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Industrial production in Switzerland fell sharply in first quarter

Industrial production falls sharply in the first quarter

This content was published on May 21, 2026 Swiss industrial production drops 6.1% in Q1 2026, with pharma and vehicles hit hard.

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Foreign investment in Switzerland slumps

This content was published on May 21, 2026 Foreign investment in Switzerland dropped by nearly a quarter in 2025.

The entrance to the Swiss Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

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Switzerland reflects on challenges of coexistence at Venice Art Biennale

This content was published on May 21, 2026 At the 61st International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, Switzerland has chosen to grapple with one of its founding myths: coexistence.

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Switzerland among worst in Europe for tackling smoking

This content was published on May 20, 2026 Switzerland ranks second from last out of 37 countries assessed, according to the Swiss Association for Tobacco Prevention (AT).

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Overweight rates among Swiss schoolchildren hit 20-year low

This content was published on May 20, 2026 The share of overweight and obese pupils has dropped from about 20% in 2005 to 15.5% today – the lowest level since BMI monitoring began in Switzerland.

Armed neutrality: a Swiss stand at a weapons fair.

Swiss cinema

Comedic documentary dissects Swiss neutrality

This content was published on May 19, 2026 The documentary "En Terrain Neutre" (Neutral Ground) puts the spotlight on Swiss neutrality in a comic road movie that comes as voters weigh enshrining the principle in the Constitution.

Swiss Finance Minister Karin Keller-Sutter and UBS Chair Colm Kelleher after the collapse of Credit Suisse in March 2023.

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UBS: the bank that outgrew a country

This content was published on May 18, 2026 Can a state with nine million people host a financial behemoth?

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Swiss cinema

Friendship between Indian filmmaker and Swiss-based historian comes alive on film

This content was published on May 17, 2026 Filmmaker Amit Dutta uses the career of ethnographer and art historian Eberhard Fischer to explore tensions between ethnography, colonial legacies, and balanced views of India’s traditions.

Ukranian director Sergei Loznitsa poses during the photocall for 'Donbass' at the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival, in Cannes, France, 09 May 2018.

Swiss cinema

A Swiss celebration of Sergei Loznitsa lays bare the battlefront of Ukrainian cinema

This content was published on May 14, 2026 Born in Belarus, raised in Ukraine, Sergei Loznitsa is one of the most acclaimed filmmakers of his generation. So why is he so controversial at home?

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Is a Swiss population cap to reduce immigration an unprecedented idea?

This content was published on May 13, 2026 A popular initiative is calling for restrictions so that Switzerland’s population does not exceed ten million before 2050. Is it the first proposal of its kind?

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