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Switzerland to bolster ailing armaments industry
2025-06-20
Switzerland has adopted a new procurement strategy to save the ailing Swiss defence industry from collapse. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The strategy aims to procure the majority of armaments domestically and to invest more in domestic research. + Swiss neutrality harming defence industry The state government wrote in a press release on Friday about a “reorientation of defence policy”.
Swiss parliament rejects initiative to tax huge inheritances
2025-06-17
A national tax on million-franc inheritances for climate protection has no chance in parliament. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox On Tuesday parliamentarians also rejected an alternative constitutional article to the initiative put forward by the Juso, the youth section of the left-wing Social Democratic Party. The initiative will therefore be …
Swiss catering industry pledges living wages
2025-06-13
The Swiss catering industry has pledged to pay workers a living wage, following earlier controversial comments on pay in the sector. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In a Blick interview, Gastrosuisse president Beat Imhof has contradicted the comments of director Roland Müller. Müller had previously told the newspaper that living …
Swiss retailers review deal on fees for single-use plastic bags
2025-06-08
The agreement reached in 2016 on the introduction of chargeable plastic bags at Swiss shop checkouts is being scrutinised. The Swiss Retail Federation is analysing whether it wants to terminate the agreement it concluded with IG Retail. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Dagmar Jenni, Managing Director of the Swiss Retail …
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