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Price for mailing letters in Switzerland to go up in 2027
2026-08-06
Swiss Post will raise the price for posting a letter starting in 2027, the country’s price watchdog announced on Thursday. Parcel prices, however, will remain unchanged until the end of 2029. The weight categories for letters will also be revised. The standard category will now include letters weighing up to 50g (compared with 100g at …
Heatwaves boost Swiss mountain railway tourism
2026-08-05
The ongoing heatwave has brought Swiss mountain railways a substantial increase in revenue this summer. Local visitors in particular have been flocking to the cooler heights, leading to a marked rise in visitor numbers. An analysis of visitor figures from over 140 member companies showed a 7% increase in first-time visits across Switzerland from the …
Swiss firm Publibike to be acquired by British investor
2026-08-03
The Swiss bike-sharing company Publibike is to be acquired, with a majority stake, by the British investor Visionedgeone. The company’s head, Markus Bacher, will remain CEO and retain a stake in the company as a minority shareholder. The online portal Schweiz heute, published by CH-Media, reported on the transaction on Monday. Publibike itself had already …
Swiss pharma firm Sandoz to pay $450m in US antitrust suit
2026-08-03
Sandoz has reached settlement agreements in the long-running US generic drug litigation involving 43 US states and territories, as well as a group of indirect resellers. The Basel-based pharmaceutical group will pay a total of just under $480 million as part of the settlement. The payments will be spread over seven years from 2027, as …
Swiss organisation wins award for tracking data centre pollution
2026-04-16
The impact of data centres on the environment and the climate is hard to measure. The Swiss Datacenter Efficiency Association has recently won international recognition for a tool that assesses the facilities’ footprints. Any activity that uses the internet – working from home with a computer, paying for dinner with a credit card, or generating …
Geneva watch fair expects record attendance
2026-04-14
For the Swiss watch industry, physical events, like the Geneva watch fair, are of great importance after the coronavirus pandemic, despite growing digitalisation. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Cyrille Vigneron, president of the Watches and Wonders Geneva Foundation (WWGF), said such fairs are special. + Swiss watchmakers feel pinch amid …
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