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Cantons and cities want to improve the situation of children living in poverty
October 17, 2024
The cantons and cities want to combat child poverty. To this end, the basic needs for families with children are to be increased and the calculation adjusted.
Canton of Graubünden deliberately budgets a high deficit
October 17, 2024
The canton of Graubünden is budgeting an unusually high deficit of CHF 90 million for 2025 with expenditure of CHF 2.
Watch exports fall significantly in September
October 17, 2024
Measured in Swiss francs, Swiss watch manufacturers exported significantly fewer watches abroad in September compared to the same month last year.
Bern-based software company Xplain is sold abroad
October 17, 2024
The Bern-based IT service provider Xplain is being taken over by the Swiss subsidiary of the German Chapters Group based in Hamburg.
Swiss exports continue to decline in September
October 17, 2024
The Swiss export industry continued its decline in September and sold fewer goods abroad.
Study: AI saves employees an hour a day
October 17, 2024
Artificial intelligence, or "AI" for short, has been on everyone's lips for some time now.
Nestlé reorganizes Executive Board
October 17, 2024
Nestlé is reshaping its Executive Board. Shortly after the new Nestlé CEO Laurent Freixe took office, the Group's Board of Directors announced that the Executive Board will be downsized.
Schindler makes more profit after nine months despite lower sales
October 17, 2024
The elevator and escalator manufacturer Schindler faced headwinds in the first nine months of the year.
Zelensky presents “victory plan” to EU and Nato
October 17, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi wants to present what he calls his victory plan in the fight against the Russian war of aggression on the European stage and to NATO this Thursday.
Four people injured in apartment fire in Pfäffikon ZH
October 17, 2024
Four people were seriously injured in an apartment fire in Pfäffikon ZH on Thursday night.
Baldenweg siblings come away empty-handed at the World Soundtrack Awards
October 16, 2024
The Baldenweg sibling trio should have made history on Wednesday evening in Ghent, Belgium.
No simplified extradition for Paris murder suspect
October 16, 2024
Switzerland cannot extradite the main suspect in the murder of a young woman in Paris to France for the time being.
Missing teenager Lina found dead in Alsace
October 16, 2024
Just over a year after the disappearance of teenager Lina in Alsace, French investigators have discovered her body hundreds of kilometers away in a wooded area.
Lafarge trial on terror financing in Syria in November 2025
October 16, 2024
A trial against the French Holcim subsidiary Lafarge is likely to take place in France in just over a year's time.
Alleged bomb-threat suspect from Switzerland will not be extradited
October 16, 2024
Following a series of bomb threats against numerous establishments in Austria, a 20-year-old Swiss man suspected of the crime has been provisionally arrested in the course of a raid.
Soprano Ursula Zehnder passes away at the age of 91
October 16, 2024
The Swiss soprano Ursula Zehnder has died in Bern at the age of 91. She was one of the leading Swiss singers of her generation.
The rock masses at Martinsloch in Elm GL collapsed on October 3
October 16, 2024
The huge rockfall at the Gross Tschingelhorn diagonally above the famous Martinsloch near Elm GL occurred on October 3 at 9.
Festival Mesh in Münchenstein combines art and technology
October 16, 2024
The new Mesh festival on the Freilager campus in Münchenstein in the canton of Basel-Landschaft brings together electronic art and performances with scientific research and industrial technologies.

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