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Swiss warn EU jobless reform could cost millions

EU reform on unemployed cross-border commuters: costs for Switzerland

This content was published on May 8, 2026 A planned reform of unemployment insurance rules for European Union cross-border workers could prove costly for Switzerland, according to a new estimate.

Consumer confidence improves slightly, but remains weak

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Swiss consumer confidence edges up but remains weak

This content was published on May 8, 2026 Swiss consumer confidence edged up in April, but economic expectations remain cautious and job insecurity elevated amid persistently high prices.

No more Swiss treated abroad from next week

Swiss Politics

Crans-Montana: last Swiss fire victim treated abroad set to return home

This content was published on May 8, 2026 Only one Swiss national remains in hospital abroad following the deadly Crans‑Montana fire and is set to return home next week. Forty‑one people were killed and dozens remain hospitalised.

Energie Wasser Luzern has converted a disused civil defence shelter into a secure data centre.

War & peace

Iran war sparks interest in turning Swiss bunkers into data centres

This content was published on May 8, 2026 Iran targeted three data centres in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain – a first in any conflict. Are bunkers the answer?

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Votes

First SBC poll shows Swiss evenly split on capping population at ten million

This content was published on May 8, 2026 Just over a month before a nationwide vote, the outcome of the 'No to ten million' immigration initiative is too close to call.

According to an interim report, food losses fell by only around 5% between 2017 and 2024, far short of the 25% reduction targeted for 2025.

Swiss Politics

Food waste still too high in Switzerland, says government

This content was published on May 6, 2026 Food waste in Switzerland remains too high, the government said on Wednesday, drawing mixed conclusions four years after launching an action plan to halve food waste by 2030.

Immigration in Switzerland, migration, foreign nationals, referendums in Switzerland

Swiss Politics

Twenty initiatives in 60 years: Switzerland’s relentless immigration debate

This content was published on May 6, 2026 Immigration has boosted Switzerland’s economy but repeatedly challenged its political system. Yet the arguments in this debate have barely changed over the decades.

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How Switzerland is responding to a growing elderly prison population

This content was published on May 5, 2026 Many prisons in Switzerland are ill-equipped to cater for elderly inmates. Protection from fellow inmates is also a problem.

Global trade

Why Switzerland’s fuel stockpiles are for Swiss use only

This content was published on May 4, 2026 In the event of fuel and heating oil shortages, Switzerland can draw on compulsory stockpiles. It does not have to share these with other countries.

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Being underestimated helped Bling founder build a fintech success

This content was published on May 3, 2026 The Swiss market was too small for his fintech idea, so Nils Feigenwinter founded the start-up Bling in Berlin.

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