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Residential Swiss solar plan: Not cost-effective

Installing solar panels on the rooftops of local homes and businesses would only be effective in less than half of the proposed locations, study reveals.

Swiss inflation: How it will affect you in 2023

Switzerland has managed to prevent soaring inflation while the rest of the world struggles with skyrocketing heating and grocery prices.

How a Swiss billionaire dodged 410M in taxes

Why Roger Federer may not be getting along with his Swiss neighbors, how Swiss cities have used FIFA as their bank, and more in our roundup of news from January 24 - 31.

Switzerland orders, destroys millions of face masks

A new government report reveals that Switzerland has 130 million francs worth of face masks purchased for the Covid-19 pandemic – but why did the country order so many? And how effective were mask mandates? The Swiss government is sitting on 130 million CHF worth of face masks purchased for the Covid-19 pandemic – about 80% of which will expire this year, according to a report published over the weekend in local newspaper SonntagsZeitung.

Swiss panel approves arms re-exportation to war zones

In a move away from the country’s neutrality as is enshrined in the Swiss constitution, a parliamentary panel voted this week that the country could re-export weaponry that could be sent on to Ukraine.

Christoph Berger has declared that the Covid vaxxes can cause serious damage, which contradicts his earlier position when he advocated for everyone to be vaccinated, even pregnant women.

Health officials: You probably don’t need the Covid vax

A local newspaper this week ran a Q&A with Dr. Christoph Berger, the President of Switzerland’s Vaccination Commission.

Schwarz: How to better the national energy plan

Why Swiss retirees are struggling to make ends meet, why Ukrainian refugees in Switzerland want more work, and more in our roundup of news from January 20 - 24.

Climate change: Swiss women v. Switzerland

How Switzerland is combatting illegal immigration, why Swiss hospitals say they are near collapse, and more in our roundup of news from January 13 - 20.

Informe: La oficina del Presidente suizo hizo filtraciones ilegales a la prensa

Swiss President Alain Berset's office has been accused of making illegal leaks of confidential information regarding Covid-19 pandemic measures to the Swiss media.

Will Switzerland allow arms to be sent to Ukraine?

After months of EU nations calling for Switzerland to relax its War Materials Act in the face of the Russo-Ukraine war, a group of politicians are proposing a break from neutrality.

FIFA President back in Swiss court

Why an American governor is on an ‘investment mission’ in Switzerland, why a French millionaire was denied citizenship, and more in our roundup of news from January 10 - 13.

SVP: Stop the carbon-neutral law

How the Swiss National Bank will weather its financial crisis, is Davos ready for its annual WEF conference, and more in our roundup of news from January 6-10.

Switzerland orders, destroys Covid vaccines

Switzerland has already destroyed millions of surplus Covid vaccines in the last few months, but the country is still ordering more for 2023.

Skiing Switzerland’s snowless slopes

Why Switzerland’s inflation has slowed down, Müller goes bankrupt, and more in our roundup of news from January 2-6.

The Swiss laws going into effect in 2023

Why one Swiss political party is seeking to cap the national population, the endangered wildlife returning to the Swiss Alps, and more in our roundup of news from December 24- January 2.

Switzerland rejects ‘third gender’

22 diciembre 2022

Credit Suisse claims they are righting their sinking ship, a lawsuit attacks Holcim for CO2 emissions, and more in our roundup of news from December 19-22.

Switzerland intervenes on behalf of Iranian minors

20 diciembre 2022

Why Credit Suisse is still suffering fallout from the Greensill demise, how a Nigerian criminal network is spreading in Switzerland, and more in our roundup of news from December 16 - 20.

The Swiss company at the center of a drug trafficking storm

19 diciembre 2022

Swiss shipping company MSC says it is a victim of drug trafficking and not a co-conspirator.

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