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Swiss cows for Kosovo

This content was published on Aug 20, 1999 Switzerland will send up to 2,000 cows and calves to Kosovo to help replenish the stock of animals and supply fresh milk in the war-ravaged Serbian province, the authorities said Friday. “Many farmers in Kosovo are left with no livestock, and in other areas conflict has sharply reduced herds. Quick action is needed, as on-the-spot…

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Rescuers race against time in search for Turkey quake survivors

This content was published on Aug 19, 1999 The death toll from western Turkey’s worst recorded earthquake surpassed 6,000 Thursday as rescuers raced against time in their attempts to find survivors under the mountains of rubble. Fresh rescue teams arrived from abroad to continue searching for the missing. Many wore scarves over their nose and mouth as a barrier against the growing stench…

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Switzerland finances radio production studio for Kosovo

This content was published on Aug 19, 1999 Switzerland and the United Nations signed an agreement under which Switzerland will provide and finance a radio production studio in Kosovo’s capital Pristina, the authorities said Thursday. The Swiss foreign ministry said Swiss and U.N. representatives signed the accord in New York this week, in line with an agreement reached in Kosovo in July between…

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Roche: first-half profits up 15 percent after charges, gains

This content was published on Aug 19, 1999 (AP) — Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche said Thursday its first-half net profit rose by 15 percent on the same period last year to SFr2.9 billion ($1.9 billion). The figure took into account special charges related to its involvement in a vitamins price-fixing scheme, Roche said. It also included a gain of SFr1.6 billion ($1.05 billion)…

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Swiss, international teams search for Turkey quake survivors

This content was published on Aug 18, 1999 A second Swiss rescue team joined international relief efforts in Turkey on Wednesday as local crews faced the dual tasks of searching for bodies and aiding survivors from the previous day’s massive earthquake. The Swiss team is made up of 90 delegates of the Swiss Disaster Unit and includes 18 sniffer dogs and special search…

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ABB Switzerland releases six months figures

This content was published on Aug 18, 1999 Orders received by the Swiss division of the international electrical engineering concern, ABB, have fallen short of last year’s record level but revenues are up. According to figures released on Wednesday, ABB Switzerland took orders worth SFr2,922 (SFr3,620 million the previous year) in the first six months. Revenues rose to SFr2,814 million, up 16 percent…

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Switzerland may cut reconstruction aid over Bosnian bank crisis

This content was published on Aug 18, 1999 Switzerland said Wednesday it may cut back reconstruction aid for Bosnia-Herzegovina unless SFr1.5 million ($1 million) of reconstruction funds blocked in a Bosnian bank are not released and the banking crisis solved soon. The spokesman for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) said it was considering legal proceedings against the Bosnia and Herzegovina…

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Revised banking law takes effect in October

This content was published on Aug 18, 1999 The Swiss government announced Wednesday that the revised banking law will come into force on October 1. This means that cantonal banks in Switzerland will soon be on an equal footing with other commercial banks. Adopted by parliament in April, the revision in particular abolishes the obligation of a state guarantee for cantonal banks. And…

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First modular hotel assembled for Expo.01 exhibition

This content was published on Aug 18, 1999 Switzerland’s national exhibition Expo.01, which is due to take place around the lakes of Biel, Murten and Neuchâtel in the year 2001, has its first hotel in the town of Yverdon. Christened “Eco-Lodgia”, the hotel is one of the first concrete projects of the exhibition, which has been beset with management and financial problems over…

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