Actualités sur Politique

Baumrucker&Hutter

Romania Becoming the next Ukraine?

Bucharest (ots) - In Romania these days you see a lot of smoke from the battle coming from the political scene. Is a poignant image of a country that has just acceded to the EU, but seems to lack political wisdom in order to remain there. When the political alliance came to power in 2004 Romania seemed to go into the right direction. The new government implemented key reforms in several areas and the general sense was that all the political forces were united around a ...

DSM Nutritional Products AG

Protection from osteoporosis - Bone is living tissue

DLG - German Agricultural Society

Agritechnica - the world's premier farm machinery show - just gets bigger and better

Frankfurt (ots) - Europe's leading agricultural event - Agritechnica - will be bigger than ever this year. - More exhibitors + larger area = more visitors - Expansion reflects diversity and buoyancy in agriculture - Focus on key areas of innovations, soil and climate issues, bio-energy and used machinery trade Due to take place in Hanover from ...

Alicon AG

BSE: How risky is it to drink milk?

Prion proteins found in commercial milk Schlieren (ots) - In a first-time global breakthrough, a Swiss start-up firm has succeeded in detecting prion proteins in the milk of humans, cows, sheep, and goats. This again raises the question of a "mad cow disease" risk from drinking milk. Tests are underway to verify disease-causing prions in milk. Prions are known to be causes of neurological conditions such as Mad ...

DLG - German Agricultural Society

European farmers reveal Bioenergy plans - Survey of 3,000 farmers in six countries identifies positive trends Bioenergy Center at Agritechnica

Frankfurt (ots) - DLG, the organiser of Agritechnica, has published the results of its 2006 Trendmonitor Survey of nearly 3,000 farmers in six European countries. The findings revealed marked differences in the type of bioenergy sources currently being used by farmers in individual countries and also their ...

Voipbuster

Skype increases all prices

Cologne (ots) - They kept millions of users waiting for more then a month, but today Skype (Ebay) finally announced their new "pricing strategy".... Voipbuster could not believe it: instead of lowering their prices they decided to put a sneaky new charge of 3,9 eurocents on all calls!! For almost all Skype users this means a price increase of over 50%! Time to switch, because Voipbuster, the biggest rival of Skype, announced today more new countries can be called ...

Grünenthal GmbH

Versatis® lidocaine medicated plaster approved by MHRA

Aachen, Germany (ots) - In the UK, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has approved Versatis®, a novel 5 % lidocaine medicated plaster, for the treatment of neuropathic pain associated with previous herpes zoster infection (post-herpetic neuralgia, PHN), developed by the German drug company Grünenthal. Following this national approval of Versatis® and its national launch on January, ...

Max Schmidheiny Stiftung

Formal presentation of the Max Schmidheiny Foundation Freedom Prize to Kofi Annan at the University of St. Gallen

St. Gallen (ots) - His Excellency Mr. Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations, today accepted the Max Schmidheiny Foundation Freedom Prize in person. At a formal ceremony at the University of St. Gallen attended by several hundred guests from business and politics as well as students, Prof. Dr. ...

Medienfachverlag Oberauer GmbH

Europe's most innovative newspaper 2006: De Morgen

Dusseldorf/Frankfurt/Zurich/Salzburg (ots) - In this year Europe's best newspapers come from Belgium, Norway, Finland, Portugal and Spain. 287 newspapers from 26 countries participated in the eighth European Newspaper Award. As the four main newspaper genres such as national paper, regional paper, local paper and weekly differ considerably, they are awarded by the jury separately so that four chief awards can be ...

DLG - German Agricultural Society

Bioenergy investment booms - agriculture to enable a green future / Largest European bioenergy exhibition launches 14-17 November 2006 at Hanover Exhibition Grounds, Germany

Frankfurt (ots) - Published scientific evidence on the impact of global climate change continues to mount and is now overwhelming. Politicians, the private sector, and the general public are increasingly looking to the agricultural sector to deliver alternative renewable energy supplies derived from both animal ...

