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Cartographer puts Baghdad on the map

This content was published on Jan 11, 2005 His latest version also marks restricted areas such as the Green Zone as well as the best places to get “wood-fire roasted fish”. Rohweder says the map is designed to serve tourists, residents, journalists, military personnel and those involved in rebuilding the city. The cartographer, who specialises in panorama, tourist and road maps, says he…

Swiss slowly takes wing

This content was published on Jan 11, 2005 The improvement was largely due to a 3.3 percentage point rise to 81.3 per cent on its intercontinental flights. The airline’s European network saw a smaller improvement last year, with an increase of 1.2 percentage points to bring the seat-load factor to 60.8%. During the year Swiss carried 9.2 million passengers – 1.5 million fewer…

Swiss economy shows robust health

This content was published on Jan 10, 2005 Businesses are confident about the prospects for this year, according to a survey by Switzerland’s biggest bank, UBS. The pharmaceuticals industry was the clear sector leader in 2004 and would remain so this year, it added. UBS said the optimism expressed a year ago for 2004 was “more than just wishful thinking”. According to the…

What’s behind Dimitri’s smile?

This content was published on Jan 7, 2005 Determined to start 2005 with a smile, swissinfo met him at his theatre in Verscio, near Locarno, which was packed to the rafters with well-wishers and old friends. Muffled in a red scarf, Dimitri arrived with his guitar and received us in the small auditorium before the official presentation of the Italian translation of his…

Business software market ripe for consolidation

This content was published on Jan 7, 2005 Sage’s acquisition activity in the Swiss market began in 1999 with the purchase of Softinc, better known as Sesam, for about SFr28 million. Other acquisitions include: HRManagement of Rothenburg in 2004; St Gallen-based Winware in 2003; Lausanne-based Softplus in 2001; Pyramid Software of Langenthal in 2000. They all target the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)…

Economy chief urges sweeping reform

This content was published on Jan 7, 2005 In an interview with swissinfo, Jean-Daniel Gerber said one of the main problems in the domestic economy was the lack of competition. Earlier on Friday, Gerber told a news conference that reform was most urgently needed in the social sector, where the aging population and the weakness of economic growth were threatening the financing of…

Swiss military helicopters head for Sumatra

This content was published on Jan 7, 2005 The decision follows a request by the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) on Thursday. The military detachment will consist of the helicopter crew, as well as ground and security staff. Army chief Christophe Keckeis said they would be armed for their own security. The Super Puma helicopters are due to be flown out to Sumatra…

Annual jobless rate still climbing

This content was published on Jan 7, 2005 But for the first time in four years, there were fewer people out of work in December than in January. The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) said that although the unemployment rate decreased from a high of 4.3 per cent in January, the average rate was still higher than in 2003. An average 153,091…

Swiss cut list of tsunami missing by 100

This content was published on Jan 6, 2005 The news came as Swiss aid experts in Indonesia, where more than 100,000 people have died, reported that the scale of destruction was hampering relief efforts. The foreign ministry said on Thursday that it had lowered its figure for missing Swiss. The number of confirmed dead still stands at 23. Peter Sutter, head of the…

Countries urged not to plunder aid coffers

This content was published on Jan 6, 2005 The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) says the relief effort should not come at the expense of humanitarian crises in countries like Sudan. “Our immediate concern is the victims in Asia, but it would be a shame if long-term help to other areas of crisis or conflict was short changed because of the…

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