Новости за 10.05.2024

Nestlé wants to manufacture more Nescafé products in Brazil in the future. According to a report by the Reuters news agency, the company is investing one billion reais (CHF176 million) in production capacity there by 2026. Nestlé expects sales of the Nescafé brand in the Brazilian retail trade to grow by up to 15% per year over the next four years, said Valeria Pardal, head of Nestlé's coffee division in Brazil, in an interview with Reuters. This means that Nescafé in Brazil will grow significantly faster than the overall market... Читать дальше...

Newly identified cells in abdominal fat inhibit the formation of new fat cells. This discovery could be valuable for the treatment of obesity, as a Swiss research team wrote in a study published in the journal Cell Metabolism. The cell population in abdominal fat identified by the researchers led by Bart Deplancke from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) produces a protein called IGFBP2, which inhibits the formation of fat cells, according to the study published on Thursday. Читать дальше...

Swiss multinational Nestlé’s strategy of offering financial incentives to cocoa farmers has helped boost household income but still falls short of a living income. In January Nestlé announced the release of a new KitKat chocolate bar for the European market. It wasn’t a new flavour or a more decadent version. Instead, it was a KitKat manufactured from cocoa beans sourced entirely from select farmers from Ivory Coast who were given financial incentives for reaching certain targets. Ivory Coast accounts... Читать дальше...

The 24-hour procedure for asylum applications from North African countries with no prospect of success at the Federal Asylum Centre in Zurich has proved its worth, according to the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM). Applications from these countries fell by 40% in the first half of the year since the procedure was introduced. Since the end of April, the federal government has been applying the accelerated procedure nationwide. The acceptance rate for applications from Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya is around 1%. Читать дальше...

The retiring CEO of Bell Food Group, Lorenz Wyss, expects burgers made from cultured meat to be available in Switzerland in around three years' time. "However, you probably won't be able to buy the products in supermarkets straight away, but in restaurants first," he noted. In an interview with the Neue Zürcher Zeitung published on Friday, the Bell boss explained that it is possible that only individual components, such as fat, will be cultured to begin with. Bell acquired a stake in the Dutch cultured... Читать дальше...

Switzerland has reached the final of the Eurovision Song Contest for the fifth time in a row. Nemo won over the audience in Malmö, Sweden, on Thursday evening with a performance of "The Code". With Nemo advancing to the final, Switzerland has a chance to win the Eurovision Song Contest for a third time on Saturday. Nemo competed against 15 other acts, with ten advancing. Nemo's entry into the final is hardly surprising. The Swiss act is one of the contest favourites, leading in the betting offices... Читать дальше...

One person has died in an avalanche near Kandersteg in the Bernese Oberland and four others were injured, according to police. The wet snow avalanche broke loose above Lake Oeschinen on Thursday afternoon. The deceased was a 32-year-old French citizen living in Switzerland, as reported by the Bern cantonal police on Thursday evening. Helicopters, avalanche detection dogs, mountain specialists and other services of the Bern cantonal police were deployed during the rescue operation. The police identified... Читать дальше...

German theologian Carl August Wildenhahn documented his journey through 19th century Switzerland with humorous observations and comic strip-style pictures. In the early summer of 1837, Carl August Wildenhahn set off from Dresden by stagecoach to travel through Switzerland and to finally see for himself the land of his dreams with its “eternal glaciers and graceful Bernese girls”. Wildenhahn documented his three-week trip with amusing anecdotes and comic strip-style illustrations. This article was... Читать дальше...

After the First World War, American leaders regarded Geneva as a city on a par with Jerusalem or Rome. The Swiss city first gained attention as a centre for international law thanks to an American warship – the Alabama. International Geneva would likely not be what it is today without the United States. Its rise as a city of international organisations was buoyed by admiration and advocacy from across the Atlantic. American enthusiasm for Geneva as a city, but most of all as an idea, reached its peak after the First World War. Читать дальше...

Climate change is pushing Switzerland to change the way it handles urban flooding. As flood risks grow, cities and towns are implementing innovative ways to mitigate the risks. For many older people in Melchnau, a 1500-inhabitant village in canton Bern, the year 1986 will never be forgotten. They all went through what could be called “a collective trauma” to overcome the flood damage. Christian Eicher, a retired civil engineer who spent much of his career working on flood control and urban drainage... Читать дальше...