Additional news

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  Migros is recalling a lawn mower, EH 40 Profi Line, sold since April 2008 (price CHF329) because of a manufacturing fault.
• Tourism industry unions have negotiated a 2.9% increase in salaries starting in 2009, with the lowest-paid managers in hotels and restaurants scheduled to earn CHF6,919, while seasonal workers with no apprenticeship training will start at CHD3,383. (GenevaLunch)
• Motorcyclists were particularly affected by the increase in traffic fatalities and serious injuries in Switzerland in 2007. (BFS)
• Switzerland and Russia have entered into an economic cooperation action plan for the next two years. Federal Councilor Doris Leuthard signed the deal that calls for more bilateral trade and protection of intellectual property rights. (EDA)
• Bid on rare collectors’ Euro items and help the Red Cross! The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is auctioning t-shirts and footballs autographed by Spain’s players. An autographed Ronaldo’s t-shirt is already up to CHF50. Attention: The items on auction are in English but the actual bidding is done in German through the Swiss portal of ebay. Bidding ends 17 July.

Sports

• Broadcasting of the Euro Cup was a success in Switzerland. Men spent an average of 11.4 hours watching the games while women were glued to the tube a hefty 8.3 hours. (TDG, Fre)

• After a debated election, the new president of Swiss-Ski talks about the project to generate a new Swiss ski champion. Urs Lehmann became down-hill ski World Champion in 1993.

Arts and entertainment

• Joan Baez, the American folk singer who inspired a whole generation in history-making events such as Monterey Pop Festival and Woodstock, is in Montreux and speaks to WRS about her 50-year career.

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