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Dawn of a new millennium – What millennium?

This content was published on Dec 31, 1999 For people intending to celebrate the arrival of Y2K, or Year 2000, on December 31st: Lay in those supplies of champagne and order the caviar. For those who are looking forward to see in the beginning of the next 1000 years: Put away those Millennium Magnums – it is not happening. This is not the…

Primal Scream and fireworks: How the Swiss stage party 2000

This content was published on Dec 31, 1999 Either loud and boisterous, or quiet and peaceful – millennium parties held across Switzerland have something to offer for everybody. The list of attractions ranges from the standard fireworks to art works going up in flames. While many events are free, price tags for others range from a modest $6 to a hefty $600. Tourism…

Damage of weekend storms “billions of dollars”

This content was published on Dec 30, 1999 Switzerland’s largest reinsurer, Swiss Re, has estimated the damage from the storms that hit Europe earlier this week at several billion dollars. Swiss Re said the intensity of the gale-force winds and level of destruction made it worthy of the title, Storm of the Century. Swiss Re said the latest storm combined with natural disasters…

Billions of dollars in storm damage

This content was published on Dec 30, 1999 Switzerland’s largest re-insurer, Swiss Re, has estimated the damage from the storm that hit Europe earlier this week at several billion dollars. Swiss Re said the intensity of the gale-force winds and level of destruction made it worthy of the title, Storm of the Century. Swiss Re said the latest storm combined with natural disasters…

Duttweiler: The man who revolutionised the Swiss retail industry

This content was published on Dec 30, 1999 Switzerland has produced some amazing personalities over the past 100 years, their achievements ranging from business to ballooning, from science to the ski-slopes. One of those eminent persons was Gottlieb Duttweiler. It was the late actor Orson Welles who, in the film “The Third Man,” said the Swiss had had 500 years of peace and…

Inflation rate rises to 0.8 percent

This content was published on Dec 30, 1999 The annual rate of inflation in Switzerland has risen to 0.8 percent, its highest level for three years. An increase in heating oil and petrol prices is mainly to blame. Inflation in December rose by more than 0.3 percent to stand at 1.7 percent, according to the Federal Office for Statistics. Apart from the increase…

Swiss optimistic about prospects for 2000

This content was published on Dec 30, 1999 The Swiss people, not renowned for their optimism, are in a distinctly upbeat mood about their prospects for the new year, according to an end-of-year survey. The Swiss have not felt so good since the boom years of the 1980s, according to the survey published by the Berner Zeitung, contributing to a Gallup International poll…

Switzerland 2000: Rent goes up, food gets cheaper

This content was published on Dec 30, 1999 There is good news and bad news for consumers in Switzerland: Fresh food products, phone calls and air travel will become cheaper next year, but rent and insurance will go up. Insurance payments and rent will probably pose the biggest financial burden for the average person. Health insurance will go up in all 26 Swiss…

Bertrand Piccard: A Swiss who reached for the skies

This content was published on Dec 29, 1999 Switzerland has produced some amazing personalities over the past 100 years, their achievements ranging from business to ballooning, from science to the ski-slopes. One of those eminent persons was Bertrand Piccard. It was the late actor Orson Welles who, in the film “The Third Man,” said the Swiss had had 500 years of peace and…

Storm causes unprecedented damage to Swiss forests

This content was published on Dec 29, 1999 The Federal Environment Agency says the weekend storm, Lothar, caused the worst damage done to Swiss forests since records began being kept in the last century. The agency said trees amounting to more than 8 million cubic metres were knocked down in the gale-force winds. It said the storm did in one day what woodcutters…

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