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Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:27:00 GMT
French air police ground Swiss interior minister’s private flight
The Swiss interior minister, Alain Berset, on a private flight in neighbouring France has been forced to land by the French air force. A ministry spokesman said Berset misinterpreted information from the French air traffic control tower prompting an...

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 14:50:00 GMT
Experts pessimistic about 2023 outlook for Swiss economy
The BAK Economics market research institute has confirmed its forecast for the Swiss economy this year, but it is more pessimistic about 2023. The Basel-based institute said it expected growth of Switzerland’s gross domestic product of 2.5% in 202...

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 13:07:00 GMT
Qatar football World Cup boosts Swiss arms exports
Swiss arms exports rose more than 40% to CHF 516m ($526 million) in the first half of this year. The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) said the increase was mainly due to the sale of air defence systems to Qatar worth nearly CHF 160 mill...

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 09:54:00 GMT
Barracks not available to house Ukrainian refugees, army says
The Swiss armed forces have again rejected requests to house Ukrainian refugees in army accommodation. Buildings, including barracks, could not be put at the disposal of refugees because the army needed them for the troops, an army spokesman said on...

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 08:19:57 GMT
Half of flights delayed at Zurich Airport
Almost every second flight from Zurich Airport has been delayed since the beginning of June, with travellers facing more delays this summer. Between June 1 and July 10 an average of 46% of aircraft took off from Zurich with a delay of more than 15 m...

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 07:32:17 GMT
Patients recruited in Switzerland for monkeypox study
A study involving ten European countries, including Switzerland, has been launched to better understand monkeypox. It will follow people affected by the disease, record their symptoms and study their response to treatment. The Geneva University Hosp...

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 16:48:00 GMT
Switzerland backs tighter Schengen border controls
Swiss Justice Minister Karin Keller-Sutter has backed new measures to tighten security at the borders of Europe’s Schengen zone to prevent criminals exploiting the chaos of the Ukraine war. Keller-Sutter, who also heads Switzerland’s migration o...

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 07:53:40 GMT
South Africa confirms third monkeypox case in tourist from Switzerland
South Africa has confirmed a third case of monkeypox, in a 42-year-old male tourist from Switzerland, the health department of the Limpopo province said. The tourist, who is holidaying in South Africa, presented with symptoms including a rash, muscl...

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 07:29:31 GMT
Federer drops out of tennis rankings after 25 years
Roger Federer has not appeared in the ATP weekly rankings for the first time since September 1997. The Swiss tennis star has not played for 12 months. On September 22, 1997, a young player from Basel who had just turned 16 featured in the ATP rankin...

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 15:18:00 GMT
Swiss mountain huts risk summer closure due to water shortages
Numerous mountain huts in the Swiss Alps are threatened with early closure due to a lack of water after little snow and a warm spring, a Sunday newspaper reports. The lack of snow at high altitudes this year has become a cause for concern for the m...

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 14:01:00 GMT
Charities have yet to spend most of Ukraine donations
Despite record public donations for Ukraine, four months since the start of the invasion by Russia, Swiss aid agencies have only been able to spend a small amount of the funds on humanitarian work. An investigation by the SonntagsZeitung newspaper p...

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 12:00:00 GMT
Study reveals full extent of Swiss CO2 emissions
A report by the McKinsey consulting firm estimates that the small Alpine country, with its highly globalised economy and powerful financial centre, has an estimated indirect influence on 2-3% of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Domestic CO2 em...

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 09:55:00 GMT
Ukraine summit did not affect Swiss-Russian relations, says Swiss president
Last week’s Ukraine Recovery Conference, hosted by Switzerland in the southern city of Lugano, did not have a negative impact on Swiss-Russian ties, according to the Swiss president. “Our position has been clear since we took up European Union s...

Sat, 9 Jul 2022 13:59:00 GMT
Scientists uncover new insights into the Earth’s formation
An international research team led by scientists from Zurich believe they have found a new theory behind how the Earth was formed. “The prevailing theory in astrophysics and cosmochemistry is that the Earth formed from chondritic asteroids. These ...

Sat, 9 Jul 2022 09:59:00 GMT
Small rise in Russian assets frozen in Switzerland
The Swiss authorities have so far frozen CHF6.7 billion ($6.8 billion) of assets belonging to sanctioned Russians. This represents a CHF400 million increase since mid-May. The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), the government department ...

Fri, 8 Jul 2022 13:24:00 GMT
UBS accused of role in embezzling Congolese millions
A group of NGOs has issued a criminal complaint against Swiss bank UBS for allegedly helping the former Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) president launder money out of the country. Swiss-based Public Eye, the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers...

Fri, 8 Jul 2022 12:52:00 GMT
Swiss fighter jet document reveals secret French tax offer
France offered Switzerland a financial sweetener, worth an estimated CHF3.5 billion, to buy its Rafale fighter jets rather than US F-35A aircraft, according to a secret document seen by Swiss public broadcaster SRF. The document sheds light on backg...

Fri, 8 Jul 2022 10:45:00 GMT
Russian Gazprombank considers sale of Swiss business
Gazprombank has announced it may sell its Swiss banking branch as it explores “potential strategic options” for its business in Switzerland. “These options include, but are not limited to, potential divestment of selected assets or the sale of...

Fri, 8 Jul 2022 09:41:00 GMT
Swiss court throws out Blatter and Platini charges
Judges at the Federal Criminal Court have acquitted former FIFA boss Sepp Blatter and ex-UEFA head Michel Platini of allegations of corruption and fraud. The judges said on Friday they found no proof of wrongdoing in relation to a CHF2 million ($2.0...

Thu, 7 Jul 2022 15:10:45 GMT
Ukraine: Justice minister wants rapid assessment of S permit
The implementation and value of protection status S, a permit that has been granted to people fleeing the war in Ukraine, must be evaluated quickly, says Swiss Justice Minister Karin Keller-Sutter. Speaking to the media on Thursday, Keller-Sutter sa...

Thu, 7 Jul 2022 12:40:45 GMT
Top football clubs received double Covid aid money
Several professional football clubs in Switzerland were reportedly compensated twice for Covid-related losses and received around CHF10 million ($10.3 million) too much. Nine clubs from the Super League and the Challenge League – the two highest S...

Thu, 7 Jul 2022 10:32:16 GMT
Immigration only partially alleviates lack of skilled workers
The Swiss economy has recovered well from the Covid-19 crisis, but despite the free movement of people agreement with the EU, some sectors are struggling to recruit qualified staff, says a government report. The unemployment rate in spring 2022 retu...

Thu, 7 Jul 2022 09:06:00 GMT
Gas industry head warns winter supplies could be tight
The president of the Swissgas industry platform says Switzerland is not aware of how fragile the situation is and that “it would not take much” to lead to a winter shortage. André Dosé told the Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) newspaper on Thursday...

Wed, 6 Jul 2022 12:56:00 GMT
US film stars to shine on Swiss film festival of Locarno
An action thriller with Brad Pitt and Sandra Bullock is to kick off this year’s Locarno Film Festival. Bullet Train by David Leitch is one of 17 films to be screened on Locarno’s 8,000-seat open air Piazza Grande arena in the southern Swiss town...

Wed, 6 Jul 2022 10:45:00 GMT
Swiss abortion rate remained unchanged in 2021
New statistics from Switzerland show the abortion rate remained stable – and comparatively low – in 2021. Longer term, the average age of those terminating pregnancies is rising. A total of 10,869 abortions were recorded in the country in 2021, ...

Tue, 5 Jul 2022 15:19:00 GMT
Health experts recommend booster jab against Covid
The Swiss health authorities have called on people over the age of 80 to update their vaccination against the Covid-19 virus. A government advisory commission and the Federal Office of Public Health issued a recommendation also urging people with a ...

Tue, 5 Jul 2022 09:49:09 GMT
Fedpol chief calls for better cooperation to fight Mafia
The Federal Office of Police (Fedpol) says a lack of information and awareness from civilian authorities slows down the fight against the Italian crime syndicates in Switzerland. Fedpol director Nicoletta della Valle said it is key that labour inspe...

Tue, 5 Jul 2022 08:28:01 GMT
Having a ball: two Swiss-based mathematicians win top award
For the first time the Fields Award, the “Nobel prize of mathematics”, has been given to two researchers in Switzerland for insights into sphere-packing and phase-transition theory. Maryna Viazovska from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology...

Tue, 5 Jul 2022 07:33:04 GMT
Swiss to double aid to Ukraine
Switzerland will double its aid to Ukraine to CHF100 million ($104 million) by the end of 2023, Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis announced at the Ukraine Recovery Conference in the Swiss city of Lugano. He also freed up CHF15 million to support the c...

Mon, 4 Jul 2022 15:39:00 GMT
Large Hadron Collider primed to hit record energy levels
Ten years after it discovered the Higgs boson, the world’s biggest particle accelerator is poised to smash together protons at record energy levels at the CERN particle physics laboratory near Geneva, as scientists resume their search for clues to ...



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