Swiss Identity

Ex church official gets prison term for fraud

This content was published on Sep 24, 2008 A court in Fribourg in western Switzerland sentenced the cleric to 28 months in prison, most of it suspended for five years. The charges included fraud, breach of trust and filing false documents. Of the misappropriated funds, SFr100,000 was destined to be paid in compensation to a victim of sexual abuse by a member of…

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Road show promotes benefits of mother’s milk

This content was published on Sep 24, 2008 But health officials say mothers need to breastfeed for longer if their children are to reap the benefits. They have launched an information road show touring the country until September 29. The first road show of its kind is stopping off at Basel, Zug, St Gallen and Lugano and offers contests and games for children…

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Pension funds insist on executive pay vote

This content was published on Sep 23, 2008 The investment fund that campaigns for ethical corporate practice believes Switzerland lags behind many other countries that give shareholders a greater say in how much top bosses are paid. The move by Ethos follows hard on the heels of an academic report that criticised performance related pay incentives for damaging many firms rather than achieving…

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Big Bang collider put on ice until spring

This content was published on Sep 23, 2008 The European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) said it would take too long to finish announced repairs before the regular winter shutdown and it could not carry out regular maintenance work. Cern described the delay as a psychological blow. A helium leak into the tunnel housing the huge machine forced scientists to shut down the…

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Atomic energy unpopular despite widespread use

This content was published on Sep 23, 2008 The study, released on Tuesday by the Federal Energy Office, found that just seven per cent of respondents were totally in favour of energy production by nuclear power stations. Double that percentage were fully opposed. The bulk of Swiss – 33 per cent and 38 per cent – said they were fairly in favour and…

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Swiss teenagers smoke and drink less

This content was published on Sep 23, 2008 Between 2002 and 2006, consumption of these substances decreased significantly among Swiss teens, according to the study published by the European regional office of the World Health Organization and Edinburgh University in Scotland. In the first 2002 survey, 23 per cent of Swiss teens said they smoked cigarettes at least once a week; this dropped…

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Autumn days

This content was published on Sep 23, 2008 Autumn is often considered a favourite season for photographers to take out their cameras.

Swiss to face US in tennis Davis Cup

This content was published on Sep 23, 2008 The Swiss team gained promotion to the elite World Group last weekend after a one-year absence. The match in the US could feature the world’s number one ranked doubles pair, the Bryan twins, against Roger Federer/Stanislas Wawrinka, who won gold in the doubles event at the Beijing Olympics. Federer – five times US Open champion…

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Scientists in the cold as atom smasher thaws

This content was published on Sep 22, 2008 Officials at the Geneva-based European Organization for Nuclear Research (Cern) said the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) would be out of business for two months or more after it suffered a technical problem on September 19. Repairmen will not be able to work on the LHC until the device’s giant magnets have warmed up enough from…

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Why bankers go bonkers for bunkers

This content was published on Sep 22, 2008 Some are now owned privately and serve as high-security data storage centres for banks or other financial organisations or as vaults or even hotels. Neighbours – everybody needs good ones – but the receding threat of invasion has left Switzerland with a problem: what to do with all their underground bunkers? Most are no longer…

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