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Report: long-term unemployment can be reduced by benefit cuts

This content was published on Jul 19, 1999 Long-term unemployment in Switzerland can be reduced if the duration of benefit payments is shortened and if the cantonal authorities pursue a more active re-integration policy, a newly-released report said Monday. The report was commissioned by the State Secretariat for the Economy and is based on an extensive study of the long-term unemployed between 1984…

Radical Party calls for curb on health care costs

This content was published on Jul 16, 1999 The conservative Radical Party, one of the four parties represented in the Swiss government, on Friday called for more competition in the health care sector in order to curb spiralling costs. The party made the call as it presented its platform on health care policies ahead of parliamentary elections in October. Spiralling health care costs…

A Matter of Taste in Gstaad

This content was published on Jul 16, 1999 Something offering hope to many a jaded palate has become an annual event in the Swiss mountain resort of Gstaad, where a seminar entitled “Taste” is going ahead this weekend. The four-day seminar is the brain-child of Claudia and Thomas Frei, who run the Hotel Bernerhof in the village. “We started it last year,” said…

Novartis sales increase marginally in first six months

This content was published on Jul 15, 1999 Sales by the Swiss-based Novartis Group increased by 1 percent in the first half of the year to total SFr16.3 billion ($10.8 billion), the company announced Thursday. The pharmaceuticals giant said that the increase in local currencies also amounted to 1 percent, adding that prospects were not much better for the second half of the…

Couchepin optimistic about boosting relations with U.S.

This content was published on Jul 14, 1999 Swiss Economics Minister Pascal Couchepin on Wednesday wrapped up his official visit to Washington and said he was optimistic about building even closer economic relations with the United States. After holding talks with senior trade and business representatives of the American government and Congress, Couchepin underlined the importance of the U.S. as a trading partner…

Couchepin to outline Swiss-U.S. economic relations

This content was published on Jul 13, 1999 Swiss Economics Minister Pascal Couchepin, currently paying an official visit to the United States, was expected to outline Swiss economic policy in an address to the European Institute in Washington on Tuesday. Couchepin, a proponent of deregulation and free market policies, was expected to outline the economic priorities of the Swiss government and possible developments…

Couchepin calls for closer economic relations with U.S.

This content was published on Jul 13, 1999 Swiss Economics Minister Pascal Couchepin has called for closer relations with the United States and expressed the Swiss government’s commitment to deepening political, economic and cultural ties. Speaking on the second day of his official visit and after holding talks with senior trade and business representatives of the U.S. government and Congress, Couchepin underlined the…

Couchepin’s domestic reform proposals cause uproar

This content was published on Jul 12, 1999

Swiss Economics Minister Couchepin holds talks in U.S.

This content was published on Jul 12, 1999 Swiss Economics Minister Pascal Couchepin was meeting senior United States government representatives in Washington on Monday as part of an official visit aimed at expanding and charting future relations between Switzerland and the U.S. A Swiss economics ministry spokesman said the discussions were mainly dealing with the nuts and bolts of a U.S.-Swiss economics commission,…

Student aims to commemorate aviation history in Swiss Alps

This content was published on Jul 12, 1999 Mechanics student Christof Richard will be climbing high later this month as he aims to commemorate aviation history in the Swiss Alps. With a group of about 25 helpers: he wants to bring down an engine from a United States Flying Fortress bomber which crashed in the mountains above the resort of Klosters in south-east…

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