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Demand for Pro Helvetia funds still growing

This content was published on Jun 28, 2001 Pro Helvetia chose to fund 2,000 cultural projects, the same number as in 1999, with one third of them in Switzerland. The budget was SFr 32.2 million ($18 million) in 2000. The organisation is continuing to reorganise itself after being criticised for spending up to one third of its budget on its running costs. Last…

Outer space receives facelift

This content was published on Jun 28, 2001 The museum says the aim of the planetarium, the largest in Switzerland, is to “implant the notion that the earth is a unique, fascinating but also threatened ‘spaceship'”. The planetarium has been outfitted with a new video projection system which, combined with the existing slide projectors, will “convey the awesome beauty of the cosmos”. Museum…

Online union to represent cyberspace workers

This content was published on Jun 28, 2001 The new trade union will be officially launched in December and is aiming for 10,000 members by the end of 2003. It will campaign for better working conditions, improved protection from stressful working environments and better training prospects. It will also call for higher fees for freelancers. According to the president of the founding association,…

Good times continue for Swiss watch industry

This content was published on Jun 28, 2001 The President of the Swiss Watchmaking Industry, Francois Habersaat, told the organisation’s annual meeting in Geneva that exports were set to grow even though sales were down in the main market, the United States. Habersaat told delegates that in the first five months of the year, 23 of the 30 most important markets for the…

Swiss lobby for greater support in US

This content was published on Jun 28, 2001 Topping the agenda for talks in New York over the next two days is Switzerland’s desire to join the United Nations – an issue due to be put to the vote in Switzerland next year. The UN General Assembly is expected to debate the topic later this year. Earlier this week, the parliamentarians – members…

Federal railways to raise capacity for national exhibition

This content was published on Jun 27, 2001 At a news conference on Wednesday, the federal railways said it would take on extra staff and lay on additional trains to deal with an anticipated increase in train use during the 159 days of Expo 02. Paul Blumenthal of the railways passenger division said 200 new train staff would receive temporary contracts for the…

Business Federation forecasts solid economic growth

This content was published on Jun 27, 2001 The Federation, which is based in Zurich and lobbies at the political level for Swiss business, says the economy’s solid performance will be supported by private consumption and increased activity in the construction industry. Echoing the views of other economic research experts, the Federation has revised its projections for the economy downwards. Last December, it…

Sense and sensibility come to Basel

This content was published on Jun 27, 2001 The museum, which is currently hosting a temporary exhibition called World of the Senses, was founded in the late 19th century. The oldest exhibit in the permanent collection is a skeleton from 1543. Other highlights include cross sectional slices, just 10 centimetres thick, through the entire human body. A rare inverse body is also on…

Sulzer boss says spinoff is going according to plan

This content was published on Jun 27, 2001 In an interview with the Swiss financial newspaper, “Finanz und Wirtschaft”, Kindle also said any possible exposure of the parent Sulzer concern to damages claims against Sulzer Medica would be “very small”. Asked if the scheduled split-off date of July 10 for Sulzer Medica, in which Sulzer owns 74 per cent, was in jeopardy, Kindle…

Hayek confident about Swatch group sales

This content was published on Jun 27, 2001 The group, which includes the Breguet, Blancpain, Omega, Longines and Tissot brands, increased sales last year by 17.6 per cent to SFr4.26 billion ($2.41 billion), with profits jumping by nearly 50 per cent to SFr651 million. In an interview with the Swiss News Agency, Hayek said that the luxury segment continued to perform at high…

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