UEFA - Union of European Football Associ

UEFA delivers live online video solution to broadcasters

UEFA Video Service provides live Internet coverage of UEFA Champions League matches in 96 countries. Nyon (ots) - The launch of the UEFA Video Service (UVS), has given Internet users in 96 countries access to live online matches from UEFA competitions. UVS has been developed by UEFA to enable its broadcast partners to extend their rights and provide live match coverage on the Internet. Over 20 broadcasters ...

Fachhochschule Graubünden / FH Graubünden

University of Applied Sciences HTW Chur, Switzerland: Bachelor of Science in Tourism

Chur (ots) - St. Moritz, Davos, Arosa - three resounding Swiss tourism destinations. All three towns lie in the canton of Grisons (Graubünden), the capital of which is Chur, home to the University of Applied Sciences Chur HTW Chur, founded in 1963. Approximately 1,400 students may choose from five Swiss federally approved and internationally recognized Bachelor ...

Boehringer Ingelheim

Boehringer Ingelheim's pramipexole (Sifrol(R)/Mirapexin(R)) Can

Provide Benefit of Improved Mood Disturbance for People With Restless Legs Syndrome GLASGOW, Scotland (ots) - - FOR HEALTHCARE JOURNALISTS (For media outside the US only) - New Data Shows pramipexole is an Effective Treatment Option for the Broad Range of RLS Symptoms During Both the Night and Daytime New data indicate that when treated with pramipexole (Sifrol(R)/Mirapexin(R)), ...

Swatch AG

SWATCH Honors Human Rights and new Human Rights Council

Geneva (ots) - SWATCH marked the first session of the Human Rights Council on June 19th with the launch of the first of a series of watches, designed to stimulate continuing awareness of human rights. The blue Human Rights SWATCH watch, launched expressly for the occasion, features a large number 19 in white. This symbol refers not only to the historic birthday of the Council, but also to article 19 of the Universal ...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Tenth Dies Academicus event held by the Università della Svizzera Italiana (University of Lugano)

Saturday 13th May 2006 from 10 a.m. to 12.15 p.m. Great Hall (Aula Magna) on the University Campus in Lugano Lugano (ots) - The Università della Svizzera Italiana is 10 years old! The Dies Academicus is an important opportunity to meet up and exchange information about the development of the USI within the context of our region and in its relations with ...

ICZ - Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich

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Opening ceremony for Zurich Cantonal Parliament and Executive Council in the synagogue of the Jewish Community Zurich (ICZ) on 8 May 2006

ISAN International Agency

ISAN expands to cover Video Games

Ferring International SA

Degarelix, a novel GnRH Blocker from Ferring, moves into phase III

21st Annual Meeting of the European Association of Urology (EAU), Paris, 5th - 8th April 2006 Treatment with degarelix results in fast, profound and sustained reductions in testosterone and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels without a testosterone surge Paris (ots) - Following the presentation today of the results of the Phase IIb programme with degarelix in prostate cancer, which are in line with previous ...

Università della Svizzera italiana

The University of Lugano and Copenhagen Business School launch cooperative venture - Collaboration brings international opportunities for Executive Master's Participants

Lugano (ots) - The University of Lugano's Executive Master of Science in Communications Management (MScom) and Copenhagen Business School's Executive Master of Corporate Communications (MCC) announced a co-operation agreement aimed at broadening the international scope of their programs. Under the cooperation ...

Prionics AG

Beefing traceability up Prionics closes gap in consumer protection

Zurich (ots) - The world leader in prion diagnostics has landed another coup in the fight against animal diseases and consumer protection. Prionics AG will be promoting the use of the innovative diagnostic ear tag TypiFix™, which combines individual livestock identification with tissue sampling. "The special mummification technique of TypiFix™ allows it to easily trace back from the fork to the farm", says ...

UEFA - Union of European Football Associ

UEFA reveals host broadcasting for UEFA EURO 2008™ qualifying draw

Nyon (ots) - Acting as a host broadcaster through its subsidiary UEFA Media Technologies, UEFA has confirmed the appointment of SRG SSR idée suisse as the executive producer of the first televised event of the UEFA EURO 2008™ tournament. The UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying competition draw will take place in Montreux, Switzerland on Friday 27 January 2006. The ceremony will take place at the Congress Centre in Montreux ...

