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A start-up is planning to set up the first bio-waste treatment plant in Switzerland, in which a few hundred million flies will be put to work.
Crisis puts spotlight on Swiss relations with Belarus
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The crisis in Belarus is a source of embarrassment for the Swiss, who recently began reviving bilateral relations with “Europe’s last dictatorship".
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New digital banks are popping up in Switzerland without a single branch or counter. One of them is staking its success on doing more with less.
Coronavirus: Ticino and its cross-border workers from Italy
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More than a quarter of the workforce in canton Ticino commutes from Italy every day. Some locals want the government to close the border.
Who wins and who loses because of negative interest rates?
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Following the financial crisis of 2008, many central banks took an unprecedented series of measures to keep the banking sector afloat and to avert a possible economic depression. These included historic interest rate cuts. In the United States and the eurozone, interest rates fell to almost zero a few years ago. Because the Swiss franc is regularly used as…
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Entrepreneurs are thriving in Switzerland, with a record number of companies launched in 2019 and unprecedented investment pumped into start-ups.
Revolutionary idea to store green power for the grid
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What do we do when there is no sun or wind? Energy Vault seems to have found the answer to that oft-repeated question from nuclear power and oil-industry lobbyists and all those sceptical about or opposed to renewable energies. That question seemed to pinpoint the Achilles’ heel of new energy technologies: the varying yield of…
Switzerland in the age of automatic exchange of banking information
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A year ago, Switzerland began to pass on data on the bank accounts held by foreigners in Swiss banks to around 30 countries.
Even with negative interest rates, Swiss banks post positive results
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In spite of ups and downs in the stock market and negative interest rates, Swiss banks finished 2018 with an increase in operating income and profits.
Startup makes life-saving robots inspired by flies
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The drones of Lausanne start-up Flyability can reach inaccessible areas, reducing not only costs but also the risk of a fatal accident.
A host of unburied issues: the Swiss political agenda in 2019
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Some political monsters lie dormant under the winter snow, but they are sure to rise again in spring. What can Switzerland expect in 2019?
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The big Swiss bank UBS fell victim to its high-risk strategy of expansion in the US market when the financial crisis erupted ten years ago.
Should Switzerland take measures to support its struggling industries?
Industrial policies are back in fashion, not only in the United States but also in the EU. Should Switzerland, where various industries are struggling, draw inspiration from such policies?
