Heerbrugg (ots) -In the Rhine Valley of Switzerland, there momentarily blooms the largest flower word in the world. Violet-blue Phacelia plants form the 235 metre-long word RHEINHOF with letters reaching 40 metres in size in a grain field. In addition, corn plants have also been planted and their growth already shows an even larger recognisable number 25. This represents the 25-year celebration of the existence of both ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - Fraport AG believes that the statements of Hesse's minister of economics, transport, and state development, Dieter Posch, and the president of the Darmstadt administrative district, Gerold Dieke, confirm the company's plan for a new landing runway northwest of Frankfurt Airport (FRA) - to expand airport capacity in keeping with demand. ...
St. Gallen (ots) - On Saturday, May 25, in St. Gallen, Ruud Lubbers, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, was presented with the Max Schmidheiny Foundation's Freedom Prize for the year 2002. The presentation took place at the 32nd ISC-Symposiums in the great hall of the University of St. Gallen. An audience of more than 800 guests from all over the world ...
International Students' Committee
St. Gallen (ots) - For the 24th time the Max Schmidheiny Foundation will award its Freedom Prize on Saturday, May 25, on the occasion of the 32nd ISC-Symposium, taking place at the University of St. Gallen, from May 23-25, 2002. Every year, the Max Schmidheiny Foundation promotes outstanding scientific, political and entrepreneurial initiatives and achievements that safeguard individual freedom and responsibility. ...
Berne (ots) - On 15 April swissinfo/Swiss Radio International (SRI) is launching the new Swiss political platform swisspolitics.org (www.swisspolitics.org). With its slogan "stay in the loop, stay connected, have your say", swisspolitics.org combines up-to-date news with a comprehensive database, plus sophisticated community applications. swisspolitics.org will be ...
Frankfurt/M., Germany (ots) - From March 16 to 20, Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide will again be exhibiting at the International Tourism Exchange 2002 (ITB) in Berlin, the world's largest trade fair for the travel and tourism industry. Fraport will again be exhibiting in Hall 9b, at Stand 14. Under the motto "In touch. In motion. For your travel ...
Palo Alto, USA (ots) - ALPS Information Technology Fund, LP, a core company of the Alps Electric North America, Inc affiliated group and Ridgewood Capital today announced the formation of a venture partnership. As part of the agreement, ALPS Information Technology Fund, LP has made an investment in Ridgewood Capital's Venture Fund III. The two firms will also collaborate to identify disruptive technologies in the ...
Palo Alto, USA (ots) - Neale-May & Partners, a leader in technology public relations and marketing, today announced the appointment of former CNN journalist and senior news executive Charles A. Caudill as Managing Director of GlobalFluency, a worldwide network of 38 independent technology marketing and public relations firms in 26 countries. An award-winning ...
Bern (ots) - Nearly half of Switzerland's population has toyed with the idea of emigrating. Men dream slightly more often of moving to warmer climes than women, and the German and French-speaking Swiss do so a little more than their Italian-speaking counterparts. These are some of the most significant findings of a survey commissioned by swissinfo/Swiss Radio International (SRI), which also revealed that Australia is ...
Basel (ots) - Federal Councillor Moritz Leuenberger, Head of the Federal Department for Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications, has become the patron of the International REACH Environment Prize 2002. The "Pro Aqua-Pro Vita" foundation is announcing this award, which is worth 50,000 Swiss francs, for the fourth time and will award it in October 2002 in ...
Bundesamt f. Umwelt, Wald und Landschaft
Bern (ots) - The Swiss Agency for the Environment, Forests and Landscape (SAEFL), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the University of Geneva are continuing to support the GRID-Geneva centre (Global Resource Information Database). The three partners signed an agreement on Friday which will renew their support for a period of four years. GRID's ...
Cologne, Germany (ots) - Eurotunnel operators are going to attach still more importance to safety. The first part of the freight trains carrying "piggyback" lorries between Great Britain and France is being provided with water mist fire extinguishing technology from Fogtec Brandschutz. The eight trains, each 800 ...
Brussels (ots) - On Friday 7 December at 14.30, HRH Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium will open the event marking the end of the European Year of Languages, in the presence of Ministers Vanderpoorten, Hazette and Gentges, Lord Russell-Johnston, President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and Mr Van der Pas, representing the European Union. The event will be attended by representatives of the 45 ...
Frankfurt am Main (ots) - The Hessian Ministry of Economics, Transportation, Urban and Regional Development has approved Fraport AG's request to increase airport charges at Frankfurt by an average of 3.2 percent effective January 1, 2002. An increase of 2.1 percent on the 2001 volume of charges was needed to cover current operating costs. The balance of 1.1 ...
