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Experts expect moderate growth in the Swiss economy in 2025
December 17, 2024
The Swiss economy is set for a moderate recovery. This is the conclusion reached by both KOF economists and Seco experts.
The world’s largest iceberg is heading north
December 17, 2024
What is probably the largest iceberg in the world is on its way north decades after breaking off from the Antarctic ice shelf.
Artificial intelligence has not yet changed election results
December 17, 2024
Artificial intelligence has not yet had a decisive influence on election results.
Zurich District Court: Gambling verdict at 11 a.m.
December 17, 2024
The trial at Zurich District Court against four men who operated the gambling payment card Antepay has just come to an end.
Consumer spending in November slightly above the previous year
December 17, 2024
The Swiss population spent slightly more money in November than in the same month last year.
Asylum applications in November 26 percent lower than a year ago
December 17, 2024
The number of new asylum applications in Switzerland also fell sharply in November.
Swisscom takes over a data center from Philip Morris
December 17, 2024
Swisscom is expanding its data centers. The telecoms group is taking over a data center in Bonvillars VD from Philip Morris.
A recycling landfill site burns in Reconvilier
December 17, 2024
A recycling landfill site in Reconvilier in the Bernese Jura caught fire on Tuesday morning.
National Council recognizes genocide against the Yazidis
December 17, 2024
The National Council has issued a declaration recognizing the massacres committed against the Yazidi ethnic and religious minority in northern Iraq in 2014 as genocide.
Parliament wants to ban Shia militia Hezbollah in Switzerland
December 17, 2024
After the Palestinian organization Hamas, the Swiss parliament also wants to ban the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah.
Federal Council to organize peace forum on Nagorno-Karabakh
December 17, 2024
The Federal Council is to organize an international peace forum on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict within the next year.
Greenpeace files complaint for more information on Beznau nuclear power plant
December 17, 2024
The environmental organization Greenpeace has lodged an appeal with the Federal Administrative Court to obtain more transparency in the information on the condition of the reactor pressure vessels at the Beznau nuclear power plant in the canton of Aargau.
KOF expects growth in Switzerland to remain rather subdued in 2025
December 17, 2024
According to economic researchers at ETH Zurich (KOF), the Swiss economy will continue to develop at a rather subdued pace in 2025.
Federal economists expect moderate increase in 2025
December 17, 2024
The federal government's economists expect a moderate upturn in 2025. Things are not expected to pick up more strongly until 2026.
Federal councillors reach agreement on steel and aluminum emergency aid
December 17, 2024
The government aid for four ailing Swiss steel and aluminum plants continues to take shape: The Swiss parliament has finalized the bill, which is intended to give the four companies discounts on electricity purchases.
Earthquake in Taiwan led to the extinction of a butterfly species
December 17, 2024
The swallowtail is a butterfly species also known in Switzerland. There were two of its subspecies in Taiwan.
Daniel Craig does not want to emancipate himself from James Bond
December 17, 2024
British actor and former James Bond actor Daniel Craig ("Casino Royale", "Skyfall") has no desire to leave his image as 007 behind.
Ex-FCZ sponsors before Zurich court for illegal gambling
December 17, 2024
The men behind the former FCZ sponsor "Antepay" are on trial in Zurich today, Tuesday.

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