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“Children are not objects”

This content was published on Jun 22, 2005 Jean Zermatten, who founded the Sion-based International Institute for the Rights of the Child, also told swissinfo that one of his goals was to help eradicate child labour around the world. Zermatten was born in the Swiss city of Sion in 1948 and spent more than three decades working as a juvenile-court judge. The 57-year-old…

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Switzerland backs G8 debt deal

This content was published on Jun 21, 2005 The landmark deal was approved by G8 finance ministers earlier this month and is expected to cost Switzerland around SFr30 million ($23 million) a year. “It is a key element in the fight against poverty, but it is not the only one,” said Serge Chappatte, deputy director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation…

Swiss hide their wealth under a bushel

This content was published on Jun 21, 2005 In percentage terms, the number translates into well over two per cent of the population with personal assets (excluding primary residential property) worth at least SFr1.2 million. However, the study also highlights an interesting social paradox. If the mainstream media are a good guide to what people really think, then “excessive” management salaries are one…

Young leaders gather with 2020 vision

This content was published on Jun 21, 2005 The four-day summit of brainstorming and networking – hosted by the World Economic Forum (WEF) – will focus on formulating a vision for the world in 2020. “If youth knew; if age could.” The WEF aims to “synergise” Freud’s aphorism by bringing together every year around 250 leading entrepreneurs, scientists, artists, journalists, economists, politicians and…

Unions launch flexible retirement initiative

This content was published on Jun 21, 2005 The text of the initiative was published on Tuesday. The federation now has until December 2006 to gather the 100,000 signatures needed. The retirement age for men currently stands at 65, with women entitled to draw an old-age pension from 64. The government is concerned that the state old-age pension scheme will eventually collapse as…

Telecoms operators prepare for next big battle

This content was published on Jun 21, 2005 However, some observers say the battle over access to the copper-cable infrastructure connecting households to the nearest exchange distracts attention from the real issues of the future. In an interview with swissinfo, Professor Matthias Finger of Lausanne’s Federal Institute of Technology says the debate over “unbundling” the last mile is “outdated” and “backward-looking”. Finger, who…

Transplant investigation sparks medical debate

This content was published on Jun 20, 2005 Rosmarie Voser died in April last year after surgeons at Zurich University Hospital gave her an incompatible heart. Investigators are looking into whether Marko Turina, the surgeon in charge of Voser’s operation, knowingly tried to rewrite medical textbooks by giving her an organ which was likely to be rejected by her immune system. Turina has…

Industrial motor starts to splutter

This content was published on Jun 20, 2005 For the first time in almost two years, production fell by 0.3 per cent and orders by 1.5 per cent. Orders to industry are considered an indicator of future industrial production. The figures of the first quarter 2005 show a slight slowdown in Swiss industry, said the Federal Statistics Office in a statement on Monday.…

Swiss drivers welcome new alcohol limit

This content was published on Jun 20, 2005 What’s more, since the limit was reduced from 0.8 milligrams on January 1, the number of road deaths and injuries in which alcohol was a factor has decreased. The study questioned 1,251 Swiss drivers and non-drivers last month. It was carried out on behalf of the Institute for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Addiction,…

Employers demand free movement of labour

This content was published on Jun 17, 2005 The association’s president, Rudolf Stämpfli, said on Friday that voters should realise that the extension of an accord with the EU would have beneficial effects for the Swiss economy. Speaking on Employers’ Day in Bern, Stämpfli added that voting “no” could lead to the collapse of all the bilateral accords negotiated with the EU in…

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