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Why Venezuelan money is no longer welcome in Switzerland

This content was published on Sep 20, 2019 The South American country’s diplomatic missions in Bern and Geneva are struggling to pay their staff.

Switzerland bans shredding of male chicks

This content was published on Sep 20, 2019 Parliament has voted to outlaw the shredding of living baby chickens considered useless for egg production.

France’s Thales wins Swiss air surveillance contract

This content was published on Sep 19, 2019 Switzerland has chosen Thales with Skyview as its new airspace surveillance and flight operations system.

SNB bows to pressure from banks for relief from negative rate

This content was published on Sep 19, 2019 The SNB has offered banks some relief from negative interest rates, saying it would exempt more of their reserves from the cost of the policy.

Glencore mining faces pushback in Peru

This content was published on Sep 19, 2019 The Switzerland-based multinational wants to expand its copper mining operations in a remote area of the Peruvian Andes. The local community is against the idea, fearing for their health and livelihoods.

Another Swiss bank delves into cryptoassets

This content was published on Sep 19, 2019 The partnership says it will launch a “new range of digital asset services, including custody and brokerage” of the two largest cryptocurrencies by market share. It utilises the fintech’s “Taurus Protect” crypto storage platform. “We firmly believe that blockchain will disrupt the financial industry as we know it and we intend to be amongst the…

Record number of Swiss reported to be in excessive debt

This content was published on Sep 19, 2019 The number of people overburdened with debt continues to increase in Switzerland, particularly in the French-speaking part of the country.

Swiss fashion brands slow to ensure living wage

This content was published on Sep 19, 2019 Campaigners are calling on Swiss fashion brands to step up efforts to ensure workers in their supply chains are treated fairly.

Swiss knocked off ‘wealthiest citizens’ perch

This content was published on Sep 18, 2019 The figure measures net wealth per capita, stripping out debt that each person owes on average. Switzerland and the United States have been trading top place in the Allianz wealth rankingsExternal link for the last few years. Because the figures are converted into euros for the report, the relative strengths of national currencies play a…

Why Geneva remains at the centre of exoplanet research

This content was published on Sep 18, 2019 Home-grown astronomers are meeting their international counterparts and highlighting their contributions to the field, not least the CHEOPS telescope.

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