Category Archive: 3) Swiss Markets and News
Covid continues to stress Swiss economy
Overnight hotel stays fell by more than 40% during the summer as Switzerland locked down against coronavirus. The pandemic has also battered the finances of the airline industry, but most smaller companies have retained some optimism for the future.
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Coronavirus, December 7: the latest numbers
Here is an overview of the most important Swiss-related coronavirus data and graphs, which are updated automatically.
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Koyo Kouoh: Art is in the cracks, not in the polish
The Meret Oppenheim prize took Koyo Kouoh by surprise, and not just because she doesn't care about prizes. The Swiss-Cameroonian curator says she never found much of an echo in Switzerland for her artistic interests – postcolonialism, African diaspora, and identity politics – for which she has received praise in many other countries.
Koyo Kouoh, described by The New York Times in 2015 as “one of Africa’s pre-eminent art curators”, is always on...
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Five lessons from the Swiss ‘responsible business’ vote
The battle over the responsible business initiative is now over. The way the campaign was managed and how the issue was eventually decided says a lot about Switzerland.
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Switzerland and the pandemic: does the economy matter more?
For a nation that prides itself on being on the global forefront of new technologies and science, particularly health care, Switzerland has an astoundingly poor record for dealing with Covid-19. The Lake Geneva region, which borders locked-down France, ranks as one of the worst coronavirus hotspots in Europe.
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Swiss home prices rose over the third quarter of 2020
Over the third quarter of 2020, home prices in Switzerland rose by an average of 0.2%. However, the prices of some homes rose while others fell.
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Bill Browder threatens legal action over Swiss bank accounts linked to Magnitsky scandal
High-profile Kremlin critic and investor Bill Browder has threatened Credit Suisse and UBS with legal action for breaching US sanctions if they unfreeze accounts belonging to three Russian clients accused of a huge tax fraud against his investment company.
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Life as an expat in Swiss cities: the good news and the less good news
From tip-top transport in Basel to housing headaches in Geneva, foreign residents share what they love and loathe about the four Swiss cities featured in the Expat City Ranking 2020.
This content was published on November 26, 2020 - 09:00
November 26, 2020 - 09:00
Thomas Stephens
Born in London, Thomas was a journalist at The Independent before moving to Bern in 2005. He speaks all three official Swiss languages and enjoys...
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Covid, November 27: French-speaking Switzerland to reopen retail and restaurants
The SARS-CoV-2 virus has hit French-speaking Switzerland harder than the rest of Switzerland both before and since summer.
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Swiss pledge CHF104 million in development aid for Afghanistan
At an international conference in Geneva to source funding for Afghanistan, Switzerland has renewed its annual CHF26 million ($28.48 million) pledge for another four years.
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Government hopes for ‘first successful pension reforms’ of the century
In summer 2019 the social partners agreed on a reform of the Swiss occupational pension scheme. The government on Wednesday adopted this compromise unchanged; the ball is now in parliament’s court.
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Clariant plans to slash more jobs
Swiss speciality chemicals firm Clariant has announced further job cuts amid a series of divestments.
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Making prosthetic limbs from recycled bottles
Recycling plastic to make new bottles is one thing, but using the material to create prosthetic limbs? That's another. Two Swiss designers are using their skills to improve the lives of amputees.
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What the Covid Vaccine Hype Fails to Mention
Pfizer recently announced that its covid vaccine was more than 90 percent “effective” at preventing covid-19. Shortly after this announcement, Moderna announced that its covid vaccine was 94.5 percent “effective” at preventing covid-19. Unlike the flu vaccine, which is one shot, both covid vaccines require two shots given three to four weeks apart. Hidden toward the end of both announcements, were the definitions of “effective.”
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Covid, November 24: Switzerland’s infection rate continued to slow over the weekend
Over the weekend, Switzerland averaged 3,250 new daily recorded cases (9,751 over 72 hours). This represents a significant drop from the daily peak of 10,128 cases reported on 5 November 2020.
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Revelation Of The Method
There is one question very few are asking. Even on the most obscure blogs or conspiracy forums, we don’t find serious discussion of it.
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Covid: only the vaccinated get to travel abroad, suggests Swiss infectious disease expert
Resistance to vaccinations is significant in Switzerland. A survey done in November 2020 suggests only 16% of the population would get vaccinated immediately if there was an approved Covid-19 vaccine, reported 20 Minutes.
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Swiss government promises one billion francs for Covid hit businesses
This week, Switzerland’s federal government decided to increase aid money to Covid hit businesses to CHF 1 billion.
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Coronavirus biggest concern among Swiss, according to survey
The coronavirus pandemic and its consequences rank at the top of the list of Swiss concerns in 2020, according to a recent survey.
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Nuclear plant worker’s cancer judged not to be a work-related illness
The Federal Court has dismissed the appeal of a former employee of two Swiss nuclear power plants who was diagnosed with bladder and prostate cancer. The man took legal action after the national accident insurance fund refused benefits for an occupational illness.
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