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Stadler lands record British train order

This content was published on Oct 5, 2016 The order was placed by Abellio East Anglia who have been chosen to run the East Anglia rail network from October 17. The operator has ambitious plans to increase the number of seats from destinations such as Norwich, Cambridge and Stanstead Airport to London by 55% during peak hours. Until now, Stadler has supplied stock…

Nobel Prize winner given Swiss helping hand

This content was published on Oct 5, 2016 In 2011, EMPA provided the scanning tunnelling microscope that powered the world’s smallest electric car that measured a billionth of a metre. Feringa’s nanotechnology breakthroughs saw him awarded the Nobel Prize along with Jean-Pierre Sauvage and Sir J Fraser Stoddart on Wednesday. The scanning tunnelling microscope was loaned from EMPA’s headquarters in Dübendorf, on the…

How a Swiss hotel pool made a global splash

This content was published on Oct 5, 2016 A short Instagram clip by a Brazilian travel blogger that paints Switzerland’s mountains in a dramatic light has gone viral.

Novartis sheds 73 jobs in research centre rejig

This content was published on Oct 5, 2016 The ESBATech facility in Schlieren will close its doors as Novartis consolidates its research into new drugs at its Basel headquarters and in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the US, “where there is already critical mass of biologics expertise”, the company said in a statement. The former spin-off company from Zurich’s Federal Institute of Technology, ESBATech, was…

The end of a toxic nightmare

This content was published on Oct 5, 2016 For years, tonnes of toxic waste were thrown into the landfill at Bonfol, one of Switzerland’s most contaminated sites.

Did I ever really have a say?

This content was published on Oct 4, 2016 In 2014, Christina Warren made the difficult decision to renounce her US citizenship. The process, she says, was preceded by angst, anger and grief, followed by a period of working through those emotions. In many ways it was like a divorce. And this divorce left her with no say in the 2016 Presidential elections for…

Can science solve an 80-year-old Indian mystery?

This content was published on Oct 4, 2016 Face recognition technology has the potential to unravel the identity of an Indian woman on a precious Swiss watch.

Minister pushes for ‘green’ trade deal with Canada

This content was published on Oct 4, 2016 “The Canadians have once again become partners which wasn’t the case before,” Leuthard told an audience at the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations on Monday evening. She is currently on an official visit to Canada from October 2-6. Leuthard, who is also in charge of transport, environmental and communication matters, said Switzerland was keen to…

Tax authorities say 450 Swiss linked to Panama Papers

This content was published on Oct 3, 2016 “We have found 450 people – people in the legal and physical sense – who have a link to offshore structures and Switzerland,” spokesman Joel Weibel told Swiss public radio, SRF, on Monday. The use of offshore entities is not in itself illegal. Weibel said the information on the 450 people would now be passed…

Online banking threatens local branches

This content was published on Oct 3, 2016 The reason for the 20% annual drop in branches is that more and more people are using e-banking: paying bills and keeping track of their finances online. Andreas Dietrich, professor for Banking and Finance at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, says it goes without saying that banks are reassessing their strategy. They are…

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