Category Archive: 3) Swiss Markets and News

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Hold-up sur l’eau potable (2/2) : la supercherie de « l’hydrogène vert ». Par Vincent Held

2025-06-24

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2025-06-24

Emmanuel Macron, le président qui avait décrété « la fin de l’abondance » de l’eau potable en août 2022, est également aux avant-postes du développement de « l’hydrogène vert ». Et c’est bien naturel, puisque l’imposant projet de réseau de « pipelines à hydrogènes » de l’UE servira en réalité à pomper des millions de m3 d’eau potable des régions montagneuses […]

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Inheritance tax referendum spooks Swiss super-rich

2025-06-23

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2025-06-23

Lawyers and bankers in Switzerland are warning of a UK-style exodus of the wealthy ahead of a referendum on a 50% inheritance tax for the super-rich. The Alpine nation is due to hold a popular vote in November on the introduction of a federal tax on inheritances and gifts worth more than CHF50 million ($61 … Continue...

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Hold-up sur l’eau potable (1/2) : la fin de l’abondance. Par Vincent Held

2025-06-20

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2025-06-20

Alors que l’écologie officielle déclare la guerre aux paysans et à leurs « méga-bassines », de formidables quantités d’eau potable sont tout tranquillement exportées hors d’Europe (et notamment de France) par tanker, à coups de centaines de milliers de mètres cubes.

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Swiss public opinion on nuclear energy is shifting

2025-06-20

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2025-06-20

Swiss public opinion on energy is shifting. A small majority now supports reconsidering nuclear power, though concerns about cost, speed, and supply security remain. According to a recent poll by gfs.bern for the Association of Swiss Electricity Companies (AES), 56% of respondents say they are favourable or somewhat favourable to building new nuclear plants. It […]

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Swiss interest rate cut to zero

2025-06-20

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2025-06-20

On 19 June 2025, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) cut its policy rate by 25 basis points to 0%, effective June 20th. The Bank said the move follows a sustained decline in inflation, which turned negative in May for the first time since 2021.

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Switzerland’s largest print newspaper to end

2025-06-20

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2025-06-20

The days of picking up copy of 20 Minutes (20 Minuten), a free Swiss print newspaper, from one of the many blue bins are numbered. Switzerland’s largest print newspaper will cease its physical edition and go online-only from the end of 2025 The move is less about failure than adaptation: far from being unprofitable, the […]

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Nuclear talks in Switzerland, ETH Zurich and cow toilets to cut emissions | #switzerland #news

2025-06-20

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Here are this week's stories from Switzerland.   --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, interviews and videos visit swissinfo.ch or subscribe to our YouTube channel: Website: http://www.swissinfo.ch Channel: http://www.youtube.com/swissinfovideos Subscribe:...

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Switzerland to bolster ailing armaments industry

2025-06-20

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2025-06-20

Switzerland has adopted a new procurement strategy to save the ailing Swiss defence industry from collapse. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The strategy aims to procure the majority of armaments domestically and to invest more in domestic research. + Swiss neutrality harming defence industry The state government wrote in a press release on Friday about a "reorientation of defence policy".

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The Swiss mountain village that inspired a Nobel Prize and digital governance

2025-06-20

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2025-06-20

Törbel is a small Swiss mountain village that has attracted the attention of international scientists. Their findings on how mountain farmers utilise water and pastures are shaping the way science addresses collective digital resources today. In 1483, Swiss farmers who lived in a mountain village concluded a contract on water and pasture utilisation.

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What you didn’t know about psychiatry and Switzerland

2025-06-19

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You might already know that the psychedelic drug LSD was first created in Switzerland, but did you know that it was synthesised at a pharmaceutical lab in Basel in 1938? --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, interviews and videos visit swissinfo.ch or subscribe to our YouTube...

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Swiss exports to the US plummeted in May

2025-06-19

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2025-06-19

The Swiss export industry suffered another double-digit decline in May. Exports to the US collapsed. Exports fell by a seasonally adjusted total of 13.6% (-10.2% in real terms) to CHF21.01 billion ($25.7 billion), as reported by the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (FOCBS) on Thursday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Exports to North America plummeted by 39.6%.

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Swiss National Bank lowers key interest rate to zero

2025-06-19

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2025-06-19

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) has taken the next interest rate step, lowering the key interest rate by a further 25 basis points. It now stands at 0%. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The move is justified by low inflation. According to Thursday’s press release, inflationary pressure has decreased compared …

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Swiss National Bank supports measures to increase UBS’s equity capital

2025-06-19

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2025-06-19

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) supports the federal government’s measures to strengthen the capitalisation of UBS’s foreign holdings. The loss potential for the big bank under the various stress scenarios remains substantial. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Swiss bank UBS already fulfils the “too-big-to-fail” capital requirements that will be implemented …

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Child labour risks in chocolate supply chains go beyond just cocoa 

2025-06-18

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2025-06-18

While cocoa gets the most attention from the chocolate industry when it comes to eliminating child labour, other ingredients like sugar, nuts or vanilla are also high risk. On June 11, the International Labour Organisation announced its global estimate for child labour that it publishes every four years. The report, that it prepared with the …

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Swiss parliament rejects initiative to tax huge inheritances

2025-06-17

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2025-06-17

A national tax on million-franc inheritances for climate protection has no chance in parliament. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox On Tuesday parliamentarians also rejected an alternative constitutional article to the initiative put forward by the Juso, the youth section of the left-wing Social Democratic Party. The initiative will therefore be …

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Swiss Political Cartoonist Patrick Chappatte: Cartoons and the fight for press freedom

2025-06-17

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Patrick Chappatte is one of the world’s most prolific cartoonists, with his work being translated into numerous languages and published in 130 countries. Living in the Swiss city of Geneva – home to the UN and a major political hub – he comments on world events with his cartoons. We talked to Chappatte about the current state of satire, media and free speech in the world. And we looked over his shoulder while he was creating a cartoon for the...

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Switzerland regains crown as world’s most competitive nation

2025-06-17

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2025-06-17

Switzerland has been ranked as the most competitive country in the world, having lost the title to Nordic and Asian rivals in recent years. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to an annual study by the Lausanne-based IMD business school, Switzerland has pushed Singapore and Hong Kong into second and …

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Economists slash Swiss GDP growth forecasts

2025-06-16

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2025-06-16

Following an increase in exports to the United States in the first quarter, the Swiss economy is bracing itself for a tariff backlash. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In particular, dark clouds are gathering over the economic outlook for 2026. The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) has lowered its …

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Swiss catering industry pledges living wages

2025-06-13

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2025-06-13

The Swiss catering industry has pledged to pay workers a living wage, following earlier controversial comments on pay in the sector. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In a Blick interview, Gastrosuisse president Beat Imhof has contradicted the comments of director Roland Müller. Müller had previously told the newspaper that living …

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PostFinance recruits former Credit Suisse executive as Chief Financial Officer

2025-06-12

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2025-06-12

PostFinance has found a replacement for its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Kurt Fuchs, who resigned at the end of February. Claudio Gaugler, a former Credit Suisse executive, will take up his post on September 1. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Gaugler, 40, will join the management board of the financial …

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