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FIFA found guilty of greenwashing

SWISS Football association FIFA claimed that their most recent World Cup was carbon neutral, but the evidence has proven otherwise.

Switzerland: A week in review

Here is The Swiss Times' guide to the top news, stories and issues to watch in Switzerland from May 26 - June 2.

Swiss are not interested in a ‘third gender’

About 62% of Swiss residents are against introducing a third, “other” gender on official documents such as one’s passport.

UNESCO adds Heidi to its Memory of the World archive

Swiss novel Heidi has been added to UNESCO’s International Memory of the World Register.

Swiss say they are not interested in ‘woke’ language

ONLY ONE-FOURTH OF SWISS RESIDENTS SAY THAT USING GENDER-SENSITIVE LANGUAGE IS IMPORTANT.

Where should Switzerland’s ‘most important mummy’ call home?

How did an Egyptian mummy end up in a Catholic abbey in Switzerland 200 years ago? More importantly, should the mummy stay? The library in the St.

Most Swiss francs are in 1,000-franc notes

And most of those 1,000-francs bills are likely circulating abroad, according to the Swiss National Bank.

The 25 wealthiest Swiss billionaires

Switzerland has the highest concentration of billionaires in the world. This week, CEO World published its annual list of the 25 richest billionaires in Switzerland.

Divisive ‘gender day’ canceled at Swiss school

A Swiss middle school finds itself at the center of a 'woke' controversy. The Zurich school cancelled its annual ‘Gender Day’ amidst threats.

AI endangering Swiss office jobs

Artificial intelligence is primarily affecting Swiss jobs in sales, retail, and production, according to a new study.

Eurovision 2023: We’re more alike than different

Are you watching Eurovision tonight? The annual music contest was supposed to be held in Ukraine, but was moved amidst war.

Switzerland: Where Swiss-German is not spoken in Parliament

Outsiders may think it is shocking that Swiss-German will be banned from Parliamentary debates and speeches, but the issue is as complicated as the dialect itself.

Swiss graphic design’s influence on the world

Is this font Helvetica? How Switzerland changed the world of graphic design and the surprising places you may recognize it out in the world.

The housing crisis arrives on Swiss doorsteps

By the end of 2023, Switzerland will be short 10,000 homes. More on what is contributing to the crisis and what the country plans to do about it.

Swiss public transport will up energy efficiency by 30%

"As efficient as a Swiss train," will take on new meaning in the coming years with a plan to make public transportation more energy efficient by 2050.

Switzerland: A model for no minimum wage

Switzerland's workers seem to be exceedingly happy with the highest salaries in the world and four weeks' of paid vacation per year.

Switzerland to phase out private bomb shelters

Switzerland has been known as the land of preparedness with nearly enough bomb shelters for its entire population.

The controversy surrounding the first Swiss Holocaust memorial

Seventy-seven years after World War II has ended and Switzerland will finally build a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust – thousands of whom were turned away at Swiss borders to certain death.

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