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Cabinet tackles GM food in first session of 2000

This content was published on Jan 12, 2000 The Swiss cabinet has held its first session of the new year, and the contentious issue of genetically modified foods was at the top of the agenda. The seven minister said they were tending towards maintaining the status quo, in which producers have to obtain official approval to sow GM crops, rather than introducing a…

Ageing is something to look forward to

This content was published on Jan 12, 2000 The age between 65 and 79 is not old age anymore, it is the third age, and a positive time for most people. A new survey by the Swiss National Research Foundation says a quiet revolution has been taking place among the lives of retired people. The survey looked at the situation of older people…

Swisscom cuts interconnection prices

This content was published on Jan 12, 2000 The former telecommunications monopoly, Swisscom, has reached an agreement with six rival operators to cut interconnection prices for the year 2000 by 16 to 19 per cent compared to 1999. The interconnection price is what Swisscom charges other telecommunications companies to use its network to connect calls. Swisscom said its new deal with Sunrise, Tele2,…

Pensioners under 80 living better, says new survey

This content was published on Jan 12, 2000 Old age pensioners in Switzerland are living longer and better, according to a new study. However, it points to increasing problems for people over 80 years of age. People under 80 are in better health, economically better off and more mobile than 15 years years ago, reported the Swiss National Research Foundation at a media…

Winterthur buys into Japanese market

This content was published on Jan 12, 2000 The Winterthur Insurance Group, one of the world’s top ten international insurance groups, has announced it is entering the Japanese life insurance market. It is acquiring Nicos Life from Nippon Shinpan for around SFr260 million. Nicos Life, which has some 250 employees and 450 sales consultants, is expected to achieve gross premiums of SFr447 million…

Sulzer Infra acquires Basel consultancy

This content was published on Jan 12, 2000 Sulza Infra, part of the Sulzer technology corporation, says it has acquired the Swiss engineering consulting firm JCS Ingenieurbüro in Basel for an undisclosed sum. A statement from Sulzer Infra headquarters in Winterthur said the deal gave the company “significant competence in industrial automation and electrical technology, above all for the pharmaceuticals industry”. It added…

Traffic returns to normal at Swiss border

This content was published on Jan 12, 2000 Traffic has returned to normal at the Swiss border, after French truckers lifted their two-day old blockades. The barriers were dismantled early on Wednesday after haulage companies reached a deal with the French government on a new labour law and fuel prices. Some of the larger road-blocks are still being dismantled, but French officials said…

Search for missing black boxes resumes

This content was published on Jan 12, 2000 The cause of Monday’s aircrash near Zurich airport remains a mystery. The search for the flight recorders has resumed. Seven passengers and three crew members died in the accident. Efforts to find the black boxes of the Crossair plane near the village of Niederhasli were called off as darkness fell on Tuesday evening. Much of…

Flight recorders found from Crossair plane crash

This content was published on Jan 12, 2000 Investigators trying to establish the cause of Monday’s Crossair crash near Zurich have now found the plane’s two flight recorders. Ten people died in the crash. The two black boxes are expected to shed light on the reason why the Saab-340 plane went down two minutes after taking off from Zurich’s Kloten airport on its…

Zermatt hosts symposium on creativity

This content was published on Jan 12, 2000 The Swiss ski resort of Zermatt will welcome some of the world’s most innovative thinkers today, when the tenth international symposium on creativity gets under way. The meeting will touch on subjects as diverse as flamenco, lasers, information technology and Buddhism. The four-day gathering, which ends on Sunday, brings together five leading figures from different…

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