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Families hopeful as government puts forward tax cut plans

This content was published on May 17, 2000 After its meeting on Wednesday, the cabinet put forward five different models, and is asking all interested parties – the cantons, political parties and associations – for feedback by the end of July. The government said the changes were necessary to reflect the evolution of family structures over the last 30 years. It said the…

Academics impatient for closer ties with EU

This content was published on May 17, 2000 One of the seven treaties would allow greater Swiss participation in Europe-wide research. But approval won’t mean Swiss students and researchers are treated equally with EU citizens. Despite the high standing internationally of Swiss scientific research, Switzerland does not have equal rights to participate in European research projects. For Evi Schupbach, of Berne University’s Institute…

Nestlé accused of milking developing countries

This content was published on May 17, 2000 The accusations come from Syed Aamar Raza, a former Nestlé employee in Pakistan. He says he walked out three years ago in disgust at the company’s tactics. “I left after a doctor held me and my employers responsible for the death of a four-month-old bottle-fed baby,” Raza recalls. He says his main purpose was to…

Bringing the world into the classroom

This content was published on May 16, 2000 These are citizenship in the virtual world, diverse cultural identities in Switzerland and Europe, fighting what they term virtual illiteracy and developing net-based teaching tools. The organisers, the Swiss Centre for Informational Technologies in Teaching, said the theme this year is “bringing the world into the classroom”. They are asking schools, teachers and pupils to…

WHO summit: Partnerships urged to tackle health problems

This content was published on May 16, 2000 “The emphasis at this assembly should be on an improvement in the relationship between the WHO and UNAIDS to allow them to act more effectively,” said Reto Durler, head of international relations at the Swiss Federal Health Office. The question of a partnership between industry, governments, and UN agencies is one of the recurring themes…

Shipwrecks reveal rich heritage of Lake Geneva

This content was published on May 16, 2000 The exhibition at the Musée du Léman, or Museum of Lake Geneva, in Nyon, concentrates on 15 of the 30 wrecks that have been located at the bottom of the lake. They range from a 15th Century wooden flat-bottomed boat, found by accident during dredging work, to the steamer, Le Rhône, which sank in 1883,…

Licence auction brings windfall for public coffers

This content was published on May 16, 2000 The WLL is considered the ‘last mile’ in linking households and providers without requiring a fixed cable network. The Federal Office for Communications held the auction over the Internet – the first time in Europe a government body has done so. The office said it brought in SFr583 million francs for three national and 31…

Novartis rejects allegations against Ritalin drug

This content was published on May 16, 2000 Legal action has reportedly been taken against Novartis in the American state of Texas for lack of information concerning side effects of the drug. The Wall Street Journal reported that a Dallas law firm had filed a lawsuit alleging that Novartis fraudulently promoted Ritalin as a treatment for attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder. The suit seeks class-action status…

Mobile phone competition inquiry launched

This content was published on May 16, 2000 The competition commission is investigating Switzerland’s three mobile phone operators on suspicion that they have illegally fixed prices. The commission said the inquiry into Swisscom, Diax and Orange would look at whether their very similar prices and pricing structures were acceptable. In a statement, it said that the situation was unsatisfactory for the customer and…

EU-bilateral accords: do they threaten the Swiss environment?

This content was published on May 16, 2000 The issue of overland transport was one of the biggest challenges in the bilateral negotiations between Switzerland and the European Union and it is regarded as the hardest nut that negotiators on both sides had to crack. In it, the European Union acknowledges Switzerland’s aim of switching as much transalpine goods transport as possible from…

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