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Switzerland dodges millennium computer bug

This content was published on Jan 1, 2000 Switzerland dodged the much-dreaded Y2K computer bug: All major transport, telecommunications, power grid and financial command centres reported no problems as computer clocks rolled over from 1999 to 2000. “The year 2000 started well for Switzerland. All the basic infrastructure services such as utilities, communications and railways are working smoothly,” said an official statement published…

Events that shaped a century: the post-war era

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Y2K: Swiss cabinet ministers do not take the lift

This content was published on Dec 31, 1999 Even though flyers inside the Swiss parliament buildings warn against taking the lift because of the Y2K bug, experts are confident that Switzerland faces no major crisis when computer clocks roll over to 2000. Swiss banks, the federal railways and the postal service have been preparing for months to fix their software, and the government’s…

Geneva airport hits record traffic, profits in 1999

This content was published on Dec 31, 1999 (Reuters) — Geneva’s Cointrin international airport has set new records for passenger traffic and operating profits in 1999, according to its director-general. Jean-Pierre Jobin was speaking at a ceremony saluting the seven millionth passenger to pass through the terminal this year — a Swiss women travelling with her husband to New York to celebrate the…

Dawn of a new millennium – What millennium?

This content was published on Dec 31, 1999 For people intending to celebrate the arrival of Y2K, or Year 2000, on December 31st: Lay in those supplies of champagne and order the caviar. For those who are looking forward to see in the beginning of the next 1000 years: Put away those Millennium Magnums – it is not happening. This is not the…

Primal Scream and fireworks: How the Swiss stage party 2000

This content was published on Dec 31, 1999 Either loud and boisterous, or quiet and peaceful – millennium parties held across Switzerland have something to offer for everybody. The list of attractions ranges from the standard fireworks to art works going up in flames. While many events are free, price tags for others range from a modest $6 to a hefty $600. Tourism…

Damage of weekend storms “billions of dollars”

This content was published on Dec 30, 1999 Switzerland’s largest reinsurer, Swiss Re, has estimated the damage from the storms that hit Europe earlier this week at several billion dollars. Swiss Re said the intensity of the gale-force winds and level of destruction made it worthy of the title, Storm of the Century. Swiss Re said the latest storm combined with natural disasters…

Billions of dollars in storm damage

This content was published on Dec 30, 1999 Switzerland’s largest re-insurer, Swiss Re, has estimated the damage from the storm that hit Europe earlier this week at several billion dollars. Swiss Re said the intensity of the gale-force winds and level of destruction made it worthy of the title, Storm of the Century. Swiss Re said the latest storm combined with natural disasters…

Duttweiler: The man who revolutionised the Swiss retail industry

This content was published on Dec 30, 1999 Switzerland has produced some amazing personalities over the past 100 years, their achievements ranging from business to ballooning, from science to the ski-slopes. One of those eminent persons was Gottlieb Duttweiler. It was the late actor Orson Welles who, in the film “The Third Man,” said the Swiss had had 500 years of peace and…

Inflation rate rises to 0.8 percent

This content was published on Dec 30, 1999 The annual rate of inflation in Switzerland has risen to 0.8 percent, its highest level for three years. An increase in heating oil and petrol prices is mainly to blame. Inflation in December rose by more than 0.3 percent to stand at 1.7 percent, according to the Federal Office for Statistics. Apart from the increase…

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