Tuesday that the number killed due to drivers under the influence of alcohol and to speeding, the two main causes of road accidents, had fallen by 38 and 35 per cent respectively. According to the survey, which was carried out among cantonal police authorities, the number of…

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Kuoni posts sizeable jump in profit

This content was published on Aug 22, 2006 The group’s positive half-year results follow news of the resignation on Monday of Andreas Schmid from his position as group chairman. Kuoni managed to turn around a net loss of SFr7.2 million in the first half of last year to present a profit of SFr8.1million in the first six months of 2006. The group generated…

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Swiss help preserve footprints of time

This content was published on Aug 20, 2006 But Cal Orck’o, as it is known locally, is under threat from erosion. To secure the endangered site the Bolivian government has called upon Swiss expertise. “It surpasses anything I’ve ever seen,” said palaeontologist Christian Meyer, the director of Basel’s Natural History Museum, who led the first team of scientists to map the site in…

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Government is “unreliable” education partner

This content was published on Aug 20, 2006 Isabelle Chassot, who took over as president of the Swiss Conference of Cantonal Ministers of Education on July 1, describes some of the main challenges facing the country’s education system. Earlier this year, voters said yes to a constitutional amendment on education, which does not infringe on the 26 canton’s autonomy in education matters but…

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Mad cow research to continue

This content was published on Aug 19, 2006 Adriano Aguzzi, director of the Institute of Neuropathology at Zurich University, says research will now focus on preventing human-to-human transmission of BSE (bovine spongiform encephalitis). Aguzzi headed research five years ago which discovered how prions – the infectious agents believed to cause BSE and its human equivalent, new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease – reach the brain.…

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