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Swiss authorities say 1999 was “year of solidarity”

This content was published on Dec 24, 1999 Deadly avalanches in the Swiss Alps and severe flooding not only caused death and destruction in the past 12 months, but also led to an unprecedented show of solidarity and voluntary reconstruction work by thousands of Swiss, the authorities said on Friday. The Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sports, which coordinated many emergency operations,…

Nicollier, Foale give Hubble Telescope new brain

This content was published on Dec 24, 1999 Space shuttle Discovery’s master mechanics Claude Nicollier of Switzerland and Michael Foale from the United States stepped into space on Thursday and replaced the Hubble Space Telescope’s antiquated computer with a newer model. “The brains of Hubble have been replaced,” astronaut John Grunsfeld announced from inside the shuttle as the two spacewalkers outside completed the…

Government to close e-mail box over virus fears

This content was published on Dec 23, 1999 (Reuters) — The Swiss federal government is closing its electronic post box for Internet mail with attachments from midday on December 31 to the morning of January 3 to keep its systems from being infected by computer viruses. The finance ministry said on Thursday that e-mail sent to the federal administration over the year-end period…

Turkey softens stance on Swiss-backed dam project

This content was published on Dec 23, 1999

Swiss tenants cries foul

This content was published on Dec 23, 1999 The Tenant’s Association on Thursday called on the Swiss to challenge higher rents next year, saying landlords had pocketed billions of Swiss francs in the last ten years by not lowering rents when mortgage rates were cut. The association said that, based on its own investigations, tenants paid SFr18.8 billion ($11.8 billion) more to their…

Swissair partner to open subsidiary in California

This content was published on Dec 23, 1999 (AP) — SR Technics, a subsidiary of Swissair parent SAirGroup, said on Thursday it will establish an aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul operation in the United States, based in Palmdale, California. The Swiss firm and Boeing have signed a memorandum of understanding for SR Technics to buy a hangar facility at Palmdale, SAirGroup said in…

German rail group under fire over job cuts in Switzerland

This content was published on Dec 23, 1999

Swisscom to modernise nationwide network

This content was published on Dec 23, 1999 Switzerland’s largest telecommunications company, Swisscom, said on Thursday that it plans to modernise the nationwide telecommunications network in cooperation with Siemens of Germany and United States-based Cisco Systems. Siemens and Cisco will start work as soon as January 2000. Swisscom said it wanted to modernise its network and continue the development of a packet-switched network…

Mobile phones are top Christmas sellers

This content was published on Dec 22, 1999 Telecommunication gadgets such as mobile phones are among this year’s top sellers in Switzerland, where consumer confidence is up and people are again spending more on Christmas presents and the big millennium parties. “I get the impression that everybody wants to walk around with two cell phones,” says Thierry Rueff, merchandising chief at Manor department…

Women still earn 20 percent less than men

This content was published on Dec 21, 1999 The difference in salaries for men and women working in Switzerland has been steadily decreasing in the past years, but women still earn about 20 percent less than men, the authorities said on Tuesday. New data released by the Federal Statistics Office show that the average monthly salary for men was SFr5,466 ($3,459) and SFr4,291($2,716)…

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