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Tetra Pak cuts more than 100 Swiss jobs

This content was published on Oct 12, 2005 The packaging company blamed a very competitive environment that was constantly and rapidly changing for what it described as the “drastic” measure, in a statement on Wednesday. Tetra Pak, which employs 241 at the site, said that 38 of those being made redundant would receive early retirement. It reported that a redundancy package would be…

Online survey unites people and politics

This content was published on Oct 12, 2005 The second “Swiss Perspective” online survey was launched on Wednesday and is intended to involve the populace more closely with the political process. Respondents will be able, until December 16, to give their opinion in German, French and Italian on topics such as equal rights, regional politics, family politics, economic growth and poverty. “There must…

Passion stirs award-winning chef

This content was published on Oct 12, 2005 He has just seen his restaurant awarded 19 out of 20 points by the respected GaultMillau guide – the first to achieve the feat in Switzerland for seven years. “In Switzerland, Europe, the world, there are excellent chefs – ten times more famous than me – but it’s not a question of being good on…

How a small country copes with huge disasters

This content was published on Oct 12, 2005 With the International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction on Wednesday, swissinfo looks at how well prepared Switzerland is for the worst. According to observers, Switzerland is by and large ready for major natural disasters. “Switzerland reacted quite quickly to the floods in August. There is real progress compared to the flooding of 1999,” a spokesman…

Swiss step up aid for quake victims

This content was published on Oct 11, 2005 The extra funds will be primarily used for purchases in the field. Money will also go towards a helicopter for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Switzerland has given SFr640,000 of the funding to the WFP to hire a helicopter to carry aid and materials to remote areas of the affected region, said Swiss…

Workplace noise causes widespread discomfort

This content was published on Oct 11, 2005 The Swiss Accident Insurance Fund (Suva) said on Tuesday that every year it encountered at least 600 serious cases of damaged hearing due to workplace noise. This makes deafness one of the most common work-based illnesses in the country. In total it costs the insurance industry around SFr8 million ($6.2 million) a year, Suva said…

Swiss drivers are soberer and safer

This content was published on Oct 11, 2005 Federal Statistics Office figures for the first six months of 2005 also show the total number of serious road accidents in Switzerland went down by 12 per cent to 2,316. During the same period, crashes caused by a driver under the influence of alcohol decreased by 26 per cent to 259. Road-safety measures introduced at…

Green cities offer vision for the future

This content was published on Oct 11, 2005 S-DEV Geneva 05, which gets underway on Tuesday, will examine what 25 “green” cities from around the world are doing to achieve sustainable urban development. According to the organisers, two-thirds of the world population – six billion people – will live in cities by 2050. This compares with half the global population in 2007 and…

Francioni takes over at Deutsche Börse

This content was published on Oct 10, 2005 Francioni, who was until recently chairman of the Swiss stock exchange (SWX) in Zurich, is to replace another Swiss, Werner Seifert, “at the earliest possible date”. Deutsche Börse said on Monday in a statement that its four-member supervisory board had confirmed the appointment, after nominating Francioni as the only candidate for the post a month…

Hexagon values Leica’s Swissness

This content was published on Oct 10, 2005 Ola Rollén also confirmed that Leica’s board would step down in November to be replaced by new directors appointed by Hexagon. Hexagon will also “think seriously” about delisting the measuring technology company from the Swiss stock exchange once it has accumulated enough shares. It currently holds 74 per cent of Leica’s shares but needs at…

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