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Geneva firm gets foothold in Iran

This content was published on Jun 16, 2016 An engineering company from Geneva has become the first Swiss firm to win a contract with Iran’s oil and gas industries since international sanctions against the country were lifted as part of last year’s historic nuclear deal.

Swiss camera takes its first shot of Mars

This content was published on Jun 16, 2016 Since the orbiter is still 41 million kilometres (25.5 million miles) away from Mars, the image itself is not as clear as the high-resolution, 3D colour shots that researchers expect to get when the device enters the planet’s orbit in October. However, the image represents a key milestone in the journey of the orbiter and…

Swiss pharma companies to publish payments online

This content was published on Jun 16, 2016 From July, over 50 pharmaceutical companies active in Switzerland are set to reveal online how much they pay for health services and consultations.

Initiative aims to shake up the language debate

This content was published on Jun 16, 2016 “We realised that for most primary school pupils learning two foreign languages does very little good. You just have two lessons a week for each language, English and French, and that isn’t intense enough to learn a language,” former Zurich cantonal politician Hanspeter Amstutz told swissinfo.ch. Amstutz is helping to spearhead a local people’s initiative…

Swiss interest rates unchanged despite Brexit risk

This content was published on Jun 16, 2016 The central bank will continue to charge domestic banks a negative interest rate of -0.75% to deposit their reserves at the SNB. This week, the franc-euro exchange rate fell below CHF1.08 for the first time since December as opinion polls in Britain continued to show next Friday’s Brexit vote as too close to call. Throughout…

Geneva probe opened after Mossack Fonseca complaint

This content was published on Jun 15, 2016 The media spokesperson for the Geneva justice authorities, Henri Della Casa, confirmed on Wednesday that the public prosecutor’s office had opened an investigation following a criminal complaint by the law firm, Mossack Fonseca. But the public prosecutor gave no further details about the complaint or legal proceedings. Earlier in the day, the French-language Le Temps newspaper…

Brexit fears put franc under further pressure

This content was published on Jun 15, 2016 “Brexit is the big elephant in the room,” Bank Sarasin chief economist Karsten Junius told swissinfo.ch. “Everyone is getting scared and that is putting more pressure on the safe haven franc.” The latest opinion polls in Britain show the referendum on June 23 as too close to call, which is spooking many investors into positions…

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Catch up world, India has changed

This content was published on Jun 15, 2016 Stereotypes of India as a backward country are still prevalent, according to Prateek Khare whose job involves promoting the country as a destination for Swiss start-ups.

No general ban on tobacco advertising

This content was published on Jun 15, 2016 The ban had been called for by the Swiss Health Minister Alain Berset, who said in Parliament that smoking was damaging not only from a health perspective, but also socially and financially. The cabinet had argued that adverts had a particularly large impact on young people. According to a German study, the risk of young…

Foreign competitors squeeze Swiss e-commerce firms

This content was published on Jun 14, 2016 A study by the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland found that revenues dropped for a third of the 36 Swiss online retailers surveyed. Some 90% of the respondents felt that foreign competitors would make life even harder in future. The e-commerce study revealed that foreign enterprises increased their market share from 18%…

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