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Swiss businesses plan employee pay raises in 2026

Pay rises planned for Swiss employees next year

This content was published on Aug 17, 2025 Swiss companies' expectations for salary growth are down by 0.3 percentage points compared to a year ago, according to a survey conducted by the Center for Economic Research (KOF).

Customs duties threaten 100,000 jobs in Switzerland

Global trade

US tariffs putting 100,000 jobs at risk in Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 16, 2025 US tariffs of 39% on Swiss imports will directly affect 100,000 jobs, mainly in the watchmaking, machinery, metals, and food industries, economiesuisse warns.

Switzerland releases four million for Sudan

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland releases CHF4 million for Sudan

This content was published on Aug 16, 2025 Switzerland has released CHF4 million (nearly $5 million) to help Sudan, which has been severely affected by famine and cholera.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland rejects new Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory

This content was published on Aug 16, 2025 Switzerland says it rejects the announced construction of thousands of housing units in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian West Bank.

Bundestag Vice-President brings Switzerland's EU membership into play

Foreign Affairs

Vice-president of German parliament in favour of Switzerland joining EU

This content was published on Aug 16, 2025 The vice-president of the Bundestag says his country should support closer ties between Switzerland and the European Union given the customs conflict with the United States.

Paradeplatz Square with the headquarters of Credit Suisse, center, pictured on April 11, 2018. (KEYSTONE/Gaetan Bally)

Foreign Affairs

‘Luck running out’ for Swiss economy as growth slows ahead of US tariff hit

This content was published on Aug 15, 2025 Swiss GDP only expanded by 0.1% in second quarter, adding to pressure on central bank to return to negative interest rates.

Lufthansa plans to import its future Boeing aircraft via Switzerland

Global trade

Lufthansa mulls importing its future Boeing aircraft via Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 14, 2025 Buying new Boeing aircraft from the United States via Switzerland could reduce the US trade deficit with Switzerland and avoid punitive customs duties, says a newspaper report.

Rösti "hopes to the end" for an agreement on plastics

Geneva organisations

Swiss environment minister ‘hopeful’ plastic pollution treaty within reach

This content was published on Aug 14, 2025 Swiss Environment Minister Albert Rösti said he's "hopeful until the end" that an ambitious agreement against plastic pollution can be negotiated by the end of the year.

Human rights

Dmitry Muratov: ‘I’m not afraid to live without hope’

This content was published on Aug 14, 2025 Dmitry Muratov, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, talks to Swissinfo about truth in the era of digital autocracies.

F-35 fighter jets from the USA cost more than originally planned

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland must pay more than originally planned for US F-35 fighter jets

This content was published on Aug 13, 2025 Switzerland has been unable to push through a fixed-price deal (CHF6 billion) with the United States for 36 new F-35 fighter jets.

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