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Health officials want higher vaccine take-up rate

This content was published on Nov 11, 2002 It warned that these diseases could once again gain a deadly foothold if more children were not inoculated. Launching a nationwide information campaign in Bern on Monday, health officials said they would like 90-95 per cent of children and young adults to be vaccinated against a range of potentially fatal diseases. Currently, about 80 per…

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Swiss press applauds Iraq resolution

This content was published on Nov 9, 2002 The papers agreed that the credit for the resolution obliging Iraq to give up weapons of mass destruction went to the United States president, George W Bush. “Without Washington’s sabre-rattling the Security Council would not have woken up and taken action,” the Neue Zürcher Zeitung wrote. With the passing of the resolution, the “countdown against…

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Tubby Swiss urged to slim down

This content was published on Nov 9, 2002 To encourage them to shed some weight, a new project called Suisse Balance, has been launched focusing on healthy eating and exercise, particularly among children. According to the health authorities, 42 per cent of men and 28 per cent of women in Switzerland are overweight. The main reasons are thought to be too little exercise…

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Spas peel away old image

This content was published on Nov 9, 2002 Samantha Tonkin discovered that a burgeoning “wellness” industry has broadened the appeal of health and fitness holidays beyond the silver-haired generation. A sleek limo rolls up to Montreux train station to whisk me away to first-class spa Clinique La Prairie located on the shores of Lake Geneva. We cruise over to the luxurious clinic famed…

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Controversy dogs closure of Hepburn museum

This content was published on Nov 8, 2002 They claim the exhibition had commercialised their mother’s name – a charge denied by the museum’s director. Since it opened in a small village near Lausanne six years ago, the Audrey Hepburn Pavilion had received almost 30,000 visitors from all over the world. The museum was located in a two-room former schoolhouse in Tolochenaz, where…

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Integration encouraged amid asylum vote fears

This content was published on Nov 7, 2002 The meeting comes less than three weeks before the Swiss vote on a rightwing proposal to tighten the asylum laws. More than 200 participants took part in the conference, which was organised by the Federal Commission on Foreigners, the Federal Commission against Racism, and the Federal Refugee Office. The government is trying to persuade voters…

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Wuffli on banking secrecy

This content was published on Nov 7, 2002 The EU earlier this month mooted a set of possible sanctions against Switzerland in a lingering dispute over the taxation of EU citizen’s savings. Brussels wants to finalise plans to prevent tax evasion by EU citizens from both within and outside its borders. For the plans to succeed, it has asked non-EU members to provide…

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The artist who came in from the cold

This content was published on Nov 7, 2002 Louis Soutter (1871-1942) was an artist whose significance and innovative impact have, in the opinion of many art experts, yet to be fully appreciated. Born in Morges on Lake Geneva, Soutter’s works have won plaudits as a unique creative explosion. This extensive, representative selection of about 100 drawings, 90 paintings and six illustrated books, at…

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Ethics code to clean up sport’s tarnished image

This content was published on Nov 6, 2002 Concerned that negative headlines are turning people away from sport, the Swiss Olympic Association has called for a fresh focus on good ethics. The association, which represents some 20,000 sporting groups involving 2.3 million Swiss, believes the code will help keep attention focused on positive aspects of sport. The code emphasises universal access to sport,…

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