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The pioneers of Switzerland’s ‘Chocolate Revolution’

Painted image of three girls linking arms in the snow. One is eating a Suchard chocolate bar. The other two are holding a box.

This content was published on Dec 13, 2017 How did a country without a single homegrown cocoa bean become one of the world’s leading chocolate manufacturers?

Darwin Airline announces bankruptcy to staff

This content was published on Dec 13, 2017 Swiss regional carrier Darwin Airline has been forced to concede bankruptcy after a period of serious financial problems.

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Swiss food imports are growing faster than the population

This content was published on Dec 12, 2017 A government study shows that imports of food products have grown by 80% — three times faster than the Swiss population — between 1990 and 2016.

Parliament: don’t touch banking secrecy for Swiss clients

This content was published on Dec 12, 2017 Swiss banking secrecy should not be loosened – at least not for clients within Switzerland, according to the Swiss parliament.

Employers predict upswing in job market

This content was published on Dec 12, 2017 The report by the Swiss recruitment agency Manpower, which consulted 759 employers, predicted the net outlook for recruitment in the first quarter of 2018 to be 3% – the most optimistic forecast since the first quarter of 2011. “This upbeat forecast demonstrates that the economic recovery is expected to gradually have a knock-on effect on…

Embattled start-up Monetas declared bankrupt

This content was published on Dec 12, 2017 The Swiss-based digital payment start-up Monetas has been declared bankrupt on Monday by a court in Zug.

Algae species in Swiss lakes are homogenising, researchers find

This content was published on Dec 11, 2017 Scientists report that variations of cyanobacterial communities, or algae, found in the lakes of Switzerland has become increasingly uniform.

Swiss rail passengers stranded overnight

This content was published on Dec 11, 2017 About 200 people woke up in a Swiss school on Monday morning after their train got stuck in the snow and slush the previous day.

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Women in Switzerland do CHF250 billion in unpaid work

This content was published on Dec 11, 2017 People in Switzerland performed 9.2 billion hours of unpaid work in 2016. Had they been compensated, it would have cost CHF408 ($412) billion.

Over two million Swiss are covered by collective labour contracts

This content was published on Dec 11, 2017 According to the office, 2,066,550 workers (out of a total working population of 4.7 million) are employed under the terms and conditions of 600 different collective labour agreements. Almost half of all employees work in industries or sectors offering collective labour agreements with binding regulations. The statistics refer to the situation in March 2016. +…

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