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Novartis revenues slowed in last quarter of 2025
2026-02-04
Novartis revenues slowed to a standstill in the final quarter of 2025. The Swiss pharmaceutical firm presents a mixed outlook for the current year. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Novartis sales grew just 1% year-on-year to $13.3 billion in the last three months of 2025. At constant exchange rates, this …
Swiss bank Julius Bär posts lower profits
2026-02-02
Swiss bank Julius Bär reported significantly lower profits in 2025 due to the high loan loss provisions recognised in the course of the year. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Assets under management increased thanks to strong equity markets and further inflows of new money. IFRS net profit totalled CHF764 million …
Swiss politicians decide against monitoring assisted-suicide tourism
2026-02-02
How many people travel to Switzerland to end their lives? Swiss politicians do not want a precise count. Parliament has rejected a proposal to introduce monitoring, even though the data is available. Assisted-suicide tourism in Switzerland draws criticism both at home and abroad. Domestically, the associated costs for the cantons are among the concerns, while …
Swiss central bank refutes US currency manipulation fears
2026-01-30
Switzerland remains on the United States watch list of possible currency manipulators, according to the Treasury Department’s latest report. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has again refuted US suspicions. “The SNB is not manipulating the Swiss franc,” Switzerland’s central bank said in a statement …
Swiss pharma firm Roche posts increased 2025 revenue
2026-01-29
Swiss pharmaceutical firm Roche posted total sales of CHF61.5 billion ($80.6 billion) last year, an increase of 2% from 2024. looks back on a successful financial year 2025. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Roche has met its own targets and the outlook for the future also promises further growth, …
Trump Accounts for babies, national security strategy, and chlorinated chicken
2025-12-10
Welcome to our press review of events in the United States. Every Wednesday we look at how the Swiss media have reported and reacted to three major stories in the US – in politics, finance and science. Here’s a big question to get things going: is Europe facing “civilizational erasure”? The United States thinks so …
Swiss farmers’ union applauds progress on EU treaty package
2025-10-22
The Swiss Farmers’ Union is in favour of the bilateral approach, but has not yet taken a definitive position on the new treaties with the European Union. In view of the dynamic adoption of legislation and the imprecise domestic implementation, it is calling for better involvement of the sector. +Get the most important news from …
Half-fare travel card here to stay, says Swisspass chief
2025-10-19
Helmut Eichhorn, CEO of Alliance SwissPass, told the SonntagsBlick newspaper that the half-fare travel card for public transport will be maintained, following headlines in the press that it would be discontinued. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The price reduction on travel on trains, buses, trams and boats with the current …
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