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2025-12-30
The mood among consumers in Switzerland is tense. A survey shows that around a third of the population wants to tighten their belts and save money in the new year. This is particularly the case in French-speaking Switzerland and Ticino. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to the Konsum Monitor …
HUG: ‘We see our strongest growth in foreign markets’
2025-12-27
In an exclusive interview, Swiss biscuit manufacturer and baker HUG’s two co-CEOs outline the challenges of expanding internationally, which include navigating Switzerland’s powerful agricultural lobby. HUG, a food company known, among others, for its traditional Zwieback rusks, has been in the hands of the same founding family for around 150 years. This hasn’t stopped the …
Swiss bank secrecy probe dropped against news portal
2025-12-24
The Zurich public prosecutor has dropped a probe against online portal Inside Paradeplatz, which was accused of violating banking secrecy. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The prosecutor said that the protection of journalistic sources prevents evidence from being presented in the case in key respects. + How Swiss banking secrecy …
Almost half of Swiss medium-sized firms affected by global ESG rules
2025-11-09
Close to 42% of medium-sized companies in Switzerland with 50 to 249 employees are directly affected by international Environmental and Social Governance (ESG) regulations. This is the result of a new study by the University of Applied Sciences Graubünden. Among smaller SMEs with 10 to 49 employees, the proportion is 39%. They are also increasingly …
Swiss women forced to pay for hormone therapy after price dispute
2025-11-06
A well-known brand of hormone replacement therapy, Estradot, will no longer be covered by insurance in Switzerland. The reason: the health authorities and the drugmaker couldn’t agree on a price. In September, Simone Kobler, a gynecologist specialised in women’s hormonal health in northern Switzerland, received some frustrating news. Estradot, the oestrogen replacement therapy in the …
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