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Plaque unveiled at Gotthard Tunnel

This content was published on Oct 19, 2002 More than 100 people attended a short service at the southern entry to the main north-south axis through Europe. Eleven people died in October last year when a fire broke out inside the tunnel following a head-on collision between two trucks about one kilometre from the southern entrance to the Gotthard. The ceremony was attended…

Acid fog found to pollute forests

This content was published on Oct 19, 2002 That is the conclusion of a new survey funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and conducted by researchers at Bern University. For the past four years, scientists have been studying the effects of sulphur and nitrogen carried in fog on forest ecosystems in Germany and Switzerland. In Switzerland, they collected data from a hill…

Expo.02 ends in the red

This content was published on Oct 18, 2002 Critics may be divided over the national exhibition’s cultural legacy, but few are arguing that Expo has been anything but a financial black hole. The event – postponed for one year after it was plagued by a series of management and financial problems – cost some SFr1.5 billion ($1 billion) to stage. Sponsorship money, as…

Fears about crime wide of the mark

This content was published on Oct 18, 2002 Domestic violence is far more dangerous and widespread, according to seven-year research programme by the National Science Foundation. Some SFr8 million was spent on 31 research projects. Eighteen looked at violence in daily life, focusing on issues such as vandalism, racism and violence at school and among young people. The 13 others investigated different aspects…

More cash for nano-technology

This content was published on Oct 18, 2002 The Top Nano 21 programme, an initiative that began three years ago, has helped more than 200 projects get off the ground in Switzerland and abroad. The initiative – which brings together Swiss researchers from university and industry – has produced promising results, especially in the fields of alternative energy sources, new materials and coatings.…

Swissair sale enjoys flying start

This content was published on Oct 17, 2002 Despite bad weather, long queues gathered in Bassersdorf as items from Switzerland’s former national airline, Swissair, went on sale. Swissair itself may have collapsed but the opening day of the company’s liguidation sale suggests that domestic interest in the brand remains strong. “I once worked for Swissair, and so I’m here out of nostalgia really,”…

Swiss press in the doldrums

This content was published on Oct 16, 2002 And with no prospect of a rebound in the business cycle until well into 2003, many experts are warning of more job cuts and possible takeovers. “Much of it has been driven by the fact that between 1997 and 2001 strong growth in advertising allowed media companies to expand their capacities,” says Roger Blum, professor…

Milk industry cuts production to boost prices

This content was published on Oct 16, 2002 Faced with the worst crisis in the industry’s history, the Federation of Swiss Milk Producers (SMP) agreed the cut at its autumn meeting in Bern. The move comes amid falling prices, a saturated market and sharply reduced cheese exports. SMP president, Josef Kühne, said the production cut should halt further falls in the price of…

Swiss see expanded role for environment body

This content was published on Oct 16, 2002 Switzerland said it would contribute SFr99 million to the Global Environment Facility, which provides money to help implement environmental conventions. On the first day of the meeting, delegations also agreed to extend the GEF’s mandate to include harmful chemicals and to combat deforestation and desertification – key Swiss objectives. Extending the mandate The GEF was…

Swiss dairy fails to stay afloat

This content was published on Oct 16, 2002 The company, which processes 25 per cent of Swiss milk, is currently waiting for takeover offers. It has debts of SFr800 million, and has only managed to keep operating because of a cash injection worth SFr160 million from the government and the banks. The group, the result of a merger by Toni and Säntis, is…

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