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Swiss housing prices surged in 2025
2026-01-20
Residential property prices in Switzerland rose significantly last year, especially for single-family homes. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Across Switzerland, prices for single-family homes rose by an average of 6.5% and for condominiums by 5.9% in 2025, as mortgage broker Moneypark and Zurich-based startup Pricehubble, which specialises in real …
Greenland emerges as new source of Swiss gold imports
2026-01-19
Greenland has been in the headlines after US President Donald Trump threatened to annex the Danish-ruled territory. Less attention has been paid to its gold exports. Switzerland has been strengthening its position as the world’s leading hub for gold trading and refining by opening a new import channel from Greenland. + Get the most important …
Swiss competition regulator investigates Microsoft for price hikes
2026-01-15
The Swiss Competition Commission (ComCo) has opened an investigation into US software giant Microsoft over recent increases in licence fees. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox These could be indications of unauthorised restrictions of competition, wrote ComCo in a press release on Wednesday. A preliminary investigation has therefore been opened. …
Swiss researchers develop new drug to better combat iron deficiency
2025-11-24
Iron deficiency is a common problem, but iron supplements are often poorly absorbed. A product developed by the Swiss federal technology institute ETH Zurich hopes to offer a solution. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Constant tiredness, headaches and a weakened immune system: worldwide, around two billion people suffer from iron …
COP 30: Switzerland reinvigorates its climate offsetting plan
2025-11-22
As negotiations at the United Nations climate conference in Belém drew to a close, Switzerland announced the creation of an alliance of countries supporting a carbon offset scheme it pioneered. On Friday, Switzerland’s environment ministry disclosed the launch of the Article 6 Ambition Alliance, a group of 10 nations working together under the Paris agreement …
Explainer: Will Swiss supermarkets be inundated with cheap, hormone-filled beef after US tariff deal?
2025-11-20
The US has reduced tariffs on Swiss exports from 39% to 15% but has wrangled duty-free access for American meat, fish and chicken in return. Should Swiss consumers be worried? The announcement on August 1 of a 39% tariff on all Swiss imports into the United States sent shockwaves through Switzerland. It came as a …
Swiss firm RUAG to assemble and test four F-35A fighter jets
2025-10-09
Four of the 36 F-35A fighter jets ordered by Switzerland from the United States will undergo final assembly and testing at RUAG’s site in canton Lucerne. The defence company is exploring how it can turn itself into a European centre for military aviation. The Swiss defence ministry is supporting the so-called RIGI project, defence company …
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