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Residential property demand boosts Swiss construction industry

Construction makes a good start to the year - mixed outlook

This content was published on May 27, 2026 Building construction and civil engineering activity rose by 5.6% to between January and March

SMEs in the MEM industries remain under pressure

Workplace

Swiss technology SMEs are under pressure

This content was published on May 27, 2026 Almost three quarters of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the machinery, electrical equipment and metals (MEM) industry consider their current business situation to be unfavourable.

Workplace

Hong Kong overtakes Switzerland as hub for global offshore wealth

This content was published on May 27, 2026 Hong Kong has surpassed Switzerland as the top global offshore wealth hub. Discover what’s driving this shift in international finance.

Traffic jams and queues at the end of the Whitsun weekend

Tourism Trends

Whit Monday travellers face traffic and airport queues in Switzerland

This content was published on May 25, 2026 Whit Monday travel causes traffic jams and airport queues across Switzerland.

Climate solutions

Swiss giant battery developer taps UK tech to feed AI power boom

This content was published on May 22, 2026 The world’s largest vanadium flow battery project selects Invinity Energy Systems to meet data centre energy demands.

Swiss airports, record number of passengers

Workplace

Swiss airports hit record 13.3 million passengers in Q1

This content was published on May 22, 2026 Swiss airports handled a record 13.3 million passengers, including transit travellers, on scheduled and charter flights in the first quarter of 2026.

The number of creative artists in Switzerland has decreased

Culture

Fewer people work in cultural sector in Switzerland

This content was published on May 22, 2026 Around 282,000 people were employed in the cultural sector in Switzerland in 2025, 4.8% fewer than in the previous year, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) reported on Friday.

The campaigners denounce a threat to Switzerland's data sovereignty, claiming that Starlink is not neutral.

Workplace

Petition lodged in Switzerland against Starlink antennas

This content was published on May 22, 2026 Opponents have submitted a petition with 14,550 signatures in Bern urging the Swiss government to stop the project to build 40 Starlink satellite antennas in Leuk, canton Valais.

The final two chimney's at the Tamoil Collombey-Muraz refinery were demolished on Thursday.

Workplace

Valais refinery chimneys demolished as site eyes tech future

This content was published on May 22, 2026 The final two chimneys of the former Tamoil refinery in Collombey‑Muraz, canton Valais, were demolished on Thursday.

Culture

Uli Sigg wants to help Chinese people ‘view their own art.’ Simple, right?

This content was published on May 22, 2026 Over three decades, Uli Sigg, a Swiss businessman and former diplomat, amassed thousands of contemporary Chinese works. Ai Weiwei calls him “my maker”.

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