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Swiss hospitals urge faster recognition of foreign medical qualifications

Hospitals: faster recognition of foreign qualifications required

This content was published on Aug 14, 2025 Foreign doctors wishing to work in a Swiss hospital have to wait several months for their diplomas to be recognised, a situation the hospital association H+ calls 'untenable'.

Workplace

UBS set to miss job cutting target after Credit Suisse takeover

This content was published on Aug 14, 2025 The bank had set an internal goal of reducing its headcount to 85,000 from a peak of 119,000 in 2023.

Priest accused of sexually assaulting four minors

Education

Priest in Switzerland accused of sexually assaulting minors

This content was published on Aug 14, 2025 The trial of a priest accused of sexually abusing nine people opened on Thursday in the Ticino cantonal criminal court in Lugano, southern Switzerland.

Two out of three people in Switzerland have multilingual everyday lives

Education

Two out of three people in Switzerland use more than one language daily

This content was published on Aug 14, 2025 Two out of three people in Switzerland regularly use several languages in their everyday lives, most often the country's national languages.

Lufthansa plans to import its future Boeing aircraft via Switzerland

Global trade

Lufthansa mulls importing its future Boeing aircraft via Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 14, 2025 Buying new Boeing aircraft from the United States via Switzerland could reduce the US trade deficit with Switzerland and avoid punitive customs duties, says a newspaper report.

Switzerland wants to win the Foreign Oscar with "Heldin"

Culture

Swiss film ‘Late Shift’ put forward for Oscar

This content was published on Aug 13, 2025 Late Shift [Heldin], a film by about overworked nurses, is Switzerland's candidate for the Best International Feature Film award at the Oscars next year.

Ticino commemorates Italian partisans with stumbling blocks

History

Switzerland commemorates Italian partisans who died escaping fascists

This content was published on Aug 12, 2025 Italian partisans tried to flee to Switzerland in October 1944. However, two died and a third was injured in a hail of bullets between their fascist pursuers and Swiss border guards in Ticino. They are now commemorated by so-called stumble stones.

Perlen Papier cuts 65 jobs due to weak demand for paper

Workplace

Last Swiss paper manufacturer cuts jobs due to high costs

This content was published on Aug 12, 2025 Perlen Papier in Root, canton Lucerne, plans to cut 65 jobs to reduce costs.

"Locarno City of Peace Award" to director Mohammad Rasoulof

Culture

Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof receives first Locarno City of Peace Award

This content was published on Aug 12, 2025 The new award was created to strengthen Locarno’s role as a symbol of dialogue and peaceful coexistence, and to mark the centenary of the 1925 Locarno Treaties – a crucial milestone in twentieth-century European diplomacy.

Vassilis Venizelos files a complaint against a breeder after receiving death threats

Demographics

Swiss politician files complaint against farmer after death threats

This content was published on Aug 11, 2025 Swiss politician files complaint after death threats from farmer over wolf attacks.

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