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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 ...
plusBSE: 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 ...
plusDLG - 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 ...
plusSkype 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 ...
plusVersatis® 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, ...
plusFormal 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. ...
plusMedienfachverlag 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 ...
plusDLG - 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 ...
plusUEFA - 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 ...
plusFachhochschule 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 ...
plusBoehringer 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)), ...
plusSWATCH 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 ...
plusUniversità 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 ...
plusICZ - Israelitische Cultusgemeinde Zürich
2Opening ceremony for Zurich Cantonal Parliament and Executive Council in the synagogue of the Jewish Community Zurich (ICZ) on 8 May 2006
plusISAN expands to cover Video Games
plusDegarelix, 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 ...
plusUniversità 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 ...
plusBeefing 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 ...
plusUEFA - 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 ...
plusHigh 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 ...
plusCablecom: 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 ...
plusStatement 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, ...
plusOpel 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 ...
plusFord 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 ...
plusNew 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 ...
plusUniversity 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 ...
plusSwiss 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 ...
plusOrange: 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. ...
plusSwiss Radio International to stop broadcasting
Bern (ots) - swissinfo/Swiss Radio International (SRI) is to broadcast its last shortwave and satellite radio programmes on October 30, 2004. As SRI goes off the air after nearly 70 years, a chapter in Swiss radio history comes to an end. swissinfo/SRI will in future focus exclusively on its multimedia news and information platform, www.swissinfo.org, which is available in nine languages. Swiss Radio International ...
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