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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 …
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 …
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 alliance of parties submits referendum against individual taxation
2025-10-09
A non-partisan alliance submitted 65,672 signatures on Thursday in favour of a referendum against the introduction of individual taxation. According to the alliance, the reform passed by the Swiss parliament will probably be put to voters in March 2026. The signatures were submitted by members of several parties: The Centre, the right-wing Swiss People’s Party, …
‘Around 20,000 jobs at risk’ in Switzerland over US tariffs
2025-10-08
The 39% tariffs imposed by the US could cost the Swiss economy up to 20,000 jobs, says UBS economist Thomas Veraguth. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox “The uncertainty is at all levels, but it is obviously very different from one company to another,” the expert emphasised in an interview broadcast …
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 …
Reinsurer Swiss Re issues longevity drug guidelines
2025-08-11
Reinsurer Swiss Re has introduced guidelines for so-called longevity drugs. Specifically, the guidelines target drugs such as metformin and rapamycin, which were originally developed for other purposes and are used by certain individuals to prolong their lives. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox As the long-term effects are still uncertain, Swiss …
Economists slash Swiss GDP growth forecasts
2025-06-16
Following an increase in exports to the United States in the first quarter, the Swiss economy is bracing itself for a tariff backlash. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In particular, dark clouds are gathering over the economic outlook for 2026. The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) has lowered its …
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