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UBS chair Colm Kelleher and US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent have privately discussed moving the bank’s headquarters to the US, as the Zurich-based lender explores contingency plans to leave Switzerland if the government does not back down on new capital rules. Kelleher and Bessent held talks in recent months about what a move to the …
US tariff negotiations reaffirm Switzerland’s role as a gold hub
2025-11-17
Refined gold was a major part of the negotiations that saw United States tariffs on Switzerland lowered to 15%. Here’s how the Swiss came to dominate the sector. It is difficult to fathom the enormous quantity – and value – of gold that arrives in Switzerland every year. In 2023, Switzerland imported approximately 2,372 tonnes …
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 …
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