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The CHF3,000 Swiss recorders that play in the top league

This content was published on Dec 25, 2019 Charting how the family business Meyerrecorders produces the world's best musical recorders.

The birth of a recorder

This content was published on Dec 25, 2019

Is Switzerland a Christian nation?

This content was published on Dec 24, 2019 Although Christianity dominates the Swiss religious landscape, the Alpine country is home to a variety of other religions and sects.

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Job cuts loom at Philip Morris Swiss sites

This content was published on Dec 24, 2019 The uncertainty surrounding employees at facilities in Neuchâtel and Lausanne in French-speaking western Switzerland comes months after Japan Tobacco International announced 268 job cuts from its Geneva headquarters. The Neuchâtel regional office of the Unia trade union told the 24 HeuresExternal link newspaper that it has seen an internal email announcing the impending job cuts…

Defective toilets force return of transatlantic Swiss flight to Zurich

This content was published on Dec 23, 2019 The December 20 flight from Zurich to Miami was aborted after about three hours when the problem was discovered over the Atlantic sea, west of Ireland. The Airbus A330-300 captain took the decision to return the flight back to Zurich, according to the online news portal WatsonExternal link. Technicians back at Zurich airport identified the…

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Credit Suisse admits to second spying case

This content was published on Dec 23, 2019 But the bank denied that CEO Tidjane Thiam or the board of directors had been aware of either spying case. The blame has again been laid squarely with former executive Pierre-Olivier Bouée, who has been sacked. The bank had already apologized for spying on former wealth management head Iqbal Khan, who has subsequently moved on…

Pilatus no longer under investigation over Saudi Arabia activities

This content was published on Dec 22, 2019 The attorney general decided to drop criminal proceedings triggered by a government claim that the company had failed to report services provided in Saudi Arabia. The German-language newspaper NZZ am Sonntag broke the news. The decision, which was taken on November 18, is legally binding, according to news agency Keystone-SDA. Switzerland’s foreign affairs ministry had filed criminal…

Swiss scientists identify bowstring used by Ötzi the Iceman

This content was published on Dec 21, 2019 Swiss scientists have established that a cord found next to the body of Neolithic hunter Ötzi the Iceman was a bowstring.

Credit Suisse: FINMA appoints independent investigator

This content was published on Dec 20, 2019 FINMA says it is appointing an independent auditor to investigate Swiss bank Credit Suisse “in the context of observation activities”.

This is what the changing Alps sound like

This content was published on Dec 20, 2019 Alpine winds collide in what one researcher calls a strange dance. It's one of many sounds he's capturing to better understand the Swiss mountains.

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