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No way out of the welfare trap?

This content was published on Jan 30, 2004 In an interview with swissinfo, the president of the Swiss Conference for Social Welfare, Walter Schmid, agrees that reform is needed. The number of people claiming some sort of benefit rose ten per cent in 2003 to 300,000, or almost five per cent of the population. Schmid agrees that the welfare system needs to adapt…

Adecco breaks silence on accounting woes

This content was published on Jan 30, 2004 The company, which reported the irregularities earlier this month, also confirmed that Jérôme Caille would stay on as chief executive. “Instances of local irregularities and misappropriations – mainly at branch-level – have been identified in certain countries,” Adecco said in a statement on Friday. The firm added that these accounting issues were not a major…

OECD tells Swiss to speed up reforms

This content was published on Jan 29, 2004 It said Switzerland needed to become more competitive and boost growth if the country was to maintain high living standards. The OECD said that increasing growth was the main policy challenge facing the nation. In its economic study of Switzerland published on Friday, the Paris-based organisation commented that the protracted period of “meagre productivity growth”…

Swiss hope to make a mint out of new coins

This content was published on Jan 29, 2004 One carries the image of the Matterhorn mountain, while the other shows Chillon Castle on Lake Geneva. The coins are due to be unveiled at this year’s World Money Fair in Basel on Friday. “The launch of these coins is a worldwide premier,” Kurt Rohrer, the chairman of swissmint, told swissinfo. This is the first…

Government moves to ease claims jungle

This content was published on Jan 29, 2004 It has issued a new handbook to officials to try to improve coordination between the various departments and agencies which handle welfare requests. The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) is distributing the book among 700 cantonal offices. Aimed at those seeking invalidity and unemployment benefit, it is designed to prevent people being sent round…

Swiss demand more drugs transparency

This content was published on Jan 29, 2004 Switzerland’s main consumers’ association wants the Swiss to have the same rights as their European neighbours. In December the European Union passed a new law to improve transparency in the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA) – the body responsible for drugs licensing in Europe. The law calls for the publication of…

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Switzerland pursues globalisation of science

This content was published on Jan 28, 2004 A Swiss delegation, headed by interior minister Pascal Couchepin, is putting forward the country’s views at the OECD annual meeting in Paris. Science and technology ministers and senior officials from more than 30 countries are meeting at the OECD’s headquarters to discuss the increasing globalisation of science. The two-day meeting, which started on Thursday, focuses…

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