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Swiss want review of Armenian genocide ruling

This content was published on Mar 11, 2014 The Federal Office of Justice said on Tuesday that it had decided to refer the verdict to the ECHR’s Grand Chamber for review in order to clarify the scope available to the Swiss authorities in applying Swiss criminal law to combat racism. The European Convention on Human Rights provides for referral to the Grand Chamber…

Zurich Insurance to axe 800 jobs to cut costs

This content was published on Mar 11, 2014 Zurich’s plans to remove management layers between the main office and the individual business units will simplify its organisational structure, according to a statement released on Tuesday. Zurich will cut most of the jobs in Switzerland, Britain and Ireland, a company spokeswoman told the Swiss News Agency. At its Investor Day at the end of…

The cell that works in low light

This content was published on Mar 10, 2014

A place in the sun for Swiss solar power

This content was published on Mar 10, 2014 “Energy provided by the sun in the space of two or three hours would be enough to cover our entire power needs for a year,” said David Stickelberger. For the managing director of Swissolar, the Swiss solar industry association, there can be no doubt: the sun is rising on the Swiss energy horizon. By 2025,…

Warm winter spells fewer ski resort visitors

This content was published on Mar 9, 2014 Overall, the number of ski resort visitors dropped 11.6% in February compared to the previous year, according to a report in the SonntagsZeitung newspaper, and January numbers fell 11.1%. Cantons Graubünden and Valais suffering the worst fallout with 13% and 16% declines, respectively, and skiers in canton Bern dropped 10%. Only Ticino, which experienced record…

Top economist warns of stagnation

This content was published on Mar 8, 2014 In a syndicated interview with the Tages-Anzeiger and Der Bund newspapers, Eric Scheidegger, deputy director of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), looked back at the period from 1990 to 1997 when Switzerland’s economy did not grow and unemployment rose to more than 5%. He said that the Swiss economy could not afford to…

Photographing impermanence

This content was published on Mar 8, 2014 Flooding in Weesen, Switzerland. A country villa is partially submerged. The water level draws a line through a property that is the epitome of a nouveau riche ideal. Such buildings represent a life goal – and yet as the photo shows, such dreams can also be destroyed. Madörin focuses on public spaces like squares, football…

Cabinet offers stopgap for EU research funding

This content was published on Mar 7, 2014 Education Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann said the aim was to keep the doors open for scientists and projects to continue their research before Switzerland can eventually rejoin EU the Horizon 2020 and Erasmus+ programmes. Schneider-Ammann stressed the importance of an interim solution and a participation in the European programme not only for financial reasons, but also…

Remembering Switzerland’s forgotten heroines

This content was published on Mar 7, 2014 There are many such stories in Swiss history. But where such legendary figures as William Tell – who defied the wicked Austrian governor who made him shoot an apple off his son’s head – are well known to all Swiss, the tales of heroic Swiss women are on the whole less familiar outside their own…

Parliament relaxes terms for tax data exchange

This content was published on Mar 6, 2014 The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes advised Switzerland in 2011 to take measures to increase its tax transparency and avoid landing on a global blacklist. The Global Forum is a division of the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The Global Forum gave the Swiss three specific suggestions, at…

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