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More Swiss employees working on holidays

A Migros cashier hands over the receipt to the customer

This content was published on Dec 23, 2018 The Sonntagszeitung reports a 30% increase in authorisations for businesses to employ workers on weekends and holidays over the last three years.

Clocks on a wall displaying different time zones

Swiss atomic clock helps keep the world on time

This content was published on Dec 22, 2018 The Federal Institute of Metrology has announced that Switzerland is for the first time helping to keep Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

Language creates barriers but can also break them

This content was published on Dec 21, 2018 Gaurav discovers the benefits of language exchange sessions with locals and makes new friends, including one who speaks his native tongue.

Citizens’ Juries – providing a neutral recommendation on voting issues

This content was published on Dec 21, 2018 Switzerland plans to test the use of a citizens’ jury whereby a few randomly selected citizens provide a balanced assessment of voting issues.

Hot summer has mixed effect on Swiss fields

This content was published on Dec 19, 2018 The hot, dry summer in Switzerland was a boom for sunflowers but a bust for soya and grain maize.

Smartphones change Swiss shopping habits

This content was published on Dec 19, 2018 More and more people in Switzerland are relying on their smartphone to shop, pay and transfer money, although the Swiss are still cautious.

Halal label on Swiss chocolate sparks controversy

This content was published on Dec 19, 2018 Although certified as halal in April, it was only this week that a small storm began brewing on social media – with some people calling for boycotts of the chocolate produced by Mondelez in Bern. In recent years, voter-approved bans on burkas and minarets in Switzerland have reflected fear of Islam among some members of…

Plans for permanent e-vote option put to consultation

This content was published on Dec 19, 2018 The Swiss government is going ahead with plans to introduce the option of permanent electronic voting, defying criticism by security issues.

Why the Swiss stock exchange is gearing up for cryptoasset era

This content was published on Dec 19, 2018 The SIX Swiss stock exchange is not alone in exploring distributed ledger technology (DLT) options, so what’s behind this move?

Switzerland aims to scale up e-mobility

This content was published on Dec 18, 2018 Transport Minister Doris Leuthard, the cantons, cities, municipalities and key industry leaders have rallied around this vision. About 50 associations from the automotive, electricity and real estate sectors and fleet operators are signatories to this roadmap, the transport ministry announced on Tuesday. In order to boost the share of electric vehicles in new passenger car…

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