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Ticino dairy Lati closes in the middle of the year
January 12, 2024
The Ticino dairy Latteria del Ticino, Lati for short, is on its last legs. The dairy in Sant'Antonino will close in the middle of the year and several employees will lose their jobs.
Meat drives CO2 emissions from five-star hotels
January 12, 2024
Swiss luxury hotels are increasingly feeling the pressure to become more sustainable.
Five-star hotels struggle with sustainability
January 12, 2024
Swiss luxury hotels want to become more sustainable. Some have taken measures to achieve this.
VPOD union fights against health financing reform
January 12, 2024
The Swiss Association of Public Service Employees (VPOD) is against the fundamental restructuring of healthcare funding.
Suspected arsonists of Ticino asylum center arrested
January 12, 2024
Following the fire at the asylum center in Novazzano TI, the police have arrested two people.
New method removes CO2 from the air with less energy
January 12, 2024
Researchers can use light to remove CO2 from the atmosphere in a new process. The process developed by researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich) is not yet ready for use, as detailed in a press release issued by the university on Tuesday.
Swiss tour operators optimistic for 2024
January 12, 2024
Optimism prevails among Swiss tour operators for the current year. For the most part, they are expecting increases in sales and, in some cases, higher figures than before the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey of the heads of the six largest tour operators conducted by the industry magazine "Travel Inside".
Prices for residential property likely to rise further
January 12, 2024
Prices for condominiums in Switzerland continued to rise in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Switzerland sends decommissioned streetcars to Ukraine
January 12, 2024
The cities of Bern and Zurich are making decommissioned but fully operational streetcars available to Ukraine.
Number of movie admissions still below pre-pandemic level
January 12, 2024
Swiss cinemas registered over 10 million admissions in 2023. This figure is still below that of 2019, the last year before the coronavirus pandemic - but only by 16%.
Train service on the Olten to Basel SBB line interrupted
January 12, 2024
Rail traffic on the Olten - Basel SBB line was interrupted between Olten and Tecknau on Friday morning.
Prosecutor has film star Alain Delon’s health assessed
January 11, 2024
A doctor appointed by the judiciary will assess the state of health of French actor Alain Delon.
Food deliveries via internet platform are not postal deliveries
January 11, 2024
The arrangement of food deliveries via an internet platform does not constitute a postal service.
100 years of Praesens film at the National Museum Zurich
January 11, 2024
The National Museum Zurich is dedicating an exhibition to Praesens-Film to mark its 100th anniversary.
Charles Linsmayer: “20/21 Synchron global”
January 11, 2024
Charles Linsmayer is a passionate reader and literary mediator. In his anthology "19/21 Synchron global", he invites us on a journey through the world literature of the last 150 years with an impressive personal selection.
Body of 46-year-old French woman found in Lake Geneva
January 11, 2024
Following the discovery of the body of a French woman in Lake Geneva near Allaman VD, the police arrested a 46-year-old Swiss man from the canton of Vaud on Thursday.
Valais accepts suspensive effect for wolf culls
January 11, 2024
Like Graubünden, the canton of Valais accepts the suspensive effect of appeals by nature conservation organizations against the shooting of wolves.
Alemannic Literature Prize 2024 goes to Julia Weber
January 11, 2024
Zurich-based writer Julia Weber has been awarded the Alemannic Literature Prize 2024 for her book "Die Vermengung".

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