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Swisscom profits hit by Vodafone Italia integration

2025-11-06

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2025-11-06

Swisscom suffered a slump in profits in the first nine months of the year. The integration of the acquired Vodafone Italia is primarily to blame, which caused the result to plummet. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Net profit fell by 23% to CHF988 million between January and September, as Swisscom …

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Swiss women forced to pay for hormone therapy after price dispute

2025-11-06

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2025-11-06

A well-known brand of hormone replacement therapy, Estradot, will no longer be covered by insurance in Switzerland. The reason: the health authorities and the drugmaker couldn’t agree on a price. In September, Simone Kobler, a gynecologist specialised in women’s hormonal health in northern Switzerland, received some frustrating news. Estradot, the oestrogen replacement therapy in the …

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Gunvor warns of fuel shock as $22 billion Lukoil deal prompts concern over Russia ties

2025-11-06

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2025-11-06

The Swiss trader’s audacious swoop on Russian group’s overseas assets revives industry speculation over Kremlin links. Europe faces job losses and disruption to its fuel supplies if Gunvor’s bold deal for $22 billion of overseas assets owned by Russia’s Lukoil is blocked, the head of the Swiss commodity trader has warned. The move to snap …

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Swiss stock exchange anticpates CHF300 million loss

2025-11-06

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2025-11-06

SIX, the operator of the main Swiss stock exchange, will close the year CHF300 million in the red. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The main reason for this is the investment in the financial services provider Worldline. According to the press release, this led to a negative accounting effect of …

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Top Swiss business leaders meet Trump in Washington

2025-11-06

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2025-11-06

The heads of six large Swiss companies took part in trade talks with United States President Donald Trump in Washington. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The business leaders reaffirmed their conviction that a bilateral trade agreement would significantly strengthen economic exchanges, to the benefit of both countries. + How US …

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Swiss investigation finds Israel used misleading 3D images in military videos

2025-11-05

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Israel introduced a new form of propaganda in its war in Gaza that relied heavily on 3D images combined with real drone footage. ⁠ ⁠ An international investigation, involving Switzerland’s public broadcaster SRF found that some of the images used to illustrate hospitals and buildings in Gaza – allegedly hiding command centres of the Palestinian militant group Hamas – are intended to look real but key elements were entirely fabricated.⁠ ⁠ Visit...

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Swiss PostBus tests automated taxis

2025-11-05

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2025-11-05

In December, PostBus Switzerland will be trialling a new public transport service with self-driving cars around Altstätten in canton St Gallen. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The trial operation will be expanded later. Permanent operation could start in 2027. + Switzerland gears up for driverless transport era Following the announcement …

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Swiss to vote on tax and license fee initiatives in March

2025-11-05

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2025-11-05

Switzerland will vote on four popular initiatives on March 8, including proposals on individual taxation and on financing the national broadcaster SRG. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The government has decided to put all four proposals ready for a vote to the ballot box at the same time, it announced …

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Swiss wage negotiations weighed by tariff fears

2025-11-05

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2025-11-05

Trade barriers and anaemic inflation in Switzerland will weigh heavily on wage negotiations for 2026, UBS bank warned in its annual survey of employers. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Nominal wage increases are likely to remain the norm, but are likely to plateau at around 1%, compared with 1.4% in …

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Swiss economic forecast improves despite tariffs

2025-11-05

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2025-11-05

The Swiss economy is once again looking to the future with optimism despite the tariffs imposed by United States President Donald Trump. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The business situation improved markedly in October, according to the business trend indicator calculated by the ETH Zurich's Centre for Economic Research (KOF). …

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Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut boosts profits after price hikes

2025-11-05

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2025-11-05

Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut saw its profits increase in the 2024/25 financial year (to the end of August), despite a selling less chocolate. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Revenues rose by 42.4% to CHF14.79 billion, boosted by price increases, the cocoa products processor and trader reported on Wednesday. Sales …

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Paris trial probes Lafarge terror financing charges

2025-11-05

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2025-11-05

The terrorist financing trial of cement maker Lafarge, which is a subsidiary of the Swiss company Holcim, has begun in Paris. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The first hearing focused on legal issues, in this case priority questions of constitutionality. The former directors of Lafarge's cement plant in Jalabiya, Syria, …

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Chocolate bounty: Ghana at war against cocoa smugglers 

2025-11-05

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2025-11-05

The disconnect between high global cocoa prices and the price paid to farmers has resulted in unprecedented cocoa smuggling across Ghana’s borders. In mid-September, a minibus travelling from Ghana’s capital Accra was intercepted further north-east in the town of Sagakope by the Sogakope District Police and the National Anti-Cocoa Smuggling Taskforce. The vehicle was stopped …

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Trump holds trade talks with Switzerland

2025-11-05

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2025-11-05

United States President Donald Trump has met with high-ranking representatives of Switzerland to discuss trade issues. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Trump announced the talks on his Truth Social platform. US trade representative Jamieson Greer will continue discussions with the Swiss leadership. "I want to congratulate everyone present on a …

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Can New Alzheimer’s Drugs Really Make a Difference? Listen to The Swiss Connection Science Podcast

2025-11-04

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Alzheimer’s disease is more than age-related memory loss—it’s a serious brain disorder. ⁠ ⁠ In the latest episode of the Swiss Connection Science podcast, Swissinfo healthcare reporter Jessica Davis Pluess explores the science, hope, and controversy surrounding new Alzheimer’s drugs like Leqembi and Kisunla. ⁠ ⁠ With billions invested and global regulatory decisions diverging, what do these treatments mean for patients and healthcare systems? ⁠ ⁠...

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Cracking the Alzheimer’s Code

2025-11-04

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Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/910414/open_sms) Alzheimer’s disease is more than age-related memory loss—it’s a serious brain disorder. In this episode of the Swiss Connection Science podcast, Swissinfo healthcare reporter Jessica Davis Pluess explores the science, hope, and controversy surrounding new Alzheimer’s drugs like Leqembi and Kisunla. With billions invested and global regulatory decisions diverging,...

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All aboard? Let the yodelling begin with ‘Sämi the singing driver’

2025-11-03

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Bus driver and yodeller Sämi Zumbrunn turns every ride into an unforgettable experience. Who better to act as ambassador for a Swiss tradition that could soon be on the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage list? We meet him in the Bernese Oberland. Visit Swissinfo to read more. --- 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...

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Construction workers go on strike in French-speaking Switzerland

2025-11-03

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2025-11-03

Construction workers' strikes took place in French-speaking Switzerland on Monday, after the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino and Bern in recent weeks. According to the unions Syna and Unia, close to 7,000 people demonstrated in Geneva, Lausanne, Fribourg and La Chaux-de-Fonds. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The national workers' umbrella …

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Employment prospects brighten slightly in Switzerland

2025-11-03

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2025-11-03

In Switzerland, the outlook for employment has improved slightly. The indicator from the KOF economic research centre at the federal technology institute ETH Zurich shows job gains in the construction industry and the services sector. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The employment indicator stood at 0.7 points in the …

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Kuehne+Nagel acquires Irish aviation firm Eastway

2025-11-03

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2025-11-03

The Swiss-based logistics group Kuehne+Nagel is buying the Irish company Eastway Global Forwarding, which was previously family-owned and specialises in logistics services for the aviation industry. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Headquartered in Limerick, Eastway has a network spanning 130 countries, Kuehne+Nagel said in a statement on Monday. The …

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