Bern (ots) - From December 3 to 11, the long-awaited trial of eight members of the now defunct company, Adventure World, will take place in Interlaken, Switzerland. They are charged with manslaughter in connection with the deaths of 21 people in a canyoning accident near Interlaken in 1999. www.swissinfo.org will provide daily reports of the trial on its English language website www.swissinfo.org/sen The defendants ...
Basel (ots) - An ecumenical memorial service will be held in Basel Cathedral on Thursday, November 29 for those who died in the loss of Crossair flight LX 3597 last Saturday. The service will begin at 14:00, and will be open to the public. Swiss Deputy President Kaspar Villiger will attend, as will representatives from government, diplomatic emissaries from various countries and representatives of the churches, Crossair and Swissair. The service will be transmitted ...
Graz, Austria (ots) - AVL, the high-tech company based in Graz, Austria, has reached an agreement (subject to anti-trust regulatory approval) to acquire the majority interest in Pierburg Instruments GmbH based in Neuss, Germany (with facilities in Fürth and Neuss), and to acquire Pierburg Instruments Inc. in the USA, by the end of 2001. Prof. Helmut List, CEO AVL, ...
Greifswald, Germany (ots) - Life science is the key technology of the 21st century, first innovative products and production processes revolutionise medicine, agriculture and releaf the environment. More than 120 representatives from science and industry from all the states of the Baltic sea region meet from ...
Giessen, Germany (ots) - Diabetes mellitus and cancer are among the diseases of greatest clinical focus. At the ScheBo Biotech AG Symposium during MEDICA on the occasion of the World Congress of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (WASPaLM) 2001 two specific diagnostic tools with unique clinical approaches will be ...
Cross-reference: photo was sent via satellite and is available at: www.newsaktuell.ch/f/galerie.htx?type=obs and www.photopress.ch Zurich (ots) - World Formula One champion Michael Schumacher has pulled out all the stops for Switzerland. The Aletsch region with its breathtaking world of glaciers formed the backdrop for a different kind of photo session. Leading Swiss photographer Michel Comte was called in to take the first shots as part of a remarkable ...
Berlin/Brand, Germany (ots) - CargoLifter AG has entered a new chapter in the history of its "Lighter-than-Air" technology: the CL 75 AC has been taken out of the hangar for the first time. On the morning of October 12, 2001, at about 7:30, the 61-meter-diameter balloon - floating at a height of about 15 meters ...
Frankfurt/Main (ots) - Frankfurt Airport (FRA) - which already has very high security standards - has implemented further security measures as a result of the latest developments in Afghanistan and the surrounding region. Expanded security controls, which have long been required for U.S.-bound passengers and their hand luggage, will immediately take effect for all flights of British carriers operating at FRA. In the ...
Munich (ots) - This week the BMW Group signed the international declaration of the United Nations' environmental programme this week. This treaty with the BMW Group again confirms the cutting edge role of the sustainable treatment of resources in the sense of a responsible and considerate dealing with and ...
Berlin/Brand (ots) - CargoLifter AG has reached another milestone in the realization of its key technology. On September 27, 2001 the finance minister of the State of Brandenburg, Dr. Wolfgang Fürniß officially kicked off production of the logistics company's unique "Lighter-than-Air" aircraft. Engineers ...
Munich/Grasbrunn (ots) - Good prospects for growth for 2001/2002 following substantial increase in earnings in past fiscal year - Group will profit from growth in the document management market IXOS SOFTWARE AG (NASDAQ: "XOSY", NEUER MARKT: "XOS", German Securities Code Number (WKN) 506150), a leading global provider of solutions for eBusiness document ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide - owner and manager of Frankfurt Airport (FRA) - the Landeszentralbank Hessen (State of Hesse central bank) and Germany's Bundesbank are presenting an exhibition titled "The Euro - Our Money": running from September 19 to January 13 at ...
Frankfurt/Germany (ots) - To enhance the already high security standards in place at Frankfurt Airport (FRA), Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide - the owner and manager of FRA - maintains close relations with the responsible government agencies and security experts of airlines and other organizations. In particular, Fraport AG cooperates with the German Federal Border Police (Bundesgrenzschutz), Hessian ...
Frankfurt, Germany (ots) - The Michelin-Stand D02 in hall 8, with its modern wood, metal and glass architecture, is a symbol of innovation and high-performance, the French group's exhibition motto for this year. The PAX tyre wheel system, which is already in use in production vehicles, is a particular example of this revolutionary technology. Michelin is represented in the high-performance segment with the sporty Pilot ...
Berne (ots) - Since being put into service on 5 July 2001 the world's largest solar-powered ship, MobiCat, has been proven in a range of comprehensive solar electricity tests. The object of these tests was to try out the new technology (solar module, electronics, measuring and analysing equipment) implemented after ten years' research at the Société Mont-Soleil. ...