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Swiss train maker Stadler wins first service contract in the US

This content was published on Jan 7, 2020 The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) agency has awarded Stadler’s American subsidiary a maintenance contract worth $112 million (CHF108 million).

Second edition of moon habitat project planned for Mount Pilatus

This content was published on Jan 6, 2020 This summer 15 teams of students will test their own designs to help humans live on the moon in the second edition of the Igluna project.

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V-Cableway: Grindelwald’s construction controversy

This content was published on Jan 6, 2020 Could a large development project in Grindelwald mean the death of the last vestiges of the untouched landscape surrounding the Eiger North Face?

Mountain hare

This content was published on Jan 6, 2020 Also known as the Alpine hare, this animal is brown in summer and turns white in winter as a form of camouflage.

Opinion poll: Swiss object to paying ‘premium prices’ for imported goods

This content was published on Jan 5, 2020 Seven out of ten people believe that Swiss prices on such products are too high, according to the survey conducted by the GFS-Zurich Institute cited by the Sunday news weeklies. For example, newspapers are still 51% more expensive in Switzerland than in France. A German national will pay 25% less for a toy “made in China”…

Financial literacy expert warns of ‘knowledge gaps’ in Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 5, 2020 Financially illiteracy takes a serious toll on the lives of people across the globe. There is cause for concern even in wealthy Switzerland.

Trout and wildcat given special status for 2020

This content was published on Jan 3, 2020 Pro NaturaExternal link’s choice of the wildcat reflects the animal’s revival from near extinction to gaining a toehold in the Swiss forests of the Jura mountains in the northwest of the country. From there it is hoped the furtive creature can spread to central Switzerland and the foothills of the Alps. Conservationists have redoubled their…

Swatch offers compromise in watch movements deadlock

This content was published on Jan 3, 2020 At the end of last year, the Competition Commission (Comco) temporarily suspended deliveries of watch movements from Swatch’s ETA unit to big rivals from January 1, 2020. Comco said it would review the case later this year, probably not before the summer. Swatch CEO Nick Hayek told the NZZ newspaperExternal link on Friday that his…

Model of the block energy storage system

Revolutionary idea to store green power for the grid

This content was published on Jan 3, 2020 What do we do when there is no sun or wind? Energy Vault seems to have found the answer to that oft-repeated question from nuclear power and oil-industry lobbyists and all those sceptical about or opposed to renewable energies. That question seemed to pinpoint the Achilles’ heel of new energy technologies: the varying yield of…

Marianne Maret in front of trees and rocks

A ‘true centrist’ deeply rooted in her region

This content was published on Jan 2, 2020 Marianne Maret is the first woman to represent canton Valais – traditionally a conservative region - in the Swiss Senate.

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