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Public services initiative fails by surprisingly large margin

This content was published on Jun 5, 2016 Opinion polls before the vote had suggested a tight result. It would have needed both an outright majority of votes nationally and a majority of cantons to support it in order to succeed. Final results show the initiative was rejected by more than two out of three voters. Transport Minister Doris Leuthard said the…

Swiss currency still overvalued, says SNB official

This content was published on Jun 4, 2016 Fritz Zurbrügg, vice president of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), told the Neue Luzerner Zeitung newspaper on Saturday that most models show that the franc’s value is too high compared with other currencies. Until January 2015, the SNB kept the franc pegged to the Euro in order to avoid its overvaluation. Once that peg was…

Swiss vote on utopian basic income

This content was published on Jun 4, 2016 The promoters – a group of humanists, artists and entrepreneurs – believe the initiative would allow all residents to live in dignity, as the money would help cover essential needs and they would be free to choose a more creative way of living. The proposal aims at reforming the cumbersome existing social security systems, boost…

Switzerland’s own Bollywood ambassador

This content was published on Jun 3, 2016

Can direct democracy help solve Geneva’s transport problems?

This content was published on Jun 3, 2016 For the fourth time in 30 years, Geneva citizens are being asked to go to the ballot box to decide if they need a new lake crossing. An initiative backed by right and centre-right parties, as well as the Touring Club of Switzerland (TCS) motoring association and local entrepreneurs, asks voters to support the principle…

Geneva citizens want lake crossing to ease congestion

This content was published on Jun 3, 2016 In Sunday’s cantonal vote, 63% of voters agreed to an initiative, which calls for the principle of a lake crossing – tunnel or bridge – being inscribed into the Geneva Constitution. This would complete a ring road around Geneva. The initiative was backed by right and centre-right parties, as well as the Touring Club of…

swissinfo.ch mandate extended

This content was published on Jun 3, 2016 In a statement, the cabinet said it would contribute nearly CHF20 million ($20.2 million) annually – or CHF1.6 million less than it does currently – to continue to co-finance swissinfo.ch, as well as tvsvizzera.it, TV5Monde and 3sat, which all provide news and information for international audiences. The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), the parent company of…

Swiss merchant navy celebrates 75th anniversary

This content was published on Jun 3, 2016 As the Swiss commercial fleet celebrates three-quarters of a century, dark clouds gather on the horizon.

Swiss sea giants hatch in Vietnam

This content was published on Jun 3, 2016 Journalist Olivier Grivat and photographer Mike Gorsky visited the Vietnamese site Nha Thrang, where Swiss ships are built.

Nanoscientists from Switzerland win top honour

This content was published on Jun 2, 2016 Gerd Binnig of the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory and the University of Basel’s Christoph Gerber, as well as their colleague Calvin Quate of Stanford University, were awarded $1 million (CHF990,000) in total for their work on atomic force microscopy. That technology allows scientists to observe how individual atoms are arranged on a surface and to…

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