Expertise: international politics, environment, social issues
My specialty is telling stories, and decoding what happens in Switzerland and the world from accumulated data and statistics. An expatriate in Switzerland for several years, I have also worked as a multimedia journalist for the Swiss national broadcaster.
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Most Swiss Abroad voters rejected the initiative on environmental responsibility on Sunday, but without inflicting the same defeat as the rest of the country.
Electric car sales accelerate worldwide but stall in Switzerland
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Sales of electric cars in Europe and Switzerland have fallen after years of growth. But there is good news for those wanting to buy an electric vehicle this year: prices are expected to sink.
As private jet flights soar in Switzerland, so do their CO2 emissions
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Private jet flights and their emissions have soared in recent years, and Switzerland is one of the top destinations for the heavy-polluting planes.
Why Switzerland’s carbon footprint is bigger than you think
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Per capita CO2 emissions in Switzerland are lower than the world average. But the picture changes radically when you consider the emissions related to products imported from abroad.
How countries are managing immigration between economic needs and social tensions
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In many developed countries population growth is now essentially fuelled by immigration. Here are some facts, figures and insights from demographers.
Sanctions enforcement: Bern ‘cannot rule out’ Switzerland gets Russian gold via Central Asia
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The Swiss government admits that it cannot rule out the presence of Russian gold in trade flows with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Swiss Abroad clearly in favour of motorway expansion
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Unlike Switzerland as a whole, where only 47% of voters on Sunday backed government plans for bigger motorways, the Swiss Abroad gave them a clear thumbs-up.
Seven lessons from the November 2024 Swiss referendums
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A dip in public trust in authorities, a winning streak for the left: what else can be learned from Sunday's votes in Switzerland?
Why cars still reign supreme in ‘rail-nation’ Switzerland
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Some Swiss motorways are nearing saturation point. Some 50,000 hours were lost to traffic jams last year. But infrastructure is not the root of the problem, experts say.
COP29: Switzerland and the world under pressure to deliver carbon cuts
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It’s clearly crunch time as states prepare to gather for the United Nations COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan next week. What progress has been made on global climate targets, and where does Switzerland stand?
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Swiss pharma giant Roche is the latest company to refocus its R&D investment on diseases like obesity that weigh heavily on healthcare budgets.
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In the last decade, the number of multinationals in Geneva has doubled, while the number of NGOs has also increased considerably.
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The number of Swiss people living abroad continues to increase, and many have more than one passport. Five charts explain their characteristics and geographic distribution.
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There has been free trade between Switzerland and China for ten years. Now Switzerland wants to update the agreement. What advantages has it brought the two countries so far?
Rejected biodiversity initiative enjoyed strong Swiss Abroad support
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Analysis of the voting trends of