Cablecom

High credibility for Swiss television - Stephan Klapproth voted favorite news moderator

Zurich (ots) - For the first time, the pan-European television survey by UPC (published at www.cablecom.ch/wirueberuns/upc_2005_tv_survey) was conducted in Switzerland this year. The study's most conspicuous findings include high credibility for Swiss public television, as well as Switzerland's ranking as the country with Europe's lowest rate of TV consumption. To ...

Cablecom

Cablecom: One entire year of free phone calls

Zurich (ots) - Cablecom digital phone and Cablecom hispeed Internet continue to be extremely successful products in the market and remain highly popular with customers. Now, customers who register for Cablecom digital phone and Cablecom hispeed Internet between September 1 and October 31 will receive an entire year of free phone calls anywhere within the Swiss fixed network-all for our basic monthly charge of only CHF ...

Blum & Partner Rechtsanwälte

Statement of Dr. Evgeniy O. Adamov concerning the Extradiction Requests of the United States of America and Russia: "Return as a free man to my homeland"

Zürich (ots) - My client, Dr. Evgeniy O. Adamov, has requested me to publish following statement: "I respectfully decline simplified extradition to either country. My arrest at the behest of the United States was illegal. I intend to leave this prison as a free man, to return to my homeland as a free man, ...

gasmobil ag

Opel Astra Caravan 1.4 Turbo CNG - powerful prototype with natural-gas powered engine

Arlesheim (ots) - At the 75th Geneva International Motor Show, gasmobil/GVM and Rinspeed are exhibiting on stand 4131 in Hall 4, as a feasibility study, the attractive Astra Caravan with a 1.4 CNG monovalent plus drive. The combination vehicle fitted with a 1.4 litre turbo engine was designed, developed and built in cooperation with Opel Special Vehicles, Gasverbund ...

gasmobil ag

Ford Maverick - the first 4x4 off-roader to really step on the (natural) gas

Arlesheim/Wallisellen - Strictly speaking one of the few, genuine world premieres at this year's Geneva International Motor Show is being displayed on gasmobil/GVM and Rinspeed's Stand 4131 in Hall 4: this is the Ford Maverick 2.3i XLT, the first SUV that is also able to use natural gas as a fuel. The conversion will be carried out at the customer's request by the ...

Orange Communications SA

New price plan: Chat as much as you like with Advanced Plus

Lausanne (ots) - Orange is launching the new Advanced Plus price plan. This means that you can make unlimited calls over the weekend and on weekday evenings without any additional charge to all Swiss fixed networks and within the Orange network. The cost of these calls is already included in the monthly fee. "With Advanced Plus we are responding to the needs of customers, who above all make calls during the ...

University of Chicago Graduate School of Business

University of Chicago GSB to Move Europe Campus to London

London (ots/PRNewswire) - - Leading Business School's Executive MBA Students and Global Alumni Will Benefit The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business will relocate its European campus from Barcelona to London, the top-ranking business school announced today. The move will be effective Summer 2005. Chicago GSB Dean Edward A. Snyder said that after a highly successful decade in Barcelona, the ...

Orange Communications SA

Swiss Premiere - orangeclick.ch: Orange launches "PrePay subscription" on the Internet

orangeclick.ch - purely Internet-based mobile phone offer Lausanne (ots) - On 22nd January 2005 Orange will be the first mobile service provider to launch an offer, with orangeclick.ch, that is exclusively available on the Internet. orangeclick.ch is a "PrePay subscription", which combines the advantages of a PrePay account with those of a subscription but without ...

Orange Communications SA

Orange: launch of UMTS proceeds according to plan - Focus on offers for business customers

Lausanne (ots) - Orange Switzerland has opted for a phased introduction of UMTS services in Switzerland. In so doing, Orange is focusing primarily on significant locations for business customers with the highest possible, permanently available transfer capabilities on the UMTS network. The construction of the Orange UMTS network is proceeding according to plan. ...