Swisscom profits hit by Vodafone Italia integration
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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All aboard? Let the yodelling begin with ‘Sämi the singing driver’
2025-11-03
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.
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Construction workers go on strike in French-speaking Switzerland
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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Kuehne+Nagel acquires Irish aviation firm Eastway
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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Juliette finds out where her Grandma really came from!
2025-09-11
Juliette’s grandmother grew up a foster child in Australia… and didn’t know she had Swiss ancestry. Her granddaughter Juliette started digging into birth indexes and other public records to find out who her relatives are. She ended up visiting a tiny village in southern Switzerland, where her great-great-grandfather emigrated from, in 1859.
Read their full family history here: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss-abroad/swiss-genealogy-emigration-from-verzasca-to-australia/89853858
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Swiss F-35 delivery ‘on track’ despite US delays
2025-09-07
The delivery of F-35 fighter jets to Switzerland remains on track despite delays in the United States, according to the Federal Armaments Office, Armasuisse. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox An audit report by the US General Accounting Office states that no F-35 fighter jets were delivered on schedule last year. …
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Swiss olive cultivation to get a boost thanks to warm weather
2025-07-15
More and more farmers in French-speaking Switzerland see climate change as an opportunity for olive cultivation: the number of such trees could double to 20,000 by the end of 2026, surpassing that of Italian-speaking Ticino. Because of the rising temperatures, olive trees are also growing in regions where it was previously unthinkable. An association of …
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Swiss weapons exports grew 20% in first half of 2025
2025-07-08
Switzerland exported more than 20% more war materiel in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period last year. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco) reported around CHF358 million worth of military equipment exports. Among the buyers of Swiss military equipment were …
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