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Unilever cuts 100 additional jobs in Switzerland

This content was published on Sep 17, 2016 The cuts will affect one-third of the workforce currently employed at Unilever’s site in the northern Swiss canton of Schaffhausen. The workers affected were informed of the change on Friday and the cuts will take place by the summer of 2017, the company announced. “We assume that some of the affected employees will change to…

Behind bars concept recycled

This content was published on Sep 17, 2016 Instead of sitting out a sentence behind bars, or going into debt to pay a fine, people in Zurich are able to take part in a work project recycling electronic scrap. Last year, the equivalent of 6,300 days in detention was worked off, thanks to a charityExternal link set up to help the reintegration of…

They rejected that? Notable vote failures over the years

This content was published on Sep 16, 2016 A look at occasions in Swiss history when voters rejected an idea that, at first glance, seemed to benefit them.

Why do some people vote against their best interests?

This content was published on Sep 16, 2016 An upcoming initiative on raising pension payments has raised questions about the role of personal and national interests in direct democracy.

Good news from the beehive

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Parliament closes painful chapter on foster care

This content was published on Sep 15, 2016 “Today is a historical day. The victims have had to wait for decades for this moment,” said Guido Fluri, the main promoter of financial compensation for the victims of the harsh foster system. He and some of his fellow activists had tears in their eyes when they faced the cameras in the parliament lobby on…

Post-sanctions Iran trade sputters into new era

This content was published on Sep 15, 2016 Welti argues that it’s a diversified market with a solid industrial base in need of overhaul, and could also eventually prove to be the leaping off point for entry into Syria and Iraq. “The region is in a big mess, but Iran is the only country that is not in chaos,” the President of the…

Bankers bemoan continued EU access impasse

This content was published on Sep 15, 2016 Outgoing SBA chairman Patrick Odier denounced politicians who have so far failed to secure the future of the Swiss financial sector in the EU market.

Commodity traders accused of ‘illegitimate’ African fuel trade

This content was published on Sep 15, 2016 NGO Public Eye accuses Swiss commodity traders of making a fast buck from selling environmentally unsound fuel to Africa.

Swiss-British meeting focuses on free trade

This content was published on Sep 14, 2016 Johann Schneider-Ammann, who is Switzerland’s economics minister as well as its president for 2016, met with Britain’s Minister of State for Trade Policy, Lord Price, in Bern on Wednesday. According to the Swiss government, the two discussed Brexit’s impact on Britain’s trade policy as well as “maintaining and strengthening” relations between their governments. A task…

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