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Keeping a printing tradition alive
More and more train tickets are printed by computers; the traditional card ticket is today rarely used. The Aeschbacher company in Worb near Bern still cuts these and prints them with lead type. [...]
Corporate taxes
Swiss set to tackle divisive fiscal reform
Murder questions
Papers rue failings of house arrest system
Corporate taxes
Swiss set to tackle divisive fiscal reform
Under pressure from the European Union the Swiss government has outlined plans to scrap controversial tax privileges for international firms. But the reform risks undermining the complex federal fiscal system and leading to a major drop in revenue. [...]
Chinese readers react
Profit at the expense of moral values
Safe and sound
Red Cross hostages freed in Yemen
Swiss banking woes
Minister says end to US tax dispute in sight
Swiss Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf says a resolution may be not far off to end a long-running dispute with the United States over Swiss banks accused of helping wealthy Americans evade billions of dollars of taxes. [...]
Changes at the top
Surprise shake-up marks Glencore Xstrata meeting
Formula for success
Chinese parents drive baby milk powder boom
New trends
Folk musicians seek inspiration beyond the norm
It’s crowded in the dressing room. And no wonder. A folk trio, a jazz singer and a classically-trained violinist are all relaxing before a joint show. Such genre-bending is common in Swiss folk music today - as is a back-to-roots shift. [...]
Nadja Räss
Breaking the mould as a Swiss yodeller
Rocks on a roll
Huge colourless diamond goes for record
Stem cell research
Cord blood – sound investment or pricey frill?
Umbilical cord blood holds precious stem cells. At some Swiss hospitals, mothers can donate their baby's supply to research. But some labs have privatised the practice, and not everyone is sure it’s worth the cost. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) [...]
Cancer discovery
New imaging gives insight into tumours’ travels
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In depth
Mounting the mountain
Competing to carry tourists up the Alps
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Long before the Jungfrau Railway went into service, cogwheel trains were chugging up central Switzerland’s Pilatus mountain. But the railway now faces competition from a shiny new rival on the opposite mountain, the Stanserhorn.
There are 500 mountain transport companies running nearly 1,800 different types of lifts in the Swiss Alps. With operating costs so high and the local economies depending on tourists, there is stiff competition to attract visitors by offering exciting rides. The Titlis mountain has a rotating cable car. Samnaun boasts the world’s first double-decker cable car. And now the Stanserhorn in central Switzerland has gone one step further. It has a double decker gondola with an open air sundeck. But can it compete with the world’s steepest cogwheel on the opposite mountain?
Julie Hunt, swissinfo.ch
A century of tourism
Jungfrau Railway is still on top
Not many records are still in place 100 years on but the Jungfraujoch railway station on the shoulder of the Jungfrau mountain in the Bernese Oberland is still the highest in Europe, a century after it opened on Swiss national day. [...]
Jungfraujoch centennial
Currying flavour at 3,550m
In addition to being the "Top of Europe", Jungfraujoch is also the highest workplace on the continent. At Restaurant Bollywood, a multicultural team caters to its many Indian guests. [...]
