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Nearly 2,000 people took part in a demonstration in Geneva on Thursday against planned cantonal cost-cutting measures. The march was preceded by a half-day strike. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox “Strike, strike and mobilisation: that’s it, that’s the solution,” the demonstrators chanted as they marched through Geneva on Thursday. By …
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti earned CHF14.9 million in 2025
2026-03-09
UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti received a total remuneration of CHF14.9 million (about $19 million) last year, the same amount as in 2024. His salary consists of a fixed part of CHF2.8 million and a variable part of CHF12.1 million, according to the annual report of Switzerland’s leading bank published today. +Get the most important news …
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 …
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. …
National park fees, rising food prices, and a crypto ‘perfect storm’
2025-11-26
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. I love America’s national parks and (in moderation) its food. It turns out I have expensive taste: from …
Q3: Swiss firms report fewer job vacancies
2025-11-24
The total volume of employment in Switzerland remained stable in the third quarter, edging up by 0.1% year-on-year. By contrast, the number of vacancies advertised by companies fell by one-tenth, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) reported on Monday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Federal experts counted a total of 5.53 …
Davos assured Trump ‘woke’ topics were off the agenda
2025-11-21
Donald Trump agreed to attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos in January after organisers gave assurances that overtly “woke” topics would not feature prominently at the annual Alpine gathering, according to people familiar with the talks. At a meeting in the autumn, Trump administration officials asked WEF officials to scrub or pare …
Trump and the Epstein files, UBS speculation, and nuclear tests
2025-11-19
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. The big political news in Switzerland this week was the announcement on Friday of a trade deal with …
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