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Outsourcing to a Kosovo call centre

This content was published on Dec 3, 2014 Some Kosovar Albanians who’ve been living in Switzerland are returning home to help build a new future. (RTS/swissinfo.ch)

Swiss are wary of unemployment and immigrants

This content was published on Dec 2, 2014 More than half of Swiss people worry about unemployment. Other top concerns are immigration, retirement and asylum issues.

EPFL physicist wins national science award

This content was published on Dec 2, 2014 Based at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Kippenberg studies the laws of quantum physics – which govern tiny structures made up of elementary particles or atoms – at the Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements K-Lab. The physicist, however, is also looking into practical applications and even the commercialisation of his…

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From Finland and Switzerland with love

This content was published on Dec 1, 2014 Just in time for the festive season two countries have sent out a couple of very friendly messages to the rest of the world. While the Swiss offered a genuine lesson in openness and modern direct democracy, Finland’s first successful citizens’ initiative made (almost) everybody happy.

Voters roundly reject Swiss gold initiative

This content was published on Nov 30, 2014 The Swiss central bank won’t have to increase its gold reserves after voters rejected radical changes to the bank’s balance sheet.

The Swiss computer game winning fans

This content was published on Nov 29, 2014

How the wealthy become wealthier

This content was published on Nov 28, 2014 The 300 richest Swiss residents have seen their combined fortune increase by CHF25 billion ($26 billion) to a record CHF589 billion.

Swiss give $100 million to Green Climate Fund

This content was published on Nov 28, 2014 The Swiss government has agreed to contribute $100 million (CHF95 million) towards the Green Climate Fund (GCF) set up to support developing nations deal with rising seas, higher temperatures and extreme weather events.

Two extreme climate tales: ThuleTuvalu

This content was published on Nov 28, 2014 One end of the world is melting; the other is sinking. A Swiss film director goes to extremes to show victims of climate change.

Seriously rich in Switzerland get seriously richer

This content was published on Nov 28, 2014 Swiss business magazine Bilanz, which published the annual list on Friday, pointed out that this is not far below Switzerland’s GDP (CHF625 billion in 2013). Bilanz compiled its first “rich list” in 1989 with only 100 names, whose total fortune came to CHF66 billion – less than the combined wealth of this year’s top two…

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