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NEWS ABOUT: Switzerland

Switzerland stories: 111 news summaries

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Hewlett-Packard Nixes BEA Buy

ITer says it's best to remain neutral between software companies

Nov 21, 07 12:48 PM CST
(Newser) - “We are the Switzerland of these heterogenous environments,” a Hewlett-Packard exec said by way of explaining why his company is not interested in acquiring BEA, after BEA rejected an offer from Oracle as too low. HP is a partner of BEA’s, the company's software chief said, but... More »

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mergers and acquisitions • Switzerland • Oracle • BEA Systems • Hewlett-Packard

World's Best Green Hotels

Leave a footprint as small as your carry-on at a luxurious eco-hotel

Nov 5, 07 10:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Solar-heated pools, energy-conserving lights, composted food scraps . . . hotels aren't all bastions of consumption and waste. Travel+Leisure teamed up with Conservation International to assemble a list of 20 eco-friendly hotels:
  1. Spice Island Beach Resort, Grenada
  2. Soneva Fushi Resort & Six Senses Spa, Maldives
  3. Heritance Kandalama, Sri Lanka
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Australia • green building • ecotourism • Sri Lanka • Switzerland • Tanzania • Egypt • list • ecology • Philippines • hotel • spa • Bahamas • Colorado • green travel • LEED • Maldives • Zanzibar

Far-Right Wins in Swiss Election Create Tension

First black MP elected amid sweeping anti-immigrant victory

Oct 23, 07 11:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Swiss voters delivered a new parliament on Sunday, giving the right-wing Swiss People's Party a consolidated grip on power. But they also gave a seat to the country's first black MP, who told the Times of London that he is fearful of the xenophobia that characterized the recent election, despite... More »

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xenophobia • Switzerland • Swiss People's Party • Christoph Blocher

Swiss Rioters Blitz Rightist Rally

Anti-foreigner stance incites violence

Oct 8, 07 10:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bern was beset by rioters aiming to thwart a pre-election rally by the rightist Swiss People’s Party, expected to dominate this month's elections with its xenophobic platform. Masked protesters threw bricks and gas bombs and outwitted police by operating in small groups and destroying the party stage. The mayor... More »

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xenophobia • Switzerland • immigrant • Swiss People's Party • Christoph Blocher • racist

Swiss Fight Fire With ...Er, Rap

Video promotes new emergency number

Sep 25, 07 8:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tired of receiving directory assistance calls on their emergency line, Swiss firefighters filmed a rap video that no one could forget. The resulting “118 Project," which clears up the  confusion, has become a YouTube sensation. “They chose rap because it is spoken and not sung,” a... More »

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YouTube • France • Switzerland • firefighters • rap music • rap video • Swiss firefighters

Swiss Party
Aims to Boot Immigrants  

Campaign ad draws Nazi comparisons; expected to help in election

Sep 1, 07 11:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Using the image of three white sheep kicking a black sheep out, Switzerland’s biggest political party has begun a campaign to institute mandatory deportation of criminal immigrants and their families. Though critics compare the proposal to Hitler and Stalin practices, the party is expected to prevail in October elections.... More »

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xenophobia • Switzerland • racism • Nazi • immigrant • election

(Newser) - Hundreds of naked people bared all on a Swiss glacier to protest global warming yesterday. The arresting demonstration was photographed by New York artist Spencer Tunick, known for his photos of nude gatherings, as temperatures hovered around 50 degrees. More »

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climate change • environment • Greenpeace • global warming • Spencer Tunick • Switzerland • glacier

Swiss Army Eyes Outsourcing

Opposition mounts against outsourcing
a legend

Aug 3, 07 11:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Can a Swiss army knife be made in China and still cut it as an icon? That's become a hot political topic in Geneva since the army announced that, under WTO rules, they have to open up the manufacture of their signature knives to bids from companies in other countries.... More »

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China • outsourcing • Switzerland • Swiss Army knives • WTO • Swiss Army

Swiss Neighbors Demand End to Assisted Death

Angered by stream of bodies and ambulances at housing complex

Jul 13, 07 5:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Neighbors of an organization that has become the center of Switzerland's "assisted suicide tourism" have demanded an end to the deaths in their housing complex, the Guardian reports. Residents complain about the stream of ambulances and bodies that have disturbed their sleep for 9 years as some 700 people... More »

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assisted suicide • Switzerland • Dignitas • Zurich

Alinghi Defends America's Cup

Swiss team scores 1-second victory over New Zealand to remain atop sailing world

Jul 3, 07 12:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Alinghi defended the America's Cup today, scoring a 1-second victory over Team New Zealand and returning the most prestigious title in international sailing to landlocked Switzerland. The series, contested off Valencia, Spain, was the closest since 1983—the widest margin in Alinghi's 5-2 victory in the nine-race series was 35... More »

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America's Cup • Switzerland • sailing • Alinghi • New Zealand • reggata • billionaire

Tolerant Swiss to Ban Minarets?

May 28, 07 9:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Swiss have gone NIMBY (not in my back yard) on minarets.  While Switzerland's constitution guarantees freedom of religion, a number of leading politicians want to ban them via a referendum this fall.  There are now exactly two minarets in all of Switzerland. More »

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Islam • religion • Switzerland • minarets • Islamic law

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