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Basel will host Botero’s monumental sculptures

Botero's monumental sculptures will be in Basel next year

This content was published on Dec 11, 2024 An open-air exhibition of monumental sculptures by Colombian artist Fernando Botero will take place next year in Basel.

Price increases dampen demand on the housing market

Demographics

Price rise dampens demand on the Swiss housing market

This content was published on Dec 11, 2024 There has been a slight easing on the Swiss housing market. This is not due to an increase in supply, but to a price increase.

Education

Swiss adults above average in basic skills

This content was published on Dec 10, 2024 In an international comparison, Swiss adults perform above average in the basic skills of reading, everyday math and problem solving.

Rare Roman coin sold for 1.89 million francs at auction

History

Rare Roman coin auctioned for almost CHF2 million in Geneva

This content was published on Dec 10, 2024 A rare Roman coin with a portrait of Brutus, the assassin of Julius Caesar, was sold at a Geneva auction on Monday for CHF1.89 million ($2.15 million), according to the organiser of the sale.

Around 695,000 people changed their place of residence in Switzerland in 2023

Demographics

Almost 700,000 people moved house in Switzerland in 2023

This content was published on Dec 9, 2024 In Switzerland, 9.3% of the population moved in 2023. This was the lowest rate in over ten years, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) said on Monday.

'You know the first sign that you’re going to have to leave your neighbourhood? It’s when vintage clothing shops show up. Nothing is worse for a neighbourhood than poor people with style.'

Culture

Wealth is not all: how gentrification in Zurich has led to housing shortage

This content was published on Dec 8, 2024 As real estate becomes a commodity, is this process leading to cities without inhabitants?

Unesco: Arc horloger association founded in La Chaux-de-Fonds

History

Association celebrates UNESCO status for Swiss watchmaking

This content was published on Dec 7, 2024 The Franco-Swiss Arc Horloger association has been created in Switzerland to promote UNESCO's listing of watchmaking as an intangible cultural heritage.

Flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns

Culture

The Swiss sawmill that helped resurrect Notre-Dame’s spire

This content was published on Dec 7, 2024 The oak wood cut by a Swiss firm was used to rebuild the cathedral's spire, which burnt down five years ago.

Education

ETH Triples Fees for Foreign Students

This content was published on Dec 6, 2024 Foreign students at Switzerland’s federal technology institutes ETH will have to pay higher fees for their studies from autumn semester 2025.

Demographics

Swiss health insurance spent more on medicine than ever in 2023

This content was published on Dec 5, 2024 Last year, Swiss health insurance companies spent CHF9 billion on medicines for basic insurance, almost 6% more than in the previous year.

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