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GGBa director Philippe Monnier

Philippe Monnier - seducing foreign business

by Marcus Berry

August 20, 2010 | 10:29

Philippe Monnier heads the newly created Greater Geneva Bern area, a combined economic development body of six French-speaking cantons aimed at attracting foreign business to the region. During an interview with Swisster, Monnier, who took over the Lausanne-based group in February, plays down the importance of tax benefits and focuses on regional security and quality of life.

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Lifestyle
	Rafael Enzler, marketing Swiss tourism
	July 15, 2010 \| 11:20	by Marcus Berry

The global financial crisis and a rising franc have triggered a modest fall in visitors to Switzerland over the past 12 months, nonetheless the tourism industry has proved more resilient than others....Full story

Business
	Thierry Mauron - attracting foreign business to Fribourg
	May 6, 2010 \| 09:30	by Marcus Berry

Once considered a poor canton in relation to heavyweights such as Zurich and Geneva, Fribourg has nonetheless been attracting hundreds of foreign companies to set up within its borders on the back of...Full story

Science & Tech
	LIFT boss, Laurent Haug, looks to the future
	April 19, 2010 \| 09:38	by Marcus Berry

Part two of Swisster's interview with LIFT online technology conference boss, Laurent Haug, examines how he expects the latest Internet technologies to...Full story

Science & Tech
	Laurent Haug LIFTs lid on Internet trend conference
	April 14, 2010 \| 12:37	by Marcus Berry

Geneva's influential LIFT Conference on how we use online technology is just weeks away. Part one of Swisster's interview with boss Laurent Haug provides a sneak...Full story

Sports
	McSorely aims to expand Geneva's sporting horizons
	April 12, 2010 \| 10:30	by Marcus Berry

In part two of our interview with Servette ice hockey coach, Chris McSorely, Swisster traces his path from the NHL to the hockey backwaters of Geneva. The Canadian expat also discusses the influence...Full story

Sports
	McSorely spurs Servette for hockey showdown with Bern
	April 9, 2010 \| 10:58	by Marcus Berry

Expat Chris McSorely coaches the Servette Ice Hockey Club to the final of the playoffs for the second time in Switzerland's top league – an inconcievable scenario when he first arrived in hockey-ambivalent...Full story

Part two of Swisster's interview with Sebastian Terry, an Australian currently residing in Geneva, who abandonned his career to complete a list of 100...

Full storyMarch 17, 2010 | 07:06by Marcus Berry

Momentarily based in Geneva, Aussie expat Sebastian Terry works his way through an intriguing list of 100...

Full storyMarch 16, 2010 | 06:05by Marcus Berry

At the luxury end of the Geneva Motor Show, German company Brabus provides state-of-the-art bespoke vehicles tailored for the most demanding customer. The company's Sven Gramm gives Swisster a guided tour...

Full storyMarch 5, 2010 | 10:40by Giles Broom

Despite the 2010 Geneva Motor Show's focus on energy saving cars, Boris Vetsch of e'mobile, the Swiss association for electric vehicles, tells Swisster's Giles Broom that the local market is proving resistent...

Full storyMarch 4, 2010 | 11:05by Giles Broom

The international media gets a sneak preview of the 80th Geneva Motor Show which opens to the public on Thursday. Attending auto journalists provide their views on the event and the industry.

Full storyMarch 2, 2010 | 12:53by Marcus Berry

New head of economiesuisse, Pascal Gentinetta aims to promote and streamline the country's economy wherever he can. Gentinetta, talks to Swisster about the recession, European competition and future prospects....

Full storyFebruary 12, 2010 | 14:12by Marcus Berry

With CERN's LHC accelerator ready to flex its muscles, Swisster speaks to CERN Director General, Professor Rolf-Dieter Heuer about potential discoveries, mini black holes and the beginning of the Universe.

Full storyJanuary 28, 2010 | 09:49by Marcus Berry

A nationwide poster campaign launched this month by the Swiss Pulmonary League warns snorers of the dangers of sleep apnea. This irregular breathing can lead to serious health problems, warns a sleep expert....

Full storyJanuary 21, 2010 | 18:45by Jeremy Allen

HE Ambassador Alexis Lautenberg speaks to the British Swiss Chamber of Commerce on Monday in Geneva. Swisster asks the diplomat about bilateral relations, pressure on Swiss banks and the minaret vote....

Full storyJanuary 19, 2010 | 08:24by Marcus Berry

As wife of billionaire tycoon Ernesto Bertarelli, Kirsty is perhaps not your usual rising musical artist. But singing and songwriting are her passion, the 38-year-old tells Swisster.

Full storyJanuary 14, 2010 | 12:02by Jeremy Allen

Controversial stand-up Shazia Mirza begins her four-day tour of Switzerland on Tuesday in Geneva. The British-Asian artist has provoked laughs all over the world for her observational style of comedy....

