GenevaLunch - St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Recycling batteries costs three times more than in EU

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:53:55 +0100

WRG-FM - Too much government regulation and a ban on exporting batteries lie behind the high cost of recycling batteries, three times more than in the European Union, say researchers at St. Gallen University.

Tuesday was a bad day for autoroute accidents

Wed, 11 Oct 2006 10:25:02 +0100

GL and sources - A pick-up slammed into the rear of a car on the A13 autoroute near St. Gallen Tuesday, killing the driver of the car, aged 58, and critically injuring his two children, ages 8 and 9. The victim's wife is also hospitalized. Eight cars were involved in the crash.

Several accidents occurred during the day on the autoroutes in Valais, Vaud and Geneva. Near Bernex on the A1 in Geneva the driver of a car miraculously escaped injury when a semi-trailer truck crumpled his car.

Roses in St-Gallen, Switzerland

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 18:33:32 +0100

Friday interview: Alexandre Kalache, WHO, on society's approach to aging

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:38:49 +0100

Friday interview: Alexandre Kalache, head, Ageing and Life Course, WHO, Geneva

Alexandre Kalache, WHO, Ageing and Life Course programme

International Day of Older Persons is 1 October.

This is the second in a series of articles on aging. Kalache and others were interviewed during the World Ageing & Generations Congress at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, 26-29 September.

Demographics of aging

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 17:54:21 +0100

Source: WHO