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Reaching new heights with Swiss cable cars

man standing on cable car going up mountain

This content was published on Jan 6, 2018 Flims is famous for introducing the world's first coupleable chairlift in 1945. A look back at the history of mountain cableways.

Tourists take selfies on top of the Jungfraujoch

Visitors to the Jungfraujoch top one million in 2017

This content was published on Jan 5, 2018 The alpine train station at the ‘top of Europe’ in the Bernese Alps welcomed 1,042 million visitors last year – a 13.6% increase over 2016.

Getting your teeth into Swiss meat prices

This content was published on Jan 5, 2018 Why is Swiss meat among the most expensive in the world? Farmers, consumer groups and industry experts all have their opinions.

Social security and Swiss pension system

Swiss social security is split into three ‘pillars’, to help retired people continue to finance their way of life after retirement.

Trade unions call for fewer hours, more gender equality

This content was published on Jan 4, 2018 The Swiss Trade Union Federation is demanding shorter work weeks, compensation for pension losses and enforcement of equal pay for men and women.

How many hours do you work a week?

This content was published on Jan 4, 2018 More than 41 hours and 10 minutes? That’s the average in Switzerland for people with full-time jobs.

What does the snow layer tell us?

This content was published on Jan 4, 2018 Snow physicist Charles Fierz and his colleague from the Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF) in Davos demonstrate the various tests and measurements carried out to check for weak layers in the snowpack. (SRF, swissinfo.ch)

Swiss court stops handover of bank employee details to US

This content was published on Jan 3, 2018 Switzerland’s highest court has ruled against the transfer of details of third parties in cases of information handovers involving tax dodgers.

Fintech and fake cannabis drive record number of Swiss start-ups

This content was published on Jan 3, 2018 The year 2017 saw a record number of businesses created in Switzerland, many of them centred in the booming ‘crypto valley’ region.

Johann Gevers with Swiss Finance Minister Ueli Maurer

Gevers fights Monetas bankruptcy proceedings

This content was published on Jan 3, 2018 Zug’s cantonal court opened bankruptcy proceedings against Monetas on December 5. But Gevers said the decision was the “result of an administrative error related to an indebtedness”. Monetas lodged an appeal on December 22 in a bid to overturn the ruling and to “resolve the indebtedness at issue”, Gevers wrote in the note sent to…

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