Full storyJanuary 13, 2010 | 07:34by Marcus Berry

Stephen MR Covey is the author of bestseller "The Speed of Trust". In an an interview with Swisster during a conference at Lausanne's IMD business school, the son of the man who wrote "The Seven Habits...

Full storyDecember 10, 2009 | 12:21by Jeremy Allen

In an interview with Swisster, auctioneer Simon de Pury paints a picture of the international art world and says that after London and New York, Switzerland is one of the planet's most important markets....

Full storyNovember 25, 2009 | 16:47by Jeremy Allen

Former hostage Terry Waite, attending a charity dinner Thursday in Geneva, talks to Swisster about the Swiss hostage situation in Libya based on his own experiences and a past meeting with Libyan ruler...

Full storyNovember 20, 2009 | 10:31by Jeremy Allen

With an estimated 750,000 death around the world every year from small arms - anything from a pistol to a weapon that can be carried on say, a jeep - an independent research project in Geneva aims to provide...

Full storyNovember 10, 2009 | 12:27by Marcus Berry

In an exclusive interview, the son of Rachid Hamdani, one of the two Swiss hostages currently detained in Libya, tells Swisster about the pain he and his family have endured in the past 15 months since...

Full storyOctober 30, 2009 | 10:58by Jeremy Allen

Pierre-Alain Regali, managing director of ebookers.ch, predicts that the travel industry will rebound after a difficult 2009 to date, which has seen air ticket prices fall by up to 20 per cent in response...

Full storyOctober 30, 2009 | 09:17by Marcus Berry

Dr. Françoise Barré-Sinoussi's key role in the discovery of the HIV virus won her the joint Nobel Prize for medicine in 2008. As part of the Louis-Jeantet conference in Geneva, the French Pasteur Institute...

Full storyOctober 29, 2009 | 11:57by Marcus Berry

Scientists are still attempting to better understand the human genome – the genetic make-up of our species. Doctor Craig Venter, one of the first to map it out nearly 10 years ago, gives a talk on Tuesday...

Full storyOctober 13, 2009 | 11:15by Jeremy Allen

On November 14, during a conference to encourage young girls to opt for a career in science, those aged 11 to 15 can learn how to build comets out of dry ice or discover why pop corn pops. Expanding...

Full storyOctober 13, 2009 | 07:35by Jeremy Allen

Help has arrived for uneasy parents wishing to keep track of their offspring. One of the latest gadgets at World Telecom (at Geneva's Palexpo until October 9), a water resistant cell phone by Japanese...

Full storyOctober 7, 2009 | 09:46by Jeremy Allen

Some 4,000 people watch and listen to Stephen Hawking address a packed auditorium at Geneva University on Tuesday, a talk that was filmed and broadcast to nine other lecture halls throughout the city....

Full storySeptember 16, 2009 | 10:34by Jeremy Allen

Tennis champion Roger Federer's perseverance, self-confidence and ability to conquer adversity make him a role model for young athletes, says a Lausanne-based sports psychologist. Mattia Piffaretti says...

Full storySeptember 15, 2009 | 11:10by Jeremy Allen

A new series of expat company profiles examines neuhier, a online community which exchanges and provides reviews and recommendations on services available throughout the Zurich area. At Expat-Expo in Zurich,...

Full storySeptember 14, 2009 | 11:36by Marcus Berry

Ruben Igielko-Herrlich, 49, grew up in Switzerland after his parents moved to Switzerland from Cuba in 1960. He now runs Propaganda, a firm specialising in product placement in films, music videos and...

Full storySeptember 14, 2009 | 09:55by Jeremy Allen

A gene resistant to the HIV virus found in a South American monkey several years ago leads a team of scientists based at Geneva university to engineer a similar gene for humans. Professor Jeremy Luban...

Full storySeptember 9, 2009 | 10:13by Jeremy Allen

Rising sea-levels triggered by melting Arctic ice will threaten nearly a quarter of the world's population by 2100 says the Vaud-based World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in a new report. Patrick Hofsetter,...

Full storySeptember 2, 2009 | 10:54by Marcus Berry

American psychologist, Professor Elizabeth F. Loftus gives a public lecture in English at Geneva University on Tuesday concerning her extensive research on how the misinformation effect and nature of false...

Full storySeptember 1, 2009 | 08:45by Marcus Berry

Leading ministers and scientists assemble next week at the World Climate Conference 3 in Geneva to discuss how to combat global warming. Under the theme Better climate information for a better future,...

Full storyAugust 28, 2009 | 10:37by Marcus Berry

Jean-Claude Biver, boss of the prestige watch company Hublot, has propelled the group into international recognition since joining the group as CEO in 2004.

Full storyAugust 12, 2009 | 09:42by Jeremy Allen