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Why Swiss farmers dye surplus tubers for animal feed

To prevent the potatoes from being resold, the farmer has to douse them with food colouring.

This content was published on Nov 21, 2025 A bumper harvest has left Swiss farmers with more potatoes than the market can handle. Many will be fed to cows – but only after being coloured.

Around 1898, Feldschlösschen brews 100,000 hectolitres of beer and becomes the largest brewery in Switzerland.

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How Switzerland lost – and regained – its beer

This content was published on Nov 19, 2025 For decades, the Swiss beer market was dominated by a cartel. Its collapse ushered in a period of upheaval and innovation.

Nuts are healthy and make you smart. Healthy fats and vitamins promote a healthy mind. That's why the Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property provides its employees with nuts.

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Why Switzerland’s patent office spends tens of thousands on nuts

This content was published on Nov 17, 2025 The Swiss Federal Institute of Intellectual Property has an eight-year budget to keep its staff mentally fit by getting them to eat nuts.

Vincent Ducrot, CEO of Swiss Federal Railways.

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Report: Swiss Federal Railways boss received death threats after contract awarded to Siemens

This content was published on Nov 16, 2025 Vincent Ducrot, CEO of Swiss Federal Railways, reportedly received death threats after awarding the German group Siemens an order for 116 new double-decker trains.

The United States and Switzerland announced a framework trade agreement on Friday that includes Washington slashing its tariffs on imported Swiss products to 15% from 39% and a pledge by Swiss companies to invest $200 billion in the U.S. by the end of 2028.

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Swiss press question concessions in US tariff deal

This content was published on Nov 16, 2025 Swiss newspapers have questioned the deal struck with Washington and concessions made by Switzerland to allow the tariff rate on Swiss imports to be lowered from 39% to 15%. What exactly were they?

The idea that Swiss supermarkets would be flooded with American meat imports is exaggerated, says Michel Darbellay, deputy director of the Swiss Farmers' Union.

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Swiss farmers downplay impact of US tariff deal

This content was published on Nov 16, 2025 The recent US tariff rate cut deal has raised questions about the consequences for the Swiss farming sector.

The tariff deal comes after a month-long diplomatic courtship by top Swiss officials, who deployed high-level teams to Washington, including missions led by President Karin Keller-Sutter and Economics Minister Guy Parmelin.

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Lessons from the US-Swiss tariff dispute: when the ends justify the means

This content was published on Nov 15, 2025 Tariff negotiations with the United States have been a steep learning curve for Switzerland and its trade diplomacy — and an unprecedented rollercoaster ride.

A model of a grave from the Germanic National Museum. This is what the urn graves in Unterlunkhofen probably looked like inside.

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Hidden treasure: Switzerland’s largest Celtic burial ground

This content was published on Nov 14, 2025 For centuries it lay hidden deep in the forest – today it can be clearly seen: the Celtic burial ground of Unterlunkhofen in canton Aargau.

Companies collect signatures for Swiss initiatives

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Switzerland cracks down on fake referendum signatures

This content was published on Nov 13, 2025 Federal Chancellery cracks down on fake signatures backing popular initiatives in Switzerland.

Helmets are now compulsory on ski slopes in Italy

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No helmet on Italian ski slopes? You could face a fine

This content was published on Nov 12, 2025 Helmets are now compulsory in Italy – and those who hit the slopes without one could face a fine.

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