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Erasing the stigma of HIV/Aids at work

This content was published on Dec 1, 2011 On World Aids Day, swissinfo.ch looks at the issue of prejudice in the work place with the Swiss Aids Federation and Michel Baudois, who tested HIV positive in 1996. The number of people seeking advice from the Swiss Aids Federation on employment issues has risen sharply in recent years, with many questions linked to discrimination.…

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Swiss Air Force to get Swedish jets

This content was published on Nov 30, 2011 The government made its choice on the recommendation of Defence Minister Ueli Maurer. The Gripen was in competition with the Rafale, made by the French Dassault company and the Eurofighter of the EADS group. According to the Tages-Anzeiger newspaper, the Gripen was the cheapest of the three aircraft in contention. The fleet of 22 will…

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Booksellers feel pressure as turnover falls

This content was published on Nov 30, 2011 Many hope that a return to a fixed book price system will help solve their problems. Another way out could be specialisation. “It’s the third year in a row that we are battling a fall in turnover. This is higher than in the rest of the retail trade,” Daniel Landolf, director of the Swiss Booksellers…

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Fewer nuclear bunkers needed in future

This content was published on Nov 30, 2011 The Swiss cabinet approved changes to the law on protecting civilians on Wednesday. As of January, a legal requirement for bunkers will apply only to buildings with more than 38 rooms Previously any building with more than eight rooms needed to have a fallout shelter. New bunkers will also have to be bigger, capable of…

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Swiss surf for information instead of fun

This content was published on Nov 30, 2011 The ongoing World Internet Project at Zurich University found 77 per cent of people aged over 14 surf the Web. Around 43 per cent use the internet for work and 26 per cent go online while on the move, mainly through their smartphones. Almost all users use the internet to email (96 per cent) and…

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Egyptian frozen assets case makes headway

This content was published on Nov 30, 2011 Switzerland is optimistic it can soon conclude a legal assistance procedure, like that with Tunisia, says a top official. It has blocked SFr410 million ($445 million) of assets said to belong to former President Hosni Mubarak and his entourage. The turnout on Monday and Tuesday for Egypt’s landmark parliamentary elections, the first since a popular…

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Research stimulus fund quickly oversubscribed

This content was published on Nov 29, 2011 Research companies and institutions have until December 15 to apply for funding support to come from the estimated SFr100 million ($108 million) available to boost innovation. The Commission for Technology and Innovation, which operates under the banner of the economics ministry, will then choose the successful applicants by the end of January 2012. The funding…

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2011 tenth warmest year on record

This content was published on Nov 29, 2011 The Geneva-based WMO said on Tuesday global temperatures in 2011 had been higher than any other previous year with a La Nina event, an ocean atmosphere phenomenon which has a cooling influence. The warmest 13 years on record have all occurred in the 15 years since 1997. WMO Secretary General Michel Jarraud said the organisation’s…

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“People’s Party needs a change at the top”

This content was published on Nov 28, 2011 The rightwing party had entered this year’s elections with a much-trumpeted strategy of fielding “heavyweight” candidates in a bid to increase its representation in the Senate. The humiliating losses saw chairman Toni Brunner fail in his second effort to be elected to the chamber while former minister and party strongman Christoph Blocher lost his bid…

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Swiss may support Syrian humanitarian corridors

This content was published on Nov 28, 2011 Calmy-Rey’s statement came as a United Nations commission of inquiry on Syria, meeting in Geneva, said the Syrian military and security forces had committed crimes against humanity. “The humanitarian situation is getting worse; we are going to study the idea of humanitarian corridors,” the minister told reporters in Geneva. “If the project is carried out…

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