Sunday, September 29, 2024
Published: Sunday, Sep 29th 2024, 05:10
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The significantly underestimated consequential costs of traffic, the approval of the construction of new nuclear power plants and the frequent use of psychotropic drugs in federal asylum centers: this and more can be found in the Sunday newspapers. The headlines in unverified reports:
"NZZ am Sonntag":
According to new federal calculations, the environmental damage caused by traffic in Switzerland is massively higher than previously assumed. The external costs, which reflect the environmental and health damage caused by traffic, are 70 percent higher than the 2021 calculation and amount to CHF 26.7 billion per year, as the "NZZ am Sonntag" wrote. The newspaper relied on internal protocols from the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (DETEC). In absolute figures, motorized road traffic carries the most weight: the external costs increased by 60 percent with the new calculation, from CHF 10.8 billion to CHF 17.3 billion, as the newspaper wrote.
"SonntagsZeitung":
According to a survey, the majority of respondents were in favor of the construction of new nuclear power plants (NPPs). 53 percent were in favor and 43 percent were against, according to the SonntagsZeitung newspaper. The survey by Tamedia and "20 Minuten" was conducted in collaboration with the Leewas Institute. The results showed a gender gap: Half of women want to maintain the ban on new nuclear power plant construction. Among men, 63 percent were in favor of building new nuclear power plants. There was also a left-right divide: Supporters of left-wing parties were against it. Sympathizers of the FDP and SVP were clearly in favour, while 52% of centrist supporters said yes to lifting the ban on new nuclear power plant construction.
"SonntagsZeitung" / "Le Matin Dimanche":
Psychotropic drugs have recently been used more frequently in federal asylum centers than any other group of medicines. Doctors spoke of "medically inadequate" working conditions and struggled with remorse, as the "SonntagsZeitung" and "Le Matin Dimanche" wrote. The newspapers had access to medication orders from six centers. In the federal asylum center in Zurich, for example, which can accommodate 360 people, around 600 packs of psychotropic drugs were prescribed in 2023. The data also showed that the painkiller metamizole was widely prescribed in individual centers. The drug is banned in several countries, including in Europe. The State Secretariat for Migration stated that basic medical care was guaranteed in the centers and that resources were sufficient.
"SonntagsBlick":
For the first time, the federal government has approved a compensation payment due to coronavirus vaccination damage. The person affected received compensation of CHF 12,500 and compensation of CHF 1,360, as the Federal Department of Home Affairs (FDHA) confirmed to SonntagsBlick. The compensation relates to loss of earnings and the satisfaction is a kind of compensation for pain and suffering. So far, 320 applications have been received by the FDHA. 50 applications are currently pending, 30 of which are being examined in detail. For an application to be approved, there must be a causal link between the health impairment and the vaccination.
"NZZ am Sonntag":
A new study has identified potential savings of CHF 13.1 billion in the cantons. More than CHF 5 billion could be saved in education alone, as the NZZ am Sonntag wrote based on the "efficiency monitoring" carried out by the consulting firm PWC and the Institute of Public Administration at the University of Lausanne. "We measure the improvement potential of a canton in comparison with all others," said Nils Soguel, Professor of Public Finance at the University of Lausanne. The results should serve as food for thought. No canton will exploit its full potential. The study is due to be published next week.
"NZZ am Sonntag":
The SVP only wants to grant asylum to European refugees in Switzerland. "We need to redefine the right to asylum," SVP President Marcel Dettling told the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper. Switzerland should focus on "neighborly help in Europe when people are in need". The co-president of the SP, Mattea Meyer, was "shocked" by the idea. It was "simply inhumane", she told the newspaper. FDP Vice-President Andrea Caroni spoke out in favor of people seeking protection as close to home as possible. However, Switzerland must abide by its constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights.
"NZZ am Sonntag":
The President of the Swiss Poultry Producers Association, Adrian Waldvogel, has warned of a chicken shortage. Demand is rising faster than new stables can be built, Waldvogel told the NZZ am Sonntag newspaper. This year, domestic production of chicken rose by six percent up to August and imports by 16 percent. Higher productivity is hardly possible in existing stables. However, the construction costs for new stables have risen sharply. Added to this are objections and the shortage of skilled workers. Imports from European countries are also becoming more difficult, as their own demand is increasing and stricter animal welfare requirements are slowing down production, said Waldvogel.
"SonntagsBlick":
UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher has defended the "perhaps unjustifiably" high salaries in the banking sector. "If you don't pay, you don't get the people you need", said the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the big bank in an interview with "SonntagsBlick". Specialists who understand the banking industry are needed. "A lot is paid, perhaps wrongly," said Kelleher. He also said that Sergio Ermotti should not have become head of UBS. In retrospect, Kelleher had underestimated the reaction that the remuneration of the UBS boss would trigger. In absolute terms, he understands the criticism. "In relative terms, we only paid Sergio Ermotti 10 percent more than his predecessor, even though he took on a much more difficult task," said the UBS Chairman.
"SonntagsBlick":
A researcher at the Institute of Neuropathology at the University Hospital Zurich has falsified the results of animal experiments. He admitted that he included laboratory experiments with mice in his work that never took place, as SonntagsBlick wrote. As a result, institute director Adriano Aguzzi had to correct or retract several publications. In addition, inconsistencies had emerged in around six of Aguzzi's earlier papers that had nothing to do with the manipulated results. The university management had been aware of the manipulation since February. It had initiated an investigation, but had not informed the public. According to "SonntagsBlick", Aguzzi did not wish to comment publicly.
"SonntagsZeitung":
The sale of Globus to the Thai Central Group has been postponed again. According to the SonntagsZeitung, one reason is that the banks are threatened with high write-downs on the mortgages. Almost a dozen cantonal banks are probably involved in the Globus properties. Until now, it had been assumed that the Central Group would take over the department store, as it already holds half of the Globus business and half of the buildings. However, it hardly wanted to pay much for it. The insolvency administrators of Signa, on the other hand, would not want to give up their share for free. If a solution is not found soon, the real estate companies are threatened with bankruptcy, the newspaper wrote.
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