Association celebrates UNESCO status for Swiss watchmaking
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The Franco-Swiss Arc Horloger association has been created in Switzerland to promote UNESCO's listing of watchmaking as an intangible cultural heritage.
Swiss pension forecast fiasco caused by faulty methodology
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Incorrect forecasting of Swiss pension expenditure resulted from faulty methodology rather than classic miscalculations, an investigation has found.
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The Standing Committee of the Bern Convention in the Council of Europe has decided to initiate an investigation into Switzerland's wolf-shooting policy.
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The Swiss population's assessment of the current cohesion of society is largely negative. The situation has deteriorated compared to when respondents were younger, according to a study.
Swiss Post delivered 7.5 million parcels during discount days
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The days around Black Friday and Cyber Monday brought Swiss Post a flood of parcels. Between November 25 and December 3, Swiss Post employees sorted and delivered 7.5 million parcels throughout Switzerland.
Swiss government welcomes private social security for self-employed
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Self-employed people in Switzerland are less financially protected against losses than employees of a company. The government therefore welcomes private initiatives.
SWI swissinfo.ch – the international service of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC).
Since 1999, swissinfo.ch has fulfilled the federal government’s mandate to distribute information about Switzerland internationally, supplementing the online offerings of the radio and television stations of the SBC. Today, the international service is directed above all at an international audience interested in Switzerland, as well as at Swiss citizens living abroad.
The Mozambique scandal concerns loans to Mozambique arranged by Credit Suisse a decade ago, which were taken out without the knowledge of the local parliament and the International Monetary Fund.