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Closure of the Gotthard Base Tunnel lifted after vehicle fire
January 29, 2024
Trains have been able to run normally again in the Gotthard Base Tunnel since early Monday afternoon.
Former radio director Andreas Blum dies
January 29, 2024
Former radio director Andreas Blum died on Friday at the age of 85. He was head of the former Radio DRS from 1979 to 1999 and founded the former youth station DRS 3 in 1983 under his leadership.
Signa Holding confronted with claims of 8.6 billion euros
January 29, 2024
The creditors of Signa Holding have registered claims of 8.613 billion euros. This is according to the report by insolvency administrator Christof Stapf, which he presented to the creditors' meeting on Monday.
Closure of the Gotthard Base Tunnel lifted
January 29, 2024
Freight trains in the Gotthard Base Tunnel have been able to run normally again since 2 pm.
Holcim promises a bright future after demerger
January 29, 2024
Holcim promises a bright future after the split announced the day before: The separated North American business will be a rock star, said Holcim President Jan Jenisch.
Passenger numbers at EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse higher than budgeted
January 29, 2024
With 8.1 million passengers in 2023, EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse's most important business segment has recovered faster than expected from the coronavirus pandemic.
Author Felicitas Hoppe honored with Berlin Literature Prize
January 29, 2024
The German writer Felicitas Hoppe ("Die Nibelungen. Ein deutscher Stummfilm") receives the Berlin Literature Prize, which is endowed with a total of 30,000 euros (around 28,000 Swiss francs).
Gotthard Base Tunnel closed due to vehicle fire
January 29, 2024
Rail traffic in the Gotthard Base Tunnel has been interrupted until further notice following a vehicle fire.
Gotthard Base Tunnel closed after vehicle fire at exit
January 29, 2024
Rail traffic in the Gotthard Base Tunnel has been interrupted until further notice.
Man smuggles 14 kilograms of cultured pearls across the border
January 29, 2024
Italian customs officials have confiscated 14 kilograms of cultured pearls at the Chiasso border crossing.
Debut novel from Austria with a Swiss connection
January 29, 2024
"Wir sitzen im Dickicht und weinen" is the title of Viennese author Felicitas Prokopetz's debut novel.
Holcim shares benefit from spin-off of US business
January 29, 2024
Holcim shares are trading significantly higher in early trading on the Swiss stock exchange on Monday.
Swiss fund market grows in 2023
January 29, 2024
Assets under management in Swiss asset management rose last year. The takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS also had an impact on the market structure of the Swiss fund market.
Singer Morrissey cancels concerts due to “physical exhaustion”
January 29, 2024
British singer Morrissey is receiving treatment for "physical exhaustion". The former frontman of indie band The Smiths will remain in Zurich under medical supervision for the next two weeks, the BBC quoted a post on the 64-year-old's Instagram profile.
Freiburg Film Festival brings North Macedonia to the big screen
January 29, 2024
The 38th Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) is showing a selection of North Macedonian films.
A meaningful experiment about the limits of artificial intelligence
January 29, 2024
Language models like ChatGPT are stupid. They are trapped in themselves. They make no reference to the real world.
German KaDeWe Group is said to be facing insolvency
January 29, 2024
The Signa complex could soon be facing another insolvency. According to several media reports, the German luxury department store group KaDeWe, which also includes the Lamarr department store on Vienna's Mariahilfer Strasse, which is still under construction, is on the verge of insolvency.
Researcher turns glass into a transparent power generator
January 29, 2024
Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) have transformed a glass into an electricity generator.

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