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Bankrupt Petroplus climate payments ‘non-refundable’

Petroplus rail containers in front of a refinery

This content was published on Mar 25, 2018 In its heyday, the Zug-based Petroplus was Europe’s largest independent refiner by capacity. But it has been in administration proceedings since 2012 when it entered into liquidation, selling its plant in Cressier, canton Neuchâtel, to a joint venture consortium between Vitol Group and AtlasInvest. Creditors have been trying to claim back contributions to the Swiss Climate Cent…

Why icy dips are good for you

This content was published on Mar 25, 2018 While some people are still dressed warm to cope with freezing temperatures, others are actively embracing the cold.

Turning earwig wings into satellite solar sails

This content was published on Mar 24, 2018 The earwig wing turns out to be more fascinating than it appears at first glance. It folds together in such a way that it can unfurl at the slightest touch into a flexible yet stable structure, and then fold back together again with minimum effort. Scientists at Zurich’s Federal Institute of TechnologyExternal link (ETHZ) and…

By the numbers: surveillance, speed limits and spies

This content was published on Mar 24, 2018 Almost every article published by swissinfo.ch contains a percentage, an age, an amount of money or some other figure.

Cambridge Analytica scandal ‘unlikely to affect Switzerland’

This content was published on Mar 24, 2018 In an interview on Saturday, Adrian Lobsiger said the scandal appears to be confined to English-speaking countries. Cambridge Analytica is at the centre of a global storm about how it culled private information from social media sites, notably Facebook. The data appears then to have been used to manipulate elections. On Wednesday, Zurich’s data protection…

RUAG weapons scandal suspects ‘had past business link’

This content was published on Mar 24, 2018 A manager at the Swiss state-owned defence contractor RUAG has been suspended along with an employee of Swiss private bank Julius Baer as investigations continue. The Tages Anzeiger newspaper said it had unearthed evidence linking both to a previous venture. Both were high ranking executives of the now-defunct telecoms firm Novavox some 15 years ago,…

Fintech lending platform Loanboox eyes French expansion

This content was published on Mar 24, 2018 The Zurich-based company started off operations in Switzerland 2016, linking public sector borrowers, such as cantons and cities, with investors (mainly banks, pension funds and insurance firms) to fund public works. Having expanded its services to unsecured lending between financial institutions, Loanboox is now looking to add hospitals and energy companies to its client base…

Swiss minister’s Nigeria visit focuses on economic ties

This content was published on Mar 23, 2018 Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann on Friday ended a two-day visit to Nigeria looking at opportunities to strengthen economic cooperation.

RUAG denies weapons delivery claims

This content was published on Mar 23, 2018 Chief executive Urs Breitmeier’s statement comes a day after Swiss federal prosecutors searched the company following a tip-off from a whistleblower about unauthorised arms exports. “We are disappointed that a member of RUAG’s management went against the company’s code of conduct and got involved in third party business that we would never have allowed,” Breitmeier…

The citizens’ meeting

This content was published on Mar 23, 2018 Five places, five stories - a close-up view of Swiss local democracy

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