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Dorothee Elmiger wins Swiss Book Prize
2025-11-16
Dorothee Elmiger has won this year’s Swiss Book Prize for her novel Die Holländerinnen (The Dutch Women). +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Swiss Book Prize is the third award Dorothee Elmiger has received for her novel Die Holländerinnen. She was honoured with the German Book Prize on her 40th …
New RTS TV and radio studios inaugurated at EPFL campus
2025-11-14
The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) and its French-language service RTS have inaugurated a new TV and radio production site near Lausanne in western Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new building, located on the campus of the Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), took place …
Swiss Gruyère crowned world’s best cheese
2025-11-14
A Swiss Gruyère AOP cheese was crowned the world’s best cheese at the World Cheese Awards 2025, held this year in Bern, Switzerland. The prestigious international competition brought together more than 5,000 participants from 45 countries. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The 18-month-old award-winning Gruyère comes from the Vorderfultigen cheese …
HAYA Therapeutics CEO sees a future where his therapy could treat cancer and Alzheimer’s
2025-10-25
Samir Ounzain, CEO of science start-up HAYA Therapeutics, talks about the limits of entrepreneurship in Switzerland, entering the US market and how his therapy for heart disease could change the world of medicine. Founded in 2019, HAYA Therapeutics aims to pioneer an approach to treating disease by turning sick cells back into healthy ones. The …
Zug judged most competitive Swiss canton
2025-08-28
Zug, Basel-City and Zurich top the list of Swiss cantons with the most competitive economies, according to a UBS study. Graubünden sits at the bottom of the rankings. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Cantonal Competitiveness Indicator (CCI) is based on 57 parameters that give information on the long-term …
Swatch says ‘slanted eye’ ad was a ‘faux pas by a young team’
2025-08-28
After a botched ad campaign in China, the Swatch Group says it is back on track – yet some fundamental questions remain to be answered. In August, Swatch chose a rather unlikely image as part of its ad campaign in China: an Asian model pulling at the corners of his eyes. It quickly became apparent …
US extends tariff deadline to August 1
2025-07-08
The United States has extended a July 9 deadline for ongoing tariff negotiations until August 1 for many countries, including Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox US President Donald Trump signed a decree to this effect on Monday. China is excluded from the deadline extension as there is a separate …
Swiss bosses distance themselves from the United States
2025-07-07
According to a survey of executives, Swiss companies are increasingly turning away from the US and orientating themselves more towards South East Asia and the EU. Almost two-thirds of 280 managers surveyed stated that their image of the United States had deteriorated over the past year. At the same time, 38% rated the EU more …
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