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Stability above all else
9+ hour, 31+ min ago (504+ words) There is nothing companies fear more than instability and unpredictability. This is all the more true in a country like Switzerland which has a strong export industry and a small domestic market. The recent changes in US tariff policy illustrate…...
Swiss retail sector grew in first half of year
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (265+ words) Both main segments contributed to this positive performance. The food sector grew by 2.5%, whilst non-food slaes increased slightly faster at 2.7%. Online retail remained a key driver of growth, recording an increase of around 11% by the end of June. Within the…...
Swiss police spied on dozens of government ministers
1+ week, 3+ day ago (266+ words) Reporters have examined hundreds of thousands of surveillance files from the federal archive office and federal and cantonal police departments. They found files on numerous government officials, including Christoph Blocher, Moritz Leuenberger, Ruth Dreifuss and Elisabeth Kopp. This content was…...
Swiss minister calls for action against date rape
1+ week, 3+ day ago (342+ words) The public is largely unaware that drugging victims also takes place in the home, she said. Baume-Schneider expects even more examples to come to light that are similar to two high profile cases in canton Aargau. + Women’s protection campaign tackles…...
Central African Republic investigates Swiss geologist murder
1+ week, 4+ day ago (482+ words) The pair were killed between July 31 and August 1 to the north of the country’s capital, Bangui. The investigation was announced by the Central African judiciary in a statement sent to Agence France-Presse (AFP). According to the statement from the Court…...
Swiss cows affected by mystery disease
2+ week, 5+ day ago (328+ words) Find topics and contents “The cause has not yet been identified,” the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) said on Friday. According to the FSVO, various livestock farmers are reporting symptoms in dairy cows like fever and diarrhoea, often…...
Why citizens’ assemblies can’t tackle populism
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (428+ words) Yanina Welp is a Research fellow at the Albert Hirschman Centre on Democracy, Graduate Institute (Geneva), editorial coordinator at Agenda Pública and co-founder of the Red de Politólogas. Between 2008 and 2018 she was a principal researcher at the Centre for Democracy…...
Swiss museums return Benin bronzes to Nigeria
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (571+ words) Swiss government minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider visited the African country to mark the beginning of a new chapter in cultural cooperation between the two countries. The visit coincided with the official return of 18 so-called Benin Bronzes. After some 130 years, they are…...
Swiss e-ID delayed to beef up security
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (239+ words) Until now, there had been talk of launching the e-ID in the second half of 2026. A statement issued by the Federal Office of Justice (FoJ) now states that security considerations take precedence over introducing the system this year. + Five lessons…...
Swiss minister highlights plight of 'slave children"
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (358+ words) Baume-Schneider said that those affected “deserve historical clarity and an honest examination of what happened”. What had befallen them was an injustice, she added. According to the Guido Fluri Foundation, which hosted the national meeting and initiated a reparations initiative,…...