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Swiss cross-border shopping up 6%

This content was published on Feb 18, 2016 Swiss shoppers who couldn’t resist seizing bargains across the borders have risen by 6 percent from two years earlier, a study found.

Debt reduction to continue despite surplus

This content was published on Feb 18, 2016 Swiss government coffers have once again ended the year much fuller than expected.

Swiss watch brands struggle to crack Indian market

This content was published on Feb 18, 2016 Dr. Reddy (first name withheld on request) is on a horological hunting expedition. He is browsing the latest collection of Swiss watches in a luxury watch shop in the southern city of Hyderabad. His watch collection includes timepieces that range from a couple of thousand Swiss francs to just over CHF10,000 ($10,238). “I own two…

Employment service for refugees

This content was published on Feb 17, 2016

NGOs highlight Burkina gold ‘legal void’

This content was published on Feb 16, 2016 Swiss non-governmental organisations have criticised the extraction and importing of gold from Burkina Faso, which they say leads to abusive practices. Swiss gold refiner Metalor rejects the accusations.

Yes, the Gotthard tunnel needs to be safer. But how?

This content was published on Feb 16, 2016 Imagine a line of 8,500 vehicles driving along a single, four-metre-wide lane. On the other side of the road, going in the opposite direction, are another 8,500 vehicles. That is basically what happens every day in the Gotthard tunnel, the longest and most heavily used road tunnel in Switzerland. This is a highly risky situation,…

How does a chamber of commerce work?

This content was published on Feb 16, 2016 It stages more than 100 events a year and offers access to key decision-makers. swissinfo.ch asked some key members whether the chamber is still important in the internet age. The chamber’s honorary president and British ambassador to Switzerland, David Moran, the managing director of the chamber of commerce, Magalie Chelius, and managing director of the…

Manufacturing ‘shifting out of Switzerland’

This content was published on Feb 12, 2016 Switzerland is going through a phase of deindustrialisation as manufacturers move production abroad, an academic study has concluded.

Benoit Violier’s number two named as successor

This content was published on Feb 11, 2016 Franck Giovannini has been named head chef of the restaurant L’Hotel de Ville in Crissier, near Lausanne, following the suicide of renowned chef Benoit Violier on January 31.

Ethical Coffee Company scores victory against Nespresso

This content was published on Feb 11, 2016 The European Patent Office (EPO) has rejected a request by Nespresso to revoke a patent owned by the Ethical Coffee Company (ECC), which is now calling for the halt of sales of infringing Nespresso machines in Germany.

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