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Winter resorts cash in on snowfall

This content was published on Jan 4, 2006 Resort managers say better snow conditions and an improved economy have contributed to bringing tourists back on the slopes. Good weather and white ski runs meant that villages in the Bernese Oberland were looking at much better results for the latest Christmas break compared with the same period a year ago. Resorts including Grindelwald, Gstaad,…

Panalpina loses CEO after accounting blunders

This content was published on Jan 4, 2006 Business experts say that this resignation is unusual in Switzerland, where bosses rarely leave the ship even if employees have made blunders. The announcement sent the share price falling by 8.6 per cent in early trading at the bourse on Wednesday to SFr95 from Tuesday’s close of SFr103.90. The actions of the manager led to…

Race against time to help quake victims

This content was published on Jan 3, 2006 The onset of bad weather has cut off roads and grounded helicopters with hundreds of thousands of people still without basic provisions or shelter as winter starts to bite. The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) says that aid has reached communities living at higher altitudes in the nick of time. But Edwin Brunner,…

New rules aim to stem rising poverty

This content was published on Jan 3, 2006 The authorities say common guidelines introduced last year in an attempt to re-integrate welfare recipients into society and the labour market have been successful. But they argue that much still needs to be done. Those people who find some form of paid work can benefit from an additional payment, while the basic welfare payout has…

IBM laboratory glimpses the future

This content was published on Jan 3, 2006 The centre has been conducting breakthrough research for nearly 50 years, with a high point in the 1980s when its in-house scientists received Nobel prizes. It was in 1956 that IBM decided to set up shop in Rüschlikon, a short train ride away from the city. Nestled in a residential area a few minutes from…

Firms look to retain their older employees

This content was published on Jan 3, 2006 The Tages-Anzeiger newspaper of Zurich says research shows firms including ABB Switzerland are seeking to address an anticipated future shortage in the labour market. In ten years’ time children of the baby-boom generation of the 1950s will reach retirement age. The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) believes that from that point the working population…

Ukrainian gas crisis bypasses Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 2, 2006 Unlike many European countries, Switzerland did not report a fall in deliveries after Russian supplier Gazprom cut off shipments to Ukraine on Sunday. Gazprom turned the tap off after Kiev and Moscow failed to negotiate an agreement on new gas prices by January 1. The Ukrainians refuse to pay four times more than what they…

After-school care is a tale of two cities

This content was published on Jan 2, 2006 It offers out-of-hours care in nearly every school district and plans to roll out more over the next year. Day schools in many European countries commonly conjure up images of nine-to-four days for children, where they are fed, watered and educated. Not so in Switzerland, where the norm is closer to being in school for…

Children content in after-school centre

This content was published on Jan 2, 2006 It’s 11 o’clock and a handful of children from the first grade are playing in the cold November sun waiting to be picked up from school. One group is on the climbing frame, another digging holes in the dirt. Davide is among them, a small dark-haired boy, who’s just started school. A bell rings, marking…

Swiss face new year with confidence

This content was published on Jan 1, 2006 But while 78 per cent expect either no change or an improvement in their own situation, a majority fear an increase in international conflicts and labour disputes. The Gallup International poll surveyed 52,000 people across the world, including more than 1,000 people in Switzerland. According to the findings, published in the SonntagsBlick newspaper, the Swiss…

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