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Dairy farmers in cut-throat battle

This content was published on Jun 13, 2016 His dairy is one of the biggest and cutting-edge in Switzerland. His cows allow themselves to be milked by a robot whenever they fancy it and their food is distributed automatically. Even the mucking out of the high-tech stalls is performed by a robot. “We have specialised in dairy farming, invested millions, rationalised and improved…

Switzerland’s tallest building gets green light

This content was published on Jun 9, 2016 The project was accepted by Basel City’s cantonal parliament on Wednesday, winning 84 votes. Two people voted against and there were five abstentions. Building 2 was designed by Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron and will house offices for around 1,700 employees. The 50-storey building will cost CHF550 million (CHF572.3 million) to build and…

Fact checking the rumours spread on social media

This content was published on Jun 8, 2016 True or false, viral stories circulate quickly on the internet, much faster than journalists are able to verify them. This European-Union-funded projectExternal link – named Pheme after the Greek goddess of fame and rumours – is developing a tool to speed up verification. It will do this by automatically pulling up questionable claims on social…

Struggling hotel industry calls for political action

This content was published on Jun 7, 2016 The hotel industry association HotelleriesuisseExternal link said at a news conference on Tuesday that it expected client demographics to change “profoundly” in the coming years, with an increasing average age of guests, as well as visitors coming from countries further and further abroad. Hotelleriesuisse cited high costs, the lingering effects of the strong franc, climate…

An Indian eye dissects Switzerland’s dark side

This content was published on Jun 7, 2016 The 34-year-old, VW Beetle-driving sleuth isn’t a real person though. He is the creation of Swiss crime writer Sunil Mann, whose mother emigrated from India when he was a boy. “Vijay Kumar is not me,” the 43-year-old tells swissinfo.ch. “But we have a lot in common.” They both share Indian roots, a fondness for Zurich’s…

Modi’s visit could jumpstart free-trade deal

This content was published on Jun 6, 2016 “We have a very good basis” for resuming the free-trade talks in the next days and months, said Schneider-Ammann at the start of a round table meeting with Modi and around 20 representatives of the Swiss economy. The trade agreement between India and EFTA countries (Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland) has been on the table…

The city of Zug, a Bitcoin pioneer

This content was published on Jun 6, 2016

Swiss public celebrates Gotthard tunnel

This content was published on Jun 5, 2016 Some 30,000 people on Saturday and another 50,000 on Sunday attended events at four locations: Erstfeld and Rynächt in canton Uri as well as Pollegio and Biasca in canton Ticino, at the other end of the 57 kilometre-long tunnel. It was the first time members of the public – who largely financed the project through…

Swiss currency still overvalued, says SNB official

This content was published on Jun 4, 2016 Fritz Zurbrügg, vice president of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), told the Neue Luzerner Zeitung newspaper on Saturday that most models show that the franc’s value is too high compared with other currencies. Until January 2015, the SNB kept the franc pegged to the Euro in order to avoid its overvaluation. Once that peg was…

Switzerland’s own Bollywood ambassador

This content was published on Jun 3, 2016

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