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How Swiss companies claim to be offsetting emissions

22 febrero 2023

Swiss organization South Pole sells carbon offset certificates to Swiss companies such as Nestlé and Galaxus, but their calculations are fraught with errors and their good work is grossly overestimated, critics say.

Switzerland’s biggest deficit in 17 years

21 febrero 2023

Switzerland experienced its largest deficit since 2005, proving that the ‘debt brake’ the government put in place in 2006 was not immune to a pandemic and a war.

La crisis sanitaria suiza por dentro

20 febrero 2023

Staff shortages and physician burnout. Medication supplies dwindling and emergency departments shutting down.

Switzerland pursues sending Yanukovych’s frozen funds to Ukraine

17 febrero 2023

Switzerland is pursuing returning 130 million Swiss francs in frozen assets that former Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, obtained illegally, the Swiss government announced this week.

The unmasking of a global disinformation machine

17 febrero 2023

A group of investigative journalists this week unmasked the Israeli hackers who have meddled in political elections and created propaganda campaigns for years.

Using Russian assets to rebuild Ukraine is ‘unconstitutional’

16 febrero 2023

The Swiss government announced this week that confiscating Russian assets undermines the Swiss Constitution.

Nestlé will pay 2M in whistleblower lawsuit

15 febrero 2023

Nestlé will pay a former employee 2 million Swiss francs for bullying and firing her after she asked the company to review a line of baby products that were later found to be toxic.

Man with explosive traces arrested at Swiss Parliament

15 febrero 2023

In an act of suspected homegrown terrorism, a Swiss man with traces of explosives on him approached the Swiss Parliament building, the Bundesplatz, on Tuesday.

Switzerland fast-tracks visas for earthquake victims

14 febrero 2023

Switzerland sends search and rescue experts, dogs, humanitarian aid; as well as, helping reunite families who are in Switzerland, Turkey and Syria.

Why the Swiss labor market is failing Ukrainians

14 febrero 2023

Switzerland needs workers and Ukrainian refugees want jobs. What is the problem? Why the Swiss labor market is failing in this area.

Basel climate protest ends in violence

13 febrero 2023

What started as a rally for the climate ended in pepper spray, rubber bullets, firecrackers and thrown stones.

Credit Suisse has 17.6B in frozen Russian assets

13 febrero 2023

Credit Suisse is holding about 17.6 billion CHF in Russian frozen assets – about 10 billion CHF more than the bank originally assumed.

The movement to preserve Swiss francs

10 febrero 2023

Switzerland will never become a cashless economy should Swiss voters choose to encode it into law on the next ballot.

Switzerland offers to broker peace between Russia, Ukraine

10 febrero 2023

Switzerland this week announced that it was ready to mediate between Russia and Ukraine.

Credit Suisse posts biggest loss since 2008 recession

Topping off a year of scandals, rumors and roller coaster stock prices, Credit Suisse announced that it suffered its biggest loss in 2022 since the global recession in 2008.

Cómo Suiza llegó a estar en el centro de la guerra ruso-ucraniana

From tear gas to armored vehicles, Switzerland's arms industry is one of the largest per capita in the world.

Spying for the KGB: A Russian priest in Switzerland

A Russian Orthodox priest who lived and worked in Switzerland in the 1970s was sent by the KGB to influence the Swiss Federal Council, according to declassified government papers.

Rolex: The best of times, the worst of times

With Rolex announcing plans for a $1B expansion in Switzerland, it seems that they are unbothered by the recent downturn in the luxury Swiss watch market – clinging to the tradition that the brand has always been synonymous with the best.

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