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High-speed rail connections are mostly on track

This content was published on Mar 8, 2005 The House of Representatives on Tuesday joined the Senate in approving the finance, despite calls from the government and the rightwing Swiss People’s Party for savings. The decision means that all but two of 14 projects in the west and east of the country will go ahead, and is being seen as victory for regional…

Clariant boosts profit

This content was published on Mar 8, 2005 But the company, which is based near Basel, reported a fourth-quarter loss of SFr20 million because it had restructuring costs and did not repeat asset sales that helped results the previous year. Sales rose by six per cent in Swiss francs to SFr8.53 billion, while operating income increased from SFr499 million in 2003 to SFr530…

IMF says fiscal and monetary policy not enough

This content was published on Mar 7, 2005 But the latest IMF report also advised the Swiss to press ahead with structural reforms to increase sustainable growth and ensure the funding of the welfare system. In its annual assessment of the Swiss economy, the IMF welcomed the return of economic growth in Switzerland and the results in the financial sector. It said Switzerland’s…

Are the Irish richer than the Swiss?

This content was published on Mar 7, 2005 But Ulrich Kohli, a member of the governing board of the Swiss National Bank, told a conference in Zurich that a closer look at the figures made him “rather sceptical”. The OECD figures, published in January based on data from 2002, have fanned the flames of the already lively debate about Switzerland’s economic “growth deficit”.…

Women stuck in professional rut

This content was published on Mar 7, 2005 Research shows that women now study for almost as long as men, while three out of four women are part of the workforce. Two new reports presented on Monday by the Federal Statistics Office show that important steps have been taken towards achieving equality between the sexes. Researchers say this is partly because women are…

Unemployment rate stays unchanged

This content was published on Mar 7, 2005 The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) said on Monday that there were almost 1,600 fewer people receiving unemployment benefit, leaving a total of 160,451 out of work. The number of job seekers also fell slightly in February, with nearly 229,000 people registered as looking for employment. This figure includes people still employed or not…

Check-up for doctors accused of malpractice

This content was published on Mar 6, 2005 It is estimated that mistakes are responsible for up to 3,000 deaths a year in Switzerland. According to the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper, the government wants to act quickly in order to have a law approved by parliament by the end of the year. “It’s our intention that hospitals will be obliged by law to…

Federalism is not cure for all political ills

This content was published on Mar 6, 2005 In an interview with swissinfo, former justice minister Arnold Koller says that increasing regionalisation in the world could leave Switzerland more isolated. Koller, who heads a working group on federalism and international relations, was one of more than 600 politicians and experts from around 80 countries attending the conference, which ended on Saturday. Many argued…

Visiting the world’s smallest city

This content was published on Mar 5, 2005 And you would certainly think there would be more than nine people living within its medieval walls. What appears today as a sleepy little hamlet tucked away in the southeastern corner of the country was once a rather princely place. In the 14th century, Fürstenau (Fürst = prince) officially became a city when it was…

Swiss musician has a taste for music

This content was published on Mar 4, 2005 The Swiss woman said she was proud of her abilities, but the sudden media interest made her feel like a circus attraction. In an article published in the British science journal Nature, the team from Zurich University says the woman can also see music in different colours. The 27-year-old woman, identified only as E.S. in…

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