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Solar Impulse touches down in Cairo

This content was published on Jul 13, 2016 The 4,000-kilometre journey, which took the aircraft over the Mediterranean, Algeria, Tunisia, Malta, Italy and Greece without using a drop of fuel, ended at 07.10 CET. “This was an emotional and meaningful leg for me, being able to enjoy once more the incredible sensation of flying day and night thanks only to the energy of…

Global warming to bring heavier rains to Switzerland

This content was published on Jul 12, 2016 A new climate change model predicts up to 30% more precipitation during peak summer storms nationwide.

President’s Singapore visit focuses on career training

This content was published on Jul 12, 2016 Switzerland’s vocational education system is featuring front and centre during the Swiss president’s visit to Asia.

Swiss add Asian airports to passenger data list

This content was published on Jul 12, 2016 The State Secretariat for Migration has decided to expand its passenger data list following a risk analysis. Airlines and charter flights already have to hand over data if they are flying from São Paulo, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Beijing and Shanghai, Dubai, Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, Pristina, Istanbul, Moscow, Casablanca and Marrakesh. The obligation to report…

Swiss SMEs see potential in the Chinese market

This content was published on Jul 12, 2016 Last quarter, 56% of Swiss SMEs said they intended to export to the Asia-Pacific region, up from 49% in the previous three months, according to an export study conducted by Credit Suisse and Switzerland Global Enterprise (S-GE) among around 200 SMEs. Exports to China are thus set to gain importance in the next five years,…

What is end-to-end encryption?

This content was published on Jul 11, 2016 (Carlo Pisani, swissinfo.ch)

How secure are your emails?

This content was published on Jul 11, 2016 (Carlo Pisani, swissinfo.ch)

Solar Impulse sets off for Cairo

This content was published on Jul 11, 2016 Swiss pilot André Borschberg took off in Solar Impulse 2 at 6.20am (CET) from the southern Spanish city of Seville for Egypt. The flight, Borschberg’s last in the huge aircraft, should take 50 hours and 30 minutes. The 4,000-kilometre journey should take him across the Mediterranean, via the airspaces of Algeria, Tunisia, Malta, Italy, Greece,…

UBS accuses cabinet over opaque policy

This content was published on Jul 10, 2016 He said the government had failed to win assurances from other countries that Swiss banks are not being taken to court over mistakes of the past. “We need a coherent approach about our past policy,” he told the SonntagsZeitung and Le Matin Dimanche newspapers. He said it was unacceptable that Switzerland hands over bank client…

Swissness, illegal immigrants and the terminally ill

This content was published on Jul 10, 2016 Here are the stories we’re following the week of July 11.

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