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Christmas parcel deliveries reach record high

This content was published on Dec 26, 2019 A record number of 18.7 million packages were delivered in the month before Christmas - some 8.8% more than the previous year.

Crocodile shot after biting zookeeper at Zurich Zoo

This content was published on Dec 26, 2019 The Zurich Zoo shot and killed a crocodile after it bit the hand of a zookeeper and wouldn’t let go.

Social welfare recipients on the decline

This content was published on Dec 25, 2019 In 2018, some 272,700 people received social assistance payments, compared with around 278,000 the previous year. It’s the first time since 2008 that both overall numbers and the rate of beneficiaries declined. The rate of social welfare beneficiaries dropped from 3.3% to 3.2%, the FSO reported. Marc Dubach from the stats office told public broadcaster…

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…

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