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Expats rate Uganda more attractive than Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 29, 2016 The alpine nation continues to tumble down the rankings in the 67-country Expat Insider surveyExternal link, “The World Through Expat Eyes”, published on Monday. Overall, Switzerland has fallen from fourth place in 2014 to 14th in 2015 to 31st this year. This drop of 17 places made it one of the online survey’s “biggest losers”,…

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Swiss parent company to remain at Geneva airport

This content was published on Aug 29, 2016 “We shouldn’t hide the fact that we wanted to go too quickly,” Stoll told the daily newspaper Le Temps in an interview on Monday. He is in charge of operations in French-speaking Switzerland for the airline known as Swiss, which is owned by the Lufthansa Group. The airline official admitted that Swiss had underestimated the…

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Why the voice of citizens counts before they vote

This content was published on Aug 28, 2016 The 59-year-old political scientist stepped down as director of the leading GfS Bern research and polling institute earlier this year. He will remain chairman until 2019. Longchamp, known to many television viewers as “the man with the bow tie”, has an undeniable expertise of nationwide votes in Switzerland. He talks to swissinfo.ch about direct democracy,…

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Swiss strongly favour burka ban: newspapers

This content was published on Aug 28, 2016 An overwhelming 71% of the Swiss population would support a nationwide burka ban, according to a new survey published on Sunday.

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One in 10 Swiss private banks disappeared in 2015

This content was published on Aug 25, 2016 A survey by KPMG and the University of St Gallen maintains its prediction of last year that around a third of Swiss-based private banks will disappear as the industry realigns itself to a harsh new climate. The global crackdown on tax evasion and money laundering has also played a large hand in the industry’s declining…

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Cambodia’s direct democracy weakened but not broken

This content was published on Aug 25, 2016 “The death of Kem Ley is a loss, but he woke up the youth, he woke up hundreds of thousands of people,” says Yeng Virak, president of the Grassroots Democracy Party (GDP). “And today a growing number of people now dare to speak out.” According to Yeng there are Kem Leys everywhere in Cambodia. These…

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International Geneva’s metamorphosis gathers pace

This content was published on Aug 25, 2016 After the recent additions of the stunning Maison de la Paix state-of-the art campus and new World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) conference halls, more building work is underway or expected as part of the vast ‘Jardin des Nations’ cantonal plan to develop the sprawling neighbourhoodExternal link. “The amounts of money committed to transformations and renovations…

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Glencore’s near-death experience has made it a better business

This content was published on Aug 25, 2016 On the evidence of interim results, Glencore has meandered back from the other side with only the odd angel feather clinging to its collar as evidence. The Swiss group has made about $4 billion (CHF3.8 billion) in divestments, including a deal to sell gold output from an Aussie mine for more than A$880 million (CHF647…

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Has social media swallowed the Swiss news?

This content was published on Aug 24, 2016 Media researcher Linards UdrisExternal link says that social media is needed to reach a younger audience, but it brings no financial rewards. Soft news and emotional reporting are becoming more popular. Most Swiss media companies – including swissinfo.ch – are on FacebookExternal link, TwitterExternal link and YouTubeExternal link. This has affected how the news is…

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