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Health insurers call for action on drug prices

This content was published on Mar 5, 2001 In a statement issued on Monday, the association of Swiss health insurers said that last year the price of medicines covered by obligatory insurance had risen by more than 10 per cent. Around one fifth of revenue from premiums is now spent on medicines. The association said prices could not be allowed to spiral out…

Dimitri: I love the true Ticinese

This content was published on Mar 5, 2001 A familiar figure in many countries, Dimitri has been awarded such prestigious distinctions as the Grock Prize and the Hans Reinhart Ring. He maintains a close relationship with Ticino where he was born 66 years ago. “The fact that I come from Ticino has helped me in my career, even though I do not regard…

SAirGroup could shelve European Leisure Group plan

This content was published on Mar 5, 2001 SAirGroup spokesman, Hans Klaus, said the company is reassessing the future of its European Leisure Group (ELG), which was meant to be an umbrella organisation for several European airlines in which it owns stakes, including Swiss charter unit Balair, LTU in Germany, Volare/Air Europe in Italy and Sobelair in Belgium. The company said, though, that…

Mario Maccanelli: a passion for banking and art

This content was published on Mar 5, 2001 A native of canton Graubünden, he has worked for the past 24 years at the Banca del Gottardo in Lugano. But these days he prefers art to hard-hitting headlines on banking secrecy. “People today have forgotten how to listen. I detest aggressive sensationalism, and in Ticino most people are incapable of asking the right kind…

Dick Marty: the man who brought parliament to Ticino

This content was published on Mar 5, 2001 Before becoming involved in politics, Marty had a distinguished career as a magistrate, taking a close interest in the fight against organised crime and drug trafficking. “My suggestion to hold a session of the Federal Parliament in Italian-speaking Switzerland was inspired by a similar session held in Geneva in 1993, which did much to improve…

No to Europe vote comes as no surprise for Swiss business

This content was published on Mar 5, 2001 The consensus among business pundits is that the “Yes to Europe” initiative, which was overwhelming rejected on Sunday, came too soon on the heels of a series of bilateral accords, approved by the Swiss last May. “This initiative was stillborn,” said Jean-Francois Mercier at Citibank. “Odds now appear stacked against Switzerland joining the EU –…

UBS starts new share buy back programme

This content was published on Mar 5, 2001 Under the programme, which kicked off on Monday, UBS is repurchasing the shares via a second trading line on the SWX Swiss Exchange. The trading line is available from March 5, 2001 to March 5, 2002, and will be exclusively for UBS’s buy back. The programme aims to return excess capital to shareholders. Shareholders will…

Celebrating the catch of the year

This content was published on Mar 5, 2001 The festival, the “Sagra del Pesce”, is always held on the second Sunday in March (March 11 this year), when hobby fishermen set out in boats from the village of Burbaglio (near Locarno in canton Ticino) at daybreak, or cast their lines from shore. Even though the entrants are divided into different categories, all try…

Lausanne University agrees to settle “biopiracy” case

This content was published on Mar 5, 2001 The decision to renegotiate the patent came at a highly charged meeting in Zimbabwe between the Universities of Zimbabwe and Lausanne, as well as the Environment Ministry and the Zimbabwe Traditional Healers Association. Participants agreed that the patent held by the University of Lausanne, as well as the current agreement on access and benefit sharing,…

Marco Solari: the joviality of Ticino – a myth created for tourists

This content was published on Mar 5, 2001 Solari lives and works partly in canton Ticino and partly in Zurich, where he is second-in-command at the Swiss media concern, Ringier. He was born in Bern, and was for a time head of the Ticino tourism authority. “According to a survey, the inhabitants of cantons Graubünden and Ticino are among the most amiable people…

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