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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 …
Fribourg and Geneva residents triumph at Fondue World Championship
2025-11-16
Around 200 participants took part in the Fondue World Championship held in Tartegnin, canton Vaud, on Saturday. Swiss residents from Geneva and Fribourg took the top awards. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The competition was won by Benedikt Wüthrich from the Auboranges cheese dairy in canton Fribourg in the professional …
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 …
Swiss SMEs ramp up adoption of AI in workplaces
2025-10-08
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being used by Swiss small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) according to a survey by research institute Sotomo. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This is especially the case for translation and correspondence. Around half of the 300 companies surveyed use AI in this area. AI is also popular …
Ban social media for minors, says top Swiss school principal
2025-10-06
Young people need to be better protected in their use of social media, said Thomas Minder, president of the Association of School Principals in German-speaking Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox “Social media should be banned for minors,” Minder said in an interview published in Tamedia newspapers on Tuesday. Adults …
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 …
The Swiss mountain village that inspired a Nobel Prize and digital governance
2025-06-20
Törbel is a small Swiss mountain village that has attracted the attention of international scientists. Their findings on how mountain farmers utilise water and pastures are shaping the way science addresses collective digital resources today. In 1483, Swiss farmers who lived in a mountain village concluded a contract on water and pasture utilisation.
PostFinance recruits former Credit Suisse executive as Chief Financial Officer
2025-06-12
PostFinance has found a replacement for its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Kurt Fuchs, who resigned at the end of February. Claudio Gaugler, a former Credit Suisse executive, will take up his post on September 1. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Gaugler, 40, will join the management board of the financial …
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