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By the numbers: surveillance, speed limits and spies

This content was published on Mar 24, 2018 Almost every article published by swissinfo.ch contains a percentage, an age, an amount of money or some other figure.

Cambridge Analytica scandal ‘unlikely to affect Switzerland’

This content was published on Mar 24, 2018 In an interview on Saturday, Adrian Lobsiger said the scandal appears to be confined to English-speaking countries. Cambridge Analytica is at the centre of a global storm about how it culled private information from social media sites, notably Facebook. The data appears then to have been used to manipulate elections. On Wednesday, Zurich’s data protection…

RUAG weapons scandal suspects ‘had past business link’

This content was published on Mar 24, 2018 A manager at the Swiss state-owned defence contractor RUAG has been suspended along with an employee of Swiss private bank Julius Baer as investigations continue. The Tages Anzeiger newspaper said it had unearthed evidence linking both to a previous venture. Both were high ranking executives of the now-defunct telecoms firm Novavox some 15 years ago,…

Fintech lending platform Loanboox eyes French expansion

This content was published on Mar 24, 2018 The Zurich-based company started off operations in Switzerland 2016, linking public sector borrowers, such as cantons and cities, with investors (mainly banks, pension funds and insurance firms) to fund public works. Having expanded its services to unsecured lending between financial institutions, Loanboox is now looking to add hospitals and energy companies to its client base…

Swiss minister’s Nigeria visit focuses on economic ties

This content was published on Mar 23, 2018 Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann on Friday ended a two-day visit to Nigeria looking at opportunities to strengthen economic cooperation.

RUAG denies weapons delivery claims

This content was published on Mar 23, 2018 Chief executive Urs Breitmeier’s statement comes a day after Swiss federal prosecutors searched the company following a tip-off from a whistleblower about unauthorised arms exports. “We are disappointed that a member of RUAG’s management went against the company’s code of conduct and got involved in third party business that we would never have allowed,” Breitmeier…

The citizens’ meeting

This content was published on Mar 23, 2018 Five places, five stories - a close-up view of Swiss local democracy

Credit Suisse boss earned less last year

This content was published on Mar 23, 2018 Credit Suisse Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam earned slightly less in 2017 during his third year on the job, the bank said on Friday.

Static wind turbines at low wind speed could save bats from gory end

This content was published on Mar 22, 2018 This is because most bat species observed at the study site – Lower Rhône valley in southwestern Switzerland – stop flying high once a certain wind speed threshold has been reached. This was ascertained by placing ultrasonic detectors (Batloggers) along cables that stretched from the ground to the top of a telescopic crane, up to…

Strike posters at the United Nations headquarters n Geneva.

Human Rights Council session to go ahead despite UN strike

This content was published on Mar 22, 2018 Meetings of the United Nations Human Rights Council are set to go ahead on Friday despite another call for a one-day strike by UN Geneva staff.

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