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The business week in Switzerland

This content was published on Oct 7, 2000 Friday’s data followed a report from the Swiss Institute of Business Cycle Research (KOF) in Zurich, which was released on Thursday. It forecast a slowdown in economic growth over the coming two years. In its autumn report, KOF forecast that Gross Domestic Product would grow by 2.9 per cent in 2000, before slowing to 2.2…

Website helps humanitarian workers deal with trauma

This content was published on Oct 7, 2000 The website (address below) was created by the Centre for Humanitarian Psychology, which was founded in 1998 by the psychotherapist, Claire Colliard. She turned her attention to the problems experienced by humanitarian workers after being asked by the Geneva-based International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to set up a unit to offer…

The Week in Switzerland

This content was published on Oct 7, 2000 The government this week came out in favour in legalising cannabis. Under the proposal, the consumption of hashish and marijuana would become legal, while their production and sale could be tolerated. But it is too early to say whether Switzerland will follow the Dutch example. Parliament has still to discuss the issue and it is…

Locarno: a slice of the Mediterranean with a Swiss twist

This content was published on Oct 6, 2000 I started my tour of the city in canton Ticino with a stop at one of the traditional ‘grotti’, not to be mistaken for restaurants. “The word grotto comes from the Italian word for cavern, ‘grotta’,” Dario tells me as we settle down to a plate of ‘formaggini’, they’re little fresh cheese patties, drenched in…

Health premiums to rise by more than five per cent

This content was published on Oct 6, 2000 The increase in health premiums was approved by the interior minister, Ruth Dreifuss, on Friday. The health insurance companies had wanted a bigger rise, but Dreifuss refused to push up premiums by more than 5.5 per cent. The announcement prompted mixed reactions – ranging from sharp criticism, to renewed calls to cut either medical services,…

Unemployment hits new low

This content was published on Oct 6, 2000 The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs in Berne said the number of registered unemployed dropped by 1,379 to 62,329 last month. That is well below the 85,096 out of work in September last year, when the unemployment rate stood at 2.3 per cent. The Secretariat’s labour director, Jean-Luc Nordmann, forecast a similar rate for October.…

Sulzer eyes US orthopaedics business

This content was published on Oct 6, 2000 However, a Sulzer spokesman in Winterthur said the company was not in active talks about a deal. “Naturally we are looking at the Zimmer option,” said Sulzer spokesman Hans-Caspar Ryser, when asked about market speculation. “This is something that we are very clearly looking at given the strategic positioning of our orthopaedics business, which is…

Electricity grid offers new access to Internet

This content was published on Oct 6, 2000 Ascom says worldwide field trials of the technology have been received positively. Market launch is expected in spring 2001. A statement said that both private and business test users were “very satisfied” with services offered for the Internet and telephony applications. In particular, they were enthusiastic about the high-speed Internet access via the mains supply.…

Vögele adds Dutch chain to expanding list

This content was published on Oct 6, 2000 Vendex, the main non-food retail trade company in the Netherlands, will sell 106 Kien outlets to the Vögele chain, which already has 22 outlets in the country. A statement said Vendex and Vögele had signed an agreement in principle concerning the transaction. No financial details were disclosed. The company said most of the 1,000 Kien…

Out & About in Switzerland: Zurich goes to the country

This content was published on Oct 6, 2000 The special exhibition at the “Olma” in St Gallen will try to show how Zurich has managed to strike a balance between nature protection, preservation of the rural landscape and industrial development. A dozen moving sculptures created by the artist, Yvan Lozzi Pestalozzi, will symbolise the motto of the special exhibition, “Typical Zurich – a…

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