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Policy depends on which way the wind blows

This content was published on Sep 29, 2016 At the beginning of June, one chamber of parliament – the Senate – deleted a passage of Switzerland’s energy strategy, and in so doing, put renewable energy on a par with protected landscapes. Raimund Rodewald, head of the Swiss Foundation for Landscape Conservation, says the amendment has endangered untouched areas of the countryside since it…

Executive pay comes into line as laws kick in

This content was published on Sep 29, 2016 The average compensation for chief executives at the biggest 20 Swiss companies last year was CHF7.2 million ($7.4 million), down from CHF8.2 million in 2014. For chairmen it was CHF2.4 million (CHF2.5 million in 2014). Bonuses for executives in large firms fell as the size of their base salary increased. Furthermore, most companies are sticking…

Hungary’s government makes use of democracy rights

This content was published on Sep 29, 2016 “The ruling elite has colonised direct democracy and exploits it for its own purposes,” says Zoltán Tibor PállingerExternal link, a Swiss-Hungarian political scientist from Budapest’s Andrássy University. The referendum, a key tool of citizens’ participation in politics, became increasingly important after Hungary’s peaceful revolution in 1989. Votes took place about Hungary’s membership of the EU…

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Lights go out on 250 jobs at Meyer Burger

This content was published on Sep 29, 2016 The maker of production equipment for solar cells has already executed numerous measures over the past five years: reducing its operating expenses, simplifying its corporate structure and re-adjusting capacities due to what it described as the “extremely challenging situation in the solar industry”. In a statement on Thursday, Meyer Burger, based in Thun in canton…

Apprenticeship terminations remain a taboo

This content was published on Sep 29, 2016 Even though two-thirds of young people in Switzerland go into vocational training, the drop-out rate has, until now, been rarely publicised.

Luca’s story

This content was published on Sep 29, 2016 Luca Catani see dropping out of his first apprenticeship as a stepping stone to better things.

Mountain near collapse on Europe’s biggest glacier

This content was published on Sep 28, 2016 At 30km long, the Aletsch glacier is the largest in the Alps. It has shrunk significantly over the past decades as a result of global warming. In some places, where the glacier used to support the surrounding mountains, the ice has almost completely disappeared. This greatly increases the risk of rockslides. Now geologists have discovered…

Citizens force ballot box decision on new constitution

This content was published on Sep 28, 2016 Under Switzerland’s federalist structure, the country is divided into 26 cantons. These enjoy a high degree of autonomy with governments, parliaments, courts and constitutions of their own. Most of these “states” have overhauled their charters in the past 50 years, having joined modern Switzerland in 1848. The promoters of the reform in Valais argue it…

Alpine ‘midhusband’ keeps watch until cows go home

This content was published on Sep 28, 2016 If your job description is alpine ‘midhusband’ to dozens of pregnant and nursing cows, what exactly does that entail?

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