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Nine out of ten Swiss want to buy less, survey finds

A picture of shoppers passing a shop window

This content was published on Apr 9, 2018 A World Wildlife Fund (WWF) survey published on Monday has found that the majority of people in Switzerland are considering shopping less.

A man demonstrates virtual reality (VR) goggles and controllers before the Design Night in Neuchatel in October 2017

Swiss-led committee unveils new JPEG format

This content was published on Apr 9, 2018 Dubbed JPEG XS, the technology seeks to allow high-quality images to be compressed and sent with less delay and using less energy.

The Geneva Citizens’ Movement (Mouvement Citoyens Genevois) campaigning in Geneva

Cross-border workers in Geneva face ‘toxic’ environment

This content was published on Apr 9, 2018 Cross-border workers are tired of being the target of political attacks in Geneva, says the president of a French-Swiss cross-border lobby group.

The Swiss village retreat at ‘the end of the world’

This content was published on Apr 9, 2018

Future of farming at risk, says farmers’ association president

This content was published on Apr 9, 2018 Markus Ritter of the Swiss Farmers’ Association said on Monday that to meet agricultural demand, 43,000 working farms will still be needed by 2030.

Zug city with lake and mountains in the background

ICO start-up funding craze starts to show cracks

This content was published on Apr 9, 2018 Fears are growing about the high proportion of early business failures resulting from last year’s “initial coin offering” crowdfunding craze.

Arms exports to 21 countries rejected by Swiss officials

This content was published on Apr 8, 2018 A spokesperson for the Federal Department of Economic Affairs confirmed the figures, published in the SonntagsZeitung and Le Matin Dimanche papers on Sunday. Swiss companies wanted to export armoured vehicles and munitions to Turkey and large calibre ammunition to the United Arab Emirates. SECO’s veto also included mortar ammunition destined for Kuwait and the shipment…

More women opt for genetic screening to detect infant disability risk

This content was published on Apr 8, 2018 According to the latest figures from the Federal Office of Public Health, 25,000 out of 87,000 expecting mothers undergo non-invasive prenatal genetic screening every year, report the Le Matin Dimanche and Sonntags Zeitung papers. The test, which costs CHF800 ($834.4), detects trisomy 21 (Down syndrome), 18 and 13 with a 99% reliability. The risk of…

Swiss citizens, at home and abroad

This content was published on Apr 7, 2018 Almost every article published by swissinfo.ch contains a percentage, an age, an amount of money or some other figure.

What the Swiss abroad think about Switzerland

This content was published on Apr 7, 2018 There are Swiss living all over the world - and we've found some of them on Instagram. What do they think of Switzerland from afar?

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