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No bridge too long

This content was published on Dec 12, 2015 The bridge has been built as part of the new rail link allowing trains to pass through Zurich station without having to pull out the same way they entered. Putting the bridge through hardness tests has been the order of the day recently. If all goes well, it will soon lead trains above the other…

Initiative aims to scrap public broadcaster fees

This content was published on Dec 11, 2015 A new initiative aims to end the license fee system of funding public broadcasting.

‘The perfect system does not exist’

This content was published on Dec 11, 2015 Switzerland's system of direct democracy is one of most advanced in the world, so it is no wonder young democracies in South America are using it as a model.

Happy Christmas for boy who found CHF1,000 note

This content was published on Dec 11, 2015 Patience has been a virtue for a 15-year-old boy in Dietikon, canton Zurich, who has become the official owner of the CHF1,000 ($1,012) note he found in the street five years ago.

Group hopes to stop genetic testing on embryos

This content was published on Dec 10, 2015 Opponents of legislation that would allow the testing of embryos conceived in vitro (IVF) for genetic defects and serious illnesses have handed in signatures to the Federal Chancellery to try to force a nationwide vote.

The Indian beauty on the Swiss watch

This content was published on Dec 10, 2015 “We refer to the watch as ‘the Indian beauty’ because we haven’t been able to exactly identify the person represented on the enamel potrait,” Marc-André Strahm, antique watch expert at Swiss luxury watch brand Jaeger-LeCoultre, told swissinfo.ch. The headquarters and production facility of the 182-year-old watch company is located in the sleepy little Swiss town…

SNB resists temptation to lower interest rates

This content was published on Dec 10, 2015 Switzerland's central bank opts to keep interest rates on hold despite some calls to move them further into negative territory.

Defiance of a cigar veteran

This content was published on Dec 10, 2015 Switzerland is not just about conservative banks or mountain scenery. It is a leader in smoking pricey cigars.

Concrete deal reached in construction industry row

This content was published on Dec 9, 2015 The Swiss Builder’s Association had wanted an existing contract to continue into 2016, but the unions Unia and Syna wanted wage negotiations, the financing for pensions at the age of 60 and measures in favour of better health protection and against undercutting salary levels. Many industries in Switzerland have a general working contract that lays…

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We need another kind of “war on terror”

This content was published on Dec 8, 2015 On that day I was on the road in neighbouring Los Angeles with my journalist colleague Joe Mathews (the California columnist and innovation editor of Zocalo Public SquareExternal link) and just about to meet the head of the LA Empowerment department Empowerment departmentExternal link, the coordination office of LA’s 96 neighbourhood councils, to discuss the options…

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