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Feeding the poor in richest Swiss region

This content was published on May 31, 2005 This is in Switzerland’s most affluent region, based on per capita income, but still there are pockets of poverty. The people in the queue watch millionaires’ yachts bobbing in the nearby lake, as they wait for their numbers to be called. It’s like a lottery. They never know what they will be taking home with…

Young people face unwelcoming job market

This content was published on May 31, 2005 The business graduate spoke to swissinfo as a one-day symposium was held in Bern to discuss youth joblessness. Clerc has everything necessary for success: a diploma, good professional training and a “neat appearance” – as required by the classified adverts. But there have only been four such adverts since she started looking for work. “So…

Calls for obligatory diesel filters increase

This content was published on May 31, 2005 Official statistics show that particle pollution accounts for 3,700 deaths in Switzerland a year. The call comes as parliament is due to debate a proposal to suspend the compulsory installation of diesel filters in construction machinery – a regulation that has been in force since 2003. “Fine particles and especially carcinogenic diesel soot in urban…

Space agency marks 30 years since lift-off

This content was published on May 30, 2005 Switzerland was one of the founding members of the ESA, which was established on May 31, 1975, to advance the cause of European space research. The Paris-based ESA sent its first satellite into orbit in 1975 and over the past three decades has made it its mission to develop and coordinate space programmes in Europe.…

Animal rights and spending cuts high on agenda

This content was published on May 30, 2005 The Senate will also discuss the future of swissinfo and respond to a proposal demanding the maintenance of the nine-language news platform. The public spending cuts programme has already been discussed by the Senate in the spring session and is set to reduce the strain on the federal budget by around SFr2 billion ($1.6 billion)…

Anti-smoking measures gather pace

This content was published on May 28, 2005 A competition has been launched to encourage smokers – particularly parents – to kick the habit, and a nationwide campaign is targeting passive smoking. The contest, an annual event to coincide with No Tobacco Day, is being run by the Swiss Association for Smoking Prevention. Smokers are encouraged to give up smoking for a month…

Switzerland is a nation of volunteers

This content was published on May 28, 2005 And nearly as many people provide unpaid services, including looking after children, helping out the neighbours and providing transport. Figures taken from The Swiss Labour Force Survey 2004, published by the Federal Statistics Office, show that 1.5 million people regularly do volunteer work in Switzerland. A typical volunteer is described as between 40 and 54-years-old,…

Middle Ages charm crowds in Zurich

This content was published on May 28, 2005 But the year is 2005 and conjuring up past eras in Zurich was the triennial Medieval Spectacular held outside the Frauenmünster Church. Visitors were transported back to the Middle Ages as soon as they entered the fair grounds, thanks to squawking chickens, hay bundles, women in long tunics and men in leather jerkins and jaunty…

Swiss-Indian relations to get boost

This content was published on May 27, 2005 That’s one of the main results of an official two-day state visit to Switzerland by Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam, which wrapped up on Saturday. Kalam called for more cooperation in science and technology between the two countries. “We have to establish direct channels between Indian and Swiss partners,” he told a news conference in…

Supermarket bosses warn of coming job squeeze

This content was published on May 27, 2005 However, they say they are not unduly worried about the threat from German hard discounters Aldi and Lidl, who plan to enter the Swiss market in the near future. Their “Swiss phlegm” approach to looming competition has won support from a surprising quarter – former Aldi top boss Dieter Brandes. The future of the retail…

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