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The Swiss Air-Rescue: Inside the most daring job in the Alps

The Swiss Times takes an inside look at Rega, the Swiss air-rescue team that saves people who can only be helped by helicopter.

Swiss incomes keep going up

While inflation keeps driving up the prices of Swiss housing, groceries and more; a new report found that Swiss employees' salaries are keeping pace.

T-Rex skeleton goes for 4.8M in Switzerland

One of the best-preserved t-rex skeletons in the world was sold at auction this week in Switzerland.

Burning snowmen and ladder races: Spring in Switzerland

Switzerland signals the beginning of spring with some of the most unusual and fun traditions in Europe.

Sounds of summer: The 2023 Swiss classical music scene

Switzerland isn’t all banking and watchmaking; it boasts a thriving classical music scene – all year round.

The battle of the chocolate Easter bunnies

Switzerland’s highest court last fall ruled that the gold foil-wrapped chocolate bunnies from Lindt & Sprüngli are protected under law this Easter.

Montreux Jazz Festival: The birthplace of music legends

Every summer, thousands of people descend on the shores of Lake Geneva to experience one of the world’s greatest musical events – the Montreux Jazz Festival.

The Swiss cantons where expats don’t settle

Switzerland is a country that many foreigners call “home” – whether for a few years or for the rest of their lives.

Switzerland: So many guns, so little violence

Switzerland has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world. And yet, the country’s mass shooting rate is practically zero.

T-Rex for sale in Switzerland

One of the best-preserved t-rex skeletons in the world will be sold next month in a Swiss auction.

Berset ‘letting women down’ over pensions

While the French protests over retirement reached a fever pitch this week, the federal council proposed a reform to the Swiss pension system.

Switzerland and Google at odds

Hundreds Google’s employees this week walked out of its Zurich offices in protest.

Zurich will trial a 35-hour workweek

Zurich city employees will be evaluated on how productively they function on a 35-hour workweek.

Should Swiss-German be taught in Swiss-French schools?

A Swiss lawyer is calling on the canton of Vaud to have Swiss-German taught in local schoolS.

The ‘decolonization’ of African art in Swiss museums

As much as half of all artifacts from the Nigerian Benin kingdom kept in Swiss museums were stolen, according to a 2023 report.

The problem with the 31-hour Swiss workweek

The industrious Swiss used to ‘smile at’ how the relaxed French worked only 35 hours per week…but new data shows that the average Swiss worker only puts in about 31 hours per week.

Why Swiss borders were ‘rigged to blow’ at any moment

28 February 2023

Landlocked Switzerland has built clandestine bunkers, warehouses, and fortresses across the country, which can be accessed at the first sign of foreign invasion.

A guide to Switzerland’s hiking culture

24 February 2023

In a country with 62,416 km of marked trails, it should come as no surprise that hiking is the most popular sport in Switzerland.

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