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Did a cash incentive to relocate to an alpine village work?

This content was published on Nov 19, 2018 A year ago a Swiss municipality offered an economic incentive to avoid becoming a ghost town. Did it work?

David and crew return from inspecting fish cages on Lake Victoria

Talking business in Bosnia and Uganda

This content was published on Nov 19, 2018 Start-ups in developing countries have been getting some sound business advice, thanks to the Swisscontact development foundation.

From communism to IT-led startups

This content was published on Nov 19, 2018 Swisscontact's mentoring project showed Erna Šoševic how to run her own business in a male-dominated society.

Taxes and insurance eat up almost 30% of Swiss household income

This content was published on Nov 19, 2018 Swiss households spend an average of 29% on mandatory payments like taxes, social contributions and health insurance.

Swiss civil servants incur CHF121 million in expenses

This content was published on Nov 18, 2018 The expenses of Swiss civil servants added up to CHF 121.7 million ($122 million) last year, according to the SonntagsBlick newspaper.

Bankers are no longer Switzerland’s top earners

This content was published on Nov 18, 2018 The pharmaceutical industry and insurance companies have overtaken banking as the best paid sectors in Switzerland.

Swiss protest against rising health insurance premiums

This content was published on Nov 17, 2018 Similar rallies took place in other cities of French-speaking Switzerland and in the southern region of Ticino. In Geneva, this is the third protest of this kind in a year. The demonstrations are led by Patricia Leoz and Joelle Combremont, two mothers with no political affiliation, who first launched their appeal on social media networks. “We demand that the situation,…

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Let the British people decide the outcome of Brexit

This content was published on Nov 16, 2018 London and the EU have finally agreed draft terms for their divorce. To settle this messy period of British politics there is only one real option.

Swiss investigate cause of deadly bridge collapse

This content was published on Nov 16, 2018 Scientists at a lab near Zurich are investigating why a bridge collapsed in Genoa in August, killing 43 people.

No train service at Lucerne railway station over the weekend

This content was published on Nov 15, 2018 On Thursday, the rail operator announced the measure which is in response to the derailment of a Eurocity train in March 2017. A total of seven switches, that enable train to change tracks, will be installed over a period of four months. More than 20 special buses will be made available for passengers. If work…

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