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8 Oct 2008, 2:40 pm
To return to net neutrality, ISP monitoring projects such as EFF's Switzerland testing tool and others will be essential in keeping network management practices in check. [read post]
6 Oct 2008, 10:11 am
At a recent nano-technology conference in Switzerland, officials from the U.S. and the U.K. reported mixed experiences with voluntary reporting schemes for the production and use of nanoscale materials. [read post]
2 Oct 2008, 4:23 pm
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2 Oct 2008, 3:55 pm
UBS, the largest Swiss bank, gave a bit of positive news Thursday morning amid the financial maelstrom: It said it expects to eke out a “small profit” for the third quarter. [read post]
2 Oct 2008, 10:01 am
(credit for 1991 Trout stamp at left)... 1924, in Geneva, Switzerland, delegates adopted the Protocol for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes. [read post]
2 Oct 2008, 8:29 am
“More than 100 Britons have travelled to Switzerland to make use of laws that allow assisted suicide, a practice prohibited in Britain. [read post]
2 Oct 2008, 8:22 am
Singapore, which hosted the final round of negotiations in 2006 leading to the Treaty's adoption, was the first country to finalize the ratification process in March 2007, followed by Switzerland, Bulgaria, Romania, Denmark, Latvia and Kyrgyzstan. [read post]
2 Oct 2008, 5:10 am
Switzerland: According to Swissinfo.ch, the Swiss Federal Prosecutor's Office confirmed that ten affiliates of the People's Mujahideen Organisation of Iran ("PMOI"), were just arrested by the authorities for money laundering. [read post]
29 Sep 2008, 10:01 am
"... 1908 (100 years ago today), in Lucerne, Switzerland, a Conférence internationale pour la protection du travail -- that is, International Conference for the Protection of Labor -- convened in order to ban night-time industrial work for children under age 14. [read post]
29 Sep 2008, 6:58 am
They say the owner is a resident of Switzerland. [read post]
27 Sep 2008, 12:08 am
You can separately subscribe to the Pharma & Biotech edition of the Global week in Review by subscribing by email, or selecting ‘all posts’ or Pharma, Biotech & Chem' for the RSS option at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com] Highlights this week included: Canada/Africa: Apotex ships patented AIDS drugs to Rwanda under Canada's Access to Medicines Regime (CAMR) (Managing Intellectual Property) (GenericsWeb) Consolidation in the generic… [read post]
26 Sep 2008, 6:48 am
Due to its constitutional arrangement and its diverse structure, Switzerland - which historically served as a blueprint for introducing instruments of direct democracy at the state-level during the progressive area in the United States - offers a unique case to assess these claims: More than half of the world's referenda held at the national level during the 20th century have taken place in Switzerland. [read post]
26 Sep 2008, 12:06 am
Contents include:Jan Wouters, André Nollkaemper, & Erika de Wet, Introduction: The ‘Europeanisation' of International LawRainer Wahl, Europeanisation beyond SupremacyBruno de Witte, The Emergence of a European System of Public International Law: The EU and its Member States as Strange SubjectsChristian Tietje, The Status of International Law in the European Legal Order: The Case of International Treaties and… [read post]
25 Sep 2008, 7:59 pm
It is as if one asked them their views about whether the new super-collider in Switzerland should shut down several months in order to engage in relevant repairs. [read post]
24 Sep 2008, 6:48 pm
Regulators in Australia, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Ireland, Germany, Canada, and Switzerland also have acted to curb short selling. [read post]
19 Sep 2008, 10:00 am
On this day in ...... 1946, in a speech at the University of Zürich in Switzerland (left), on the subject of European integration, Winston Churchill, the once and future British Prime Minister, proposed to avoid European wars like those of the 1st half of the 20th century by means of what he called a "sovereign remedy":[T]o recreate the European fabric, or as much of it as we can, and to provide it with a structure under which it can dwell in peace, in… [read post]
19 Sep 2008, 12:16 am
That's why Public Knowledge and EFF sued (.pdf) the federal government on Thursday, seeking details of the proposed accord between the European Union, the United States, Japan, South Korea, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Switzerland and New Zealand. [read post]
18 Sep 2008, 3:15 pm
Merpel says, if Bavaria beer from the Netherlands is confusing, after a beer or two the terms "Dutch" and "Deutsch" can have much the same effect.To read the questions that were referred to the ECJ, click hereBavaria in Switzerland here; Bavaria in South Africa here; Bavaria in Colombia here [read post]
18 Sep 2008, 1:33 pm
It's on the menu in Switzerland, thanks to a loophole in the law.The food control authority in Switzerland was initially confused by the apparent loophole in local legislation regulating the use of human milk and it was not clear whether Mr Locher could actually be banned from serving his specialities. [read post]
17 Sep 2008, 9:49 pm
Wired blog reports on a remarkable recent example of hacking, in no less a venue than the Large Hydron Collider in Geneva at CERN :"Shortly after physicists activated the Collider on Wednesday, hackers identifying themselves as Group 2600 of the Greek Security Team accessed computers connected to the Compact Muon Solenoid detector, one of four key subsystems responsible for monitoring the collisions of protons speeding around the 18-mile track near Geneva, Switzerland. [read post]
