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Struggling hotel industry calls for political action

This content was published on Jun 7, 2016 The hotel industry association HotelleriesuisseExternal link said at a news conference on Tuesday that it expected client demographics to change “profoundly” in the coming years, with an increasing average age of guests, as well as visitors coming from countries further and further abroad. Hotelleriesuisse cited high costs, the lingering effects of the strong franc, climate…

The district that voted in favour of a basic income

This content was published on Jun 7, 2016 The proposal was turned down by 76.9% of voters, with all 26 of the country’s cantons coming out against. Only one commune in western Switzerland and a few districts in the cities of Geneva and Zurich were in favour. Geneva’s Pâquis district was one area where over 50% of voters approved the initiative. The proposal aimed…

An Indian eye dissects Switzerland’s dark side

This content was published on Jun 7, 2016 The 34-year-old, VW Beetle-driving sleuth isn’t a real person though. He is the creation of Swiss crime writer Sunil Mann, whose mother emigrated from India when he was a boy. “Vijay Kumar is not me,” the 43-year-old tells swissinfo.ch. “But we have a lot in common.” They both share Indian roots, a fondness for Zurich’s…

Don’t follow Swiss example, think tank warns Brexiteers

This content was published on Jun 6, 2016 In the run-up to the referendum on June 23, several British eurosceptics have become convinced that the Swiss model offers a bright future in which countries outside the EU thrive, sign free trade agreements with whomever they want and have control of their borders. However, two experts in European integration have published a study that…

Public services – a glimpse into the soul of the people

This content was published on Jun 6, 2016 As the initiative’s delighted opponents noted, following the high approval rating in the first opinion poll, the Swiss citizens then fortunately “noticed” that it would have led to a backwards step into the 1990s; to a weakening of public services and ultimately to a veritable sham. Nostalgia likely played a role in explaining the initial…

Modi’s visit could jumpstart free-trade deal

This content was published on Jun 6, 2016 “We have a very good basis” for resuming the free-trade talks in the next days and months, said Schneider-Ammann at the start of a round table meeting with Modi and around 20 representatives of the Swiss economy. The trade agreement between India and EFTA countries (Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland) has been on the table…

The city of Zug, a Bitcoin pioneer

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Swiss back genetic testing of embryos (again)

This content was published on Jun 5, 2016 Switzerland is set to become the last country in Europe to allow in vitro embryos to be tested for genetic disorders before they are implanted in a woman’s uterus.

Basic income plan clearly rejected by Swiss voters

This content was published on Jun 5, 2016 Official final results show the proposal winning 23.1% of the vote and all the country’s 26 cantons coming out against. Only one commune in western Switzerland and a few districts in the cities of Geneva and Zurich came out in favour. “The campaigners failed to present a convincing funding scheme for their proposal. But they…

Swiss public celebrates Gotthard tunnel

This content was published on Jun 5, 2016 Some 30,000 people on Saturday and another 50,000 on Sunday attended events at four locations: Erstfeld and Rynächt in canton Uri as well as Pollegio and Biasca in canton Ticino, at the other end of the 57 kilometre-long tunnel. It was the first time members of the public – who largely financed the project through…

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