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Trainer maker On can use Swiss cross on sports shoes
2026-03-23
The shoe manufacturer On has been successful in its long-running battle with the Swiss authorities to use the Swiss cross on its running shoes. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The company has confirmed earlier media reports that the Swiss cross will be allowed to feature on its sports shoes. The …
Europe’s night-train revival on ‘shaky ground’
2026-03-19
Taking a night train across Europe is romantic and climate-friendly, and demand is strong. Yet the much-touted revival of overnight lines is hampered by ageing rolling stock, patchy funding and overstretched infrastructure. Night trains combine nostalgia with climate-consciousness. A passenger who chooses to cross the continent in a sleeper car produces 28 times fewer emissions …
New Swiss electric cars regain traction but miss targets
2026-02-04
Sales of electric cars continued to rise in Switzerland last year, although not enough to meet the targets set by the federal government. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The overall car market remains sluggish, reports the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). A total of 232,602 passenger cars were put on Swiss …
Swiss bank UBS posts bumper 2025 profits
2026-02-04
Swiss banking giant UBS has reported annual 2025 profits of $7.8 billion, boosted by an unexpectedly high $1.2 billion performance in the final quarter of the year. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Full year profits rose 53% from 2024, while Q4 profits gained 56% year-on-year. Analysts had expected an average …
Swiss Swatch group suffers huge profit slump
2026-01-30
Swiss watch manufacturer Swatch suffered a near 90% slump in net profits last year as sales in Asia plunged, particularly in China. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The group reported net profits of CHF25 million, down from CHF219 million in 2024. + Chinese slump hits luxury watch industry Sales …
Switzerland eases arms export rules as its industry is shunned by Europe
2026-01-29
The pendulum on Switzerland’s sale of weapons to countries embroiled in conflict has swung in favour of its defence industry, as Europe rearms at a rate not seen since the Cold War. Swiss officials insist such exports are compatible with neutrality. Over the course of 2022, Germany twice asked Switzerland to allow it to re-export …
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 …
Nestlé to cut thousands of jobs in next two years
2025-10-16
The new CEO of the Swiss food giant Nestlé, Philipp Navratil, announced the company plans to cut 16,000 jobs globally over two years. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The cuts will include 12,000 management positions, Nestlé said on Thursday. This measure alone should reduce the cost base by CHF1 …
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