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Cuba to receive Swiss aid

This content was published on Sep 23, 2000 The investment will be limited to a version of the Swiss Development Agency’s agricultural storage project, which has been successful throughout Central America. It helps small farmers to hold off selling their produce until prices are favourable to them. The programme will cost the agency less than SFr1 million a year over a trial period…

Chestnut beer goes from strength to strength

This content was published on Sep 23, 2000 But for the last year and a half another beverage hailing from southern Switzerland has been making waves, made not from grapes but from other local produce: chestnuts. A nutritional engineer and environmentalist from Ticino, Gabriele Mazzi came across chestnut beer for the first time one summer while holidaying in the Mediterranean. Standing amidst crates…

Business week in review

This content was published on Sep 23, 2000 The Winterthur-based technology company, Sulzer, said it was selling off five divisions which account for around two thirds of its turnover and that it was to merge with Sulzer Medica. The management said it wanted to concentrate on the growth areas of medical devices and materials technology. Unions slammed the decision which they argued put…

Geneva conference assesses disaster risk

This content was published on Sep 22, 2000 The conference is organised by CLUSE, which groups the main univerities of western Switzerland (Geneva, Lausanne, Fribourg and Neuchatel) and those of eastern France (Besançon and Dijon), and which, every two years, organises a major cross-disciplinary conference. Professor Jean-Jacques Wagner says: “In getting together academics from various disciplines, we’re hoping to extract what is common,…

Swiss ignore call to leave their cars at home

This content was published on Sep 22, 2000 Only Geneva, where the day of action caused mild controversy, recorded a sizeable drop of 15 per cent in traffic. Geneva had closed a large number of roads and squares to cars and motorcycles, but all public transport was free. The city also provided its citizens with bicycles, scooters and electric cars, and information on…

Car free day takes its toll on Swiss roads

This content was published on Sep 22, 2000 It was only the third time the event – the brainchild of the French environment minister, Dominique Voynet – has been staged. Nearly 800 towns and cities throughout Europe took part. In Geneva, for example, the issued caused no little controversy. Geneva closed a large number of roads and squares to cars and motorcycles, but…

Swiss Olympic Committee in probe over black market tickets

This content was published on Sep 22, 2000 Australian newspapers reported that the IOC is investigating complaints from the Sydney organisers after undercover officials were allegedly able to buy tickets on the street. Foreign committees who are allocated tickets are not allowed to sell them inside the host nation. The IOC has accused Switzerland, the United States, Russia, Spain and Venezuela of not…

Number of job-seekers continues downward

This content was published on Sep 22, 2000 In its breakdown of the latests figures, the office says that at 2.7 per cent of the active population, the number of people looking for work is at its lowest level for nine years. Graduates have benefitted most from the recovery in the jobs market, while those aged over 55 have seen no benefit. The…

North American companies move to canton Berne

This content was published on Sep 22, 2000 The United States company, IXYS, which makes electrical semiconductors and spares, has chosen the town of Brügg, near the bilingual town of Biel, as the location of its international office. Twenty jobs are expected to be created there in the medium term. Two Canadian companies have chosen the federal capital itself for their offices. International…

Swiss commercial deficit jumps in August

This content was published on Sep 22, 2000 Imports were worth SFr661 million more than exports due mainly to higher oil prices, according to the federal customs administration. In July, the difference was only SFr233.4 million. Imports increased 18 per cent in August, while exports only grew by 17 per cent. The commercial data, released on Friday, showe the deficit increase was due…

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