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Glacier Express

This content was published on Oct 21, 2005 The train journey through the magnificent high mountain landscape between the Valais region and the Engadine valley enjoys enduring popularity. The Glacier Express is celebrating its 75th birthday in 2005. Historic photographs from the first half of the 20th century illustrate a book by Paul Caminada and Peter Pfeiffer documenting the period before panorama trains…

Deiss satisfied with Russian economic talks

This content was published on Oct 20, 2005 Deiss said the two countries wanted to build up economic relations. “Both countries will profit from more cooperation,” he said at the end of his visit to Moscow on Friday. Deiss said the status of Yevgeny Adamov, the former Russian nuclear energy minister currently held in a Swiss jail, was not discussed and the issue…

Swiss among Hurricane Wilma evacuees

This content was published on Oct 20, 2005 The storm, which has been downgraded to Category 4, hit Caribbean coastal resorts on Friday. Evacuations have been taking place from the hotels in Mexico’s holiday resort of Cancun. Among them are around 60 Swiss, said Swiss tour operators on Thursday. The evacuees are taking shelter in school buildings. Hurricane Wilma has strong winds and…

Rise in retirement age inevitable say experts

This content was published on Oct 20, 2005 In a report released on Thursday, it said that the falling birth rate and increased life expectancy meant that the “dogma” of pensions at age 65 would have to be abandoned. Committee president Gebhard Kirchgässner, a professor at St Gallen University, said that population changes were “dramatic”. The low birth rate and rising life expectancy…

Experts predict economy rise but no more jobs

This content was published on Oct 20, 2005 Export trade will compensate for a relatively weak domestic demand. But they warned that the effects of any improvement would only be seen on the employment market in 2007. The institute said on Thursday that it expected a rise of 1.5 per cent in gross domestic product (GDP) for 2005. This should rise to two…

Campaign calls for filters on diesel vehicles

This content was published on Oct 20, 2005 In Switzerland, up to 4,000 deaths per year are attributed to exposure to fine particles in the air from diesel exhaust fumes. The campaigners have sought legal advice on the issue and claim that a general filter requirement could be introduced easily and rapidly. They want all new diesel vehicles imported into Switzerland to be…

Voters go to polls armed with mobile phones

This content was published on Oct 20, 2005 The Bülach vote will be followed by similar ballots in two other communities, after which the federal authorities will decide whether to roll out text voting throughout the country. The residents of Bülach in canton Zurich are casting text, internet, postal and ballot box votes on proposals to introduce a 30kmph speed restriction for vehicles.…

Lid lifted on organic milk

This content was published on Oct 19, 2005 What’s more, they say, this type of dairy farming may be detrimental to the health of cattle. The findings could have implications for Switzerland’s growing organic food sector, which is worth more than a billion francs a year. Bio Suisse, the Swiss umbrella group for organic organisations, dismissed the findings of the report, which was…

Deiss visit tests Swiss-Russian relations

This content was published on Oct 19, 2005 The status of Yevgeny Adamov, the Russian former nuclear energy minister currently held in a Swiss jail, is a black cloud over Swiss-Russian relations. Russia, as trade representatives never fail to remind us, is a country with great potential. Thanks to the high price of oil the economy is booming and incomes are rising. The…

Swiss farmers threaten a milk strike

This content was published on Oct 18, 2005 Critics blamed the “dramatic situation” of milk producers on farmers’ representatives, saying they no longer had the courage to defend their members. Martin Haab, from the farmers’ interest group BIG-M, on Tuesday demanded on behalf of milk producers in 11 European countries that the producers’ milk price be almost doubled to SFr1.11. If this demand…

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