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Effort to boost local producers draws ire from foreign rivals and domestic merchants. Switzerland is proposing to restrict wine imports under a plan from the country’s president, a trained winemaker with a family vineyard near Lake Geneva. Guy Parmelin wants to restrict merchants from buying foreign wine unless they also buy or process Swiss grapes, …
Swiss apricot farmers grapple with frosty conditions
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Fruit growers in canton Valais in southern Switzerland are anxiously watching the weather as frost threatens the region’s apricot trees. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox “The first torches were lit around 11pm,” Jean-Noël Devènes, a fruit grower in Baar, near Nendaz, told the Keystone-SDA news agency. He described a “nasty …
Euroairport Basel-Mulhouse announces eight new destinations for summer
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The Basel-Mulhouse airport run jointly by France and Switzerland has announced eight new destinations in its summer flight schedule for 2026. These include Bodrum (Turkey), Chisinau (Moldova), Lille (France) and Podgorica (Montenegro), as detailed in a press release issued on Wednesday. There will also be new flights to Poznan (Poland), Stockholm (Sweden), Tigru Mures (Romania) …
Swisscom profits shrink after Vodafone Italia integration
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The biggest acquisition in Swisscom’s history is having an impact on the company’s results. Profits at the Swiss telecoms firm plummeted due to the costs of integrating the acquired Vodafone Italia. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Net profit fell by 17.6% to CHF 1.27 billion last year, announced Swisscom. …
When Swiss food start-ups fail
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Switzerland promotes itself as a global hub for food technology and innovation, but it is not always easy for start-ups to gain a foothold. Swissinfo spoke to four food entrepreneurs who took the plunge. Switzerland has topped the global innovation rankings by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for the last 15 years. A large …
Trump sets Switzerland tariff deal deadline
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The United States has ramped up pressure on Switzerland by setting a March 31 deadline for sealing a legally binding tariff agreement. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox If this deadline is not met, the White House intends to review and reconsider the planned reduction in punitive tariffs “if necessary”. This …
Renewable power growth must accelerate, warns Swiss energy office
2025-12-15
The transformation of the Swiss energy system is progressing too slowly. Switzerland needs to double its current use of renewable energies – not including hydropower – to meet the national target set for 2035. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This warning came on Monday from the seventh monitoring report …
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