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After an earthquake, drones to the rescue?

Portrait of Davide Scaramuzza with a flying drone

This content was published on Jul 27, 2018 Davide Scaramuzza develops autonomous drones that rely on their own sensors to navigate dangerous and unpredictable search-and-rescue situations.

Getting to grips with food choices in Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 27, 2018 Switzerland has been ranked as the most expensive in Europe for food and non-alcoholic drinks at almost 70% more than the EU average.

Vote survey shows no generation gap but misunderstandings

This content was published on Jul 26, 2018 The “sovereign money” initiative, which was overwhelmingly rejected in a national vote in June, was misunderstood by many Swiss voters.

Funds stump up $1m to test decentralised asset management system

This content was published on Jul 26, 2018 MelonportExternal link is perceived to be one of the most promising projects to emerge from Zug’s Crypto Valley. It envisions a future where most traditional assets including stocks, bonds and commodities will be tokenised, creating a new digital asset class that could be traded beyond the grasp of monopolistic exchanges. The Swiss stock exchange is…

Scandal hit crypto mining firm probed by FINMA

This content was published on Jul 26, 2018 The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA)External link said on Thursday that it had opened an enforcement proceeding against the start-up on suspicion that it has broken banking laws with an “unauthorised acceptance of public funds”. As reported by swissinfo.ch in May, a row broke out between the company’s founders and its chief executive with…

China’s demand for Swiss machinery booming

This content was published on Jul 26, 2018 Swiss companies exported machinery product in the value of CHF1.45 billion ($1.46 billion) to China and Hong Kong in the first six months of 2018.

Maudet shares his vision for Greater Geneva

This content was published on Jul 26, 2018 The time is ripe to properly organise the development of Greater Geneva, Pierre Maudet, the new Geneva president, tells swissinfo.ch.

UBS boss bemoans geopolitical jitters

This content was published on Jul 25, 2018 In an interview with the Tages Anzeiger newspaper, Ermotti said fractious trade policies and Brexit in Europe are weighing on his bank’s performance. “All you have to do is browse through the media each day to see where uncertainties are manifesting themselves.” Profits at Switzerland’s largest bank rose to CHF1.28 billion ($1.29 billion) in the second…

Surface melt water rushing through a supra-glacial stream channel in Greenland.

Swiss scientists to study microbial life in extreme environments

This content was published on Jul 25, 2018 The researchers aim to understand how these organisms to thrive in extreme conditions, and how they could be affected by climate change.

Deceased Marchionne had strong Swiss ties

This content was published on Jul 25, 2018 Marchionne died at the University Hospital of Zurich following complications from shoulder surgery. The Italian-Canadian businessman had a residence in Schindellegi, a village above Lake Zurich, although he spent a lot of his time in the Italian city of Turin overseeing his automobile empire. His surviving wife and children continue to live in the French-speaking…

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