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Swiss firms assess US travel “chaos”

This content was published on Jan 30, 2017 The US travel ban on citizens from seven Muslim countries at the weekend has been met with widespread incredulity and confusion across the world. Switzerland has condemned the move as “discriminatory”. “Currently there is still total chaos,” Naville told SRF on Monday. “On Saturday, even holders of visas and green cards, those who legally lived…

Boosting the local economy

This content was published on Jan 30, 2017 Complementary currencies are a growing phenomenon in Switzerland, such as the Léman, used around Lake Geneva, and the soon-to-appear Farinet.

Stories making the Swiss Sunday papers

This content was published on Jan 29, 2017 A free trade deal with Britain and plans to reform corporate tax to be voted on February 12 are in the headlines this Sunday.

Swiss flights to US conform to Trump ban

This content was published on Jan 28, 2017 The airline Swiss says it will bar citizens of seven countries from boarding its flights to the United States because of Trump’s executive order.

The Swiss designers who took Paris by storm

This content was published on Jan 28, 2017 Paris was a magnet for a number of Swiss graphic designers and typographers in the 1950s and 1960s. A new exhibition celebrates their work.

Struggling to pay the bills in a wealthy nation

This content was published on Jan 27, 2017 A Swiss social policy expert explains how nearly one-in-eight people living in Switzerland qualify as working poor, or at risk of poverty.

Swiss financiers call time on ‘business bashing’

This content was published on Jan 26, 2017 The message follows years of increasing regulation and steep fines imposed on the Swiss financial industry in the wake of the banking crash, interest rate rigging, money laundering and tax evasion scandals. Switzerland is not the only country to have faced such difficulties, but domestic financiers have often complained of being hit harder than other…

Record Swiss exports despite drooping watch sales

This content was published on Jan 26, 2017 The value of exports gained 3.8% on 2015 to reach CHF210.7 billion ($210.6 billion), according to the Federal Customs Administration. Imports also grew, but the trade surplus also notched a record of CHF37.5 billion. This compared to a -2.6% decline on Swiss exports in 2015 – the year the franc experienced massive volatility as it…

Wealthy women targeted by UBS

This content was published on Jan 25, 2017 The wealth management arm of Swiss bank UBS has announced plans to “refocus” its advisory services to serve women better.

Swiss Space Systems founder accused of ‘staging’ own attack

This content was published on Jan 24, 2017 On Tuesday, the Fribourg public prosecutor’s office announced that it had opened criminal proceedings against Jaussi, the CEO and founder of the Vaud-based S3External link, for misleading the justice authorities, intentional arson and forgery. Jaussi denies the charges. Last year, an investigation was launched after the CEO was found badly injured on August 26 close…

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