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Swiss central bank bought CHF75 million in foreign exchange in Q3
2025-12-31
The Swiss National Bank (SNB) intervened very cautiously in the foreign exchange market in the third quarter of 2025. Between July and September, it purchased foreign currency worth just CHF75 million ($94 million) in order to slow down the further rise of the Swiss franc. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox …
The last free Swiss commuter newspaper bids farewell to its print edition
2025-12-23
20 Minutes has bid farewell to its print version on Tuesday with a special edition. The commuter newspaper, which was launched in 1999, will only be published digitally in future. The blue newspaper boxes were filled for the last time in German-speaking Switzerland, French-speaking Switzerland and Ticino early on Tuesday morning. As a farewell, there …
Swiss PostBus tests automated taxis
2025-11-05
In December, PostBus Switzerland will be trialling a new public transport service with self-driving cars around Altstätten in canton St Gallen. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The trial operation will be expanded later. Permanent operation could start in 2027. + Switzerland gears up for driverless transport era Following the announcement …
Paris trial probes Lafarge terror financing charges
2025-11-05
The terrorist financing trial of cement maker Lafarge, which is a subsidiary of the Swiss company Holcim, has begun in Paris. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The first hearing focused on legal issues, in this case priority questions of constitutionality. The former directors of Lafarge’s cement plant in Jalabiya, Syria, …
SWISS boss says relocations at Lufthansa bring more efficiency
2025-09-15
Swiss International Airlines (SWISS) CEO Jens Fehlinger has defended the planned relocation of tasks within the Lufthansa Group. In an interview with the SonntagsBlick, he emphasised that SWISSwill remain an independent airline with its own brand and management in Zurich. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox However, as a subsidiary of …
US Secretary of Commerce confident of Swiss tariff deal
2025-09-12
United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick is confident about striking a customs deal with Switzerland, which is facing 39% tariffs for good exported to the US. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox “We will probably get a deal with Switzerland,” he said in an interview with the US broadcaster CNBC …
Swiss await US Supreme Court ruling on tariffs
2025-09-10
The United States Supreme Court is set to rule on the legality of President Donald Trump’s tariff policy, which also impact Swiss imports duties. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A hearing will take place in November, according to a Supreme Court document. Last week, Trump’s government applied to the Supreme …
Bill piles up for Swiss defence contractor fraud probe
2025-09-06
The costs of an investigation into Swiss state-owned defense company Ruag over dubious tank have reached a “double-digit million sum”, according to the company’s chair. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In February, new reports from the Federal Audit Office revealed the extent of irregularities at RUAG in which alleged cases …
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