Nbr. 11, November 1999

Index

• Asylum revisions.
• Cutting back on public transport.
• Easier citizenship.
• High on sports.
• Militaries unite.
• Packimpex gets award.
• Pension cuts.
• Premium hikes.
• Research gets more funds.
• Stop suicides!(News)
• The right to dual citizenship.
• Tunnel delayed.
• Winter time.
• Body and soul.
• Fight against trafficking women.
• From the editor.
• International. Personal. Inspirational.
• March against paedophilia.
• Media ethics?
• The time travel edition.
• Welcome to the new Swiss News.
• What's on this winter? Find out here!
• Chappate.
• Clamp down on insider dealing.
• Competition and bureaucracy.
• Letter to the editor.
• Pope names Swiss cardinal.
• Unemployment.
• Swiss politics swings right: Swiss voters have steered the country's politics a little towards the right-wing conservative side, bringing Switzerland's so-called 'magic formula' into the limelight.
• A car that reads minds.
• Banks caught by subprime crisis.
• Beautiful Bianca wows Switzerland: what goes into the making of Miss Switzerland? What is in store for Bianca Sissing--Miss Switzerland 2003/04? Swiss News gets the details.
• CERN particle accelerator "on ice" for the winter.
• Foreigner-friendly Wald.
• Innovative Swiss make top competitors.
• Mammals in crisis as endangered list widens.
• Out of the doghouse.
• Rocky road to Swiss citizenship: the majority of Swiss voters recently said "no" to granting their second and third-generation foreign neighbours easy access to citizenship. But the real story behind the latest referendum seems to be the old political wall of division separating the French and German speaking landscape--the so-called 'Roestigraben'.
• Stocks guru speaks.
• Swiss firefighters rap on video.
• Swiss support gun control: study.
• Swiss win gold in China.
• Weapons of safety.
• Welcome, Mr. Councillor.
• What a rock.
• Baggage service.
• Bilingual or bust.
• Chappatte.
• Cultural exchange.
• Dangerous mushrooms.
• Dinosaur footprint stolen from archaeological dig.
• Feel right at Holmes.
• Feeling the chill.
• Free viewing.
• Getting richer.
• Gourmet Switzerland.
• Government on DVD.
• Grade-A universities.
• Love killer.
• Nestle surprises with new CEO.
• Passport to the Big Bang.
• Playtime in the city.
• SNB cuts key interest rate.
• Zurich's elixir of life.
• 10 questions with The Kooks.
• Fresh faces in the Federal Council.
• Max, Raabe, time traveller.
• Medical arm of the forces: Swiss News witnesses the course on Law of Armed Conflict with the international audience of medical officers and dwells on some interesting issues with course commander, Hans Ulrich Baer.
• Pension issues.
• Switzerland loses music legend.
• Tensions on the rise: rarely is there a church without a bell tower in Switzerland. Now other religious communities are demanding the same privilege: Muslims are fighting for the right to build minarets on top of mosques. This has been the cause of a heated debate, due to peak on November 29 when Swiss voters will decide how far freedom of religion should go.
• The American expats vote.
• The sex trade in Switzerland: prostitution has been documented since the Middle Ages in Switzerland, but did you know that it is legal, taxable and used by an estimated 350,000 men every year? Swiss News looks at life on the game, past and present.
• Voters focus on the environment and drug use: Swiss voters will cast ballots this November on issues ranging from the right of environmental organisations to appeal controversial construction projects, to the decriminalisation of cannabis, Swiss News examines the issues and the potentially far-reaching consequences of voters' decisions.
• 10 questions with Carlo Janka.
• Exporting banking secrecy.
• Food for thought: on November 27, Swiss voters will be asked to decide on two issues close to the heart--what they eat and when they shop. One initiative would rule out genetically modified food and another would change the law governing shop hours in train stations and airports.
• The Roma.
• Higher VAT aids social insurance: Switzerland has the lowest value-added tax (VAT) rate in Europe. However, Swiss voters recently decided to raise it a little in order to lower the financial pressure on governmental social insurance.
• Men who strip for a living: it seems that the site of a man peeling off his shirt and waving his G-string in the air not only sends shivers of delight down the spines of selected audiences across Switzerland, but these audiences are also willing to part with their cold hard cash for the pleasure of seeing naked male flesh.
• Rega: flying heroes.
• Swiss links to the US economy: the global economy has been in the doldrums for quite a while now. Each one of us awaits a recovery. Swiss News looks at how the US economic pick up can influence the recovery of the Swiss economy.
• Welcome to Switzerland: Swiss voters have extended the welcome mat giving citizens of ten new EU countries the right to live and work in Switzerland. The outcome sparked renewed debate surrounding Switzerland's potential membership in the European club of nations.
• Amors conversion.
• Minds reading Swiss style! In these difficult times, many of us are forced to find creative ways of filling the growing financial black holes. For one Swiss resident, overcoming this troubling situation is all in the mind ...
• Secrecy still remains the key to the Swiss account.
• ABB: targets achievable.
• Berna Biotech hikes capital.
• Bright sunshiny day.
• Georg Fischer cuts jobs.
• New entrants in mobile market.
• Science in action: Swiss technical universities are getting courted by an increasing number of international companies. Powerhouses like Microsoft, IBM and Disney all have running "brain-power" contracts with the technical schools in both Zurich and Lausanne. But are corporations simply colonising academic minds? Swiss News looks at these emerging ventures from both sides.
• Simon Ammann: soaring into the history books: Switzerland's Simon Ammann set ski jumping records and earned his place in his sport's history, after winning a further set of Olympic gold medals at the Vancouver games in February--doubling his overall Olympics gold tally. Swiss News talks to the champion as he prepares for the new winter season.
• SMI gainers & losers: September.
• Telecom links.
• The chocolate know-how: imagine a scenario in which Switzerland's chocolate barons agree to a "know-how transfer" enabling African cocoa exporters to create a home candy-bar industry. Swiss News examines the chances of this ever happening.
• The taxman cometh: the tax form for 2007 will arrive in early 2008, however, if you want to save on your taxes for this year then you will have to take action before December 31.
• Timeless: Nicolas Hayek, face behind the Swatch: Nicolas Hayek--the man who is credited with the revival of the Swiss watch industry--speaks with Swiss News about what propels his success, offers a forecast for the Swatch Group's future, and showcases his company's replication of Breguet's magnum opus.
• Top firms under scrutiny.
• Zug: small canton, big on business: international friendly open-minded innovative varied accessible surprising connected efficient.