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Shuttle will return to space “by end of year”

This content was published on Aug 9, 2005 In an interview with swissinfo, Claude Nicollier said he expected the next shuttle to blast off before the end of the year. Astronauts aboard Discovery touched down 24 hours late, after bad weather forced the United States space agency, Nasa, to reschedule the return flight. The landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California marked…

“Last chance” for US free-trade deal

This content was published on Aug 8, 2005 The two countries start exploratory discussions this autumn, but the thorny issue of agricultural subsidies must be overcome by the cut-off date for signing the deal in June 2007. Martin Naville, head of the Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, fears that Switzerland may lose out to the European Union if it fails to take advantage of…

Trade unions demand real salary increases

This content was published on Aug 8, 2005 Employers have reacted warily to the demands, which they say could put companies under more pressure as they attempt to cut spending and stay competitive. Union leaders claimed on Monday in Bern that this year’s wage talks were important both for political and for economic reasons. Federation president Paul Rechsteiner said that economic growth in…

Number of jobless drops further

This content was published on Aug 8, 2005 The jobless rate was cut from 3.6 to 3.5 per cent at the end of July, while the number of people seeking work also fell slightly. At the end of last month, 139,902 people were registered with local unemployment offices, 759 fewer than in June. The number of job-seekers nationwide dropped to 208,300, nearly 2,000…

Shuttle woes threaten future of space station

This content was published on Aug 6, 2005 Pascal Vinard, the country’s permanent delegate to the European Space Agency (ESA), told swissinfo that the latest setback also meant the Hubble space telescope was unlikely to be saved. The space shuttle Discovery, which took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 26, is due to return to Earth on Tuesday, a…

WTO denies it wants to destroy Swiss farming

This content was published on Aug 6, 2005 In order to unblock the stalled Doha Round of trade-liberalisation negotiations, he does not intend to separate the agriculture dossier from other, less problematic, ones. “No one is going to force Switzerland to undertake devastating agricultural reforms,” Panitchpakdi said in an interview with the Geneva newspaper Le Temps on Saturday. He said it was acceptable…

Park bears the cost of bear hysteria

This content was published on Aug 5, 2005 Officials in canton Graubünden are hoping to avoid any trouble between the hordes of tourists coming to the Swiss Alps to see the bear and the area’s new furry visitor. The bear, the first to be seen in Switzerland for more than 100 years, was first spotted in the Swiss National Park in the east…

Mental-health study slammed for using children

This content was published on Aug 5, 2005 Criticism of the project has also come from a member of a Swiss government ethics advisory committee. However, the National Science Foundation has defended its decision to support the project, saying it is too early to judge the research methods. Citing legal and ethical grounds, the Basel Campaign Against Gene Technology has harshly criticised the…

Rightwing demo puts extremists in spotlight

This content was published on Aug 5, 2005 But an expert on extremist activities in Switzerland has played down reports that an increasing number of women are joining far-right groups. Hans Stutz’s comments come after police and observers said many more women than in previous years were among the militants who disrupted the Swiss president’s National Day speech on the Rütli meadow. According…

Swiss toy magnetises the world

This content was published on Aug 4, 2005 Even in China, big bucks are being forked out for Ticino-based Geomag’s pricey new toy. Essentially the game, also called “Geomag”, is something like a magnetised Lego with a few basic pieces. A nickel-plated steel sphere, a plastic rod with two permanent magnets at each end, and a steel plug positioned between the two magnets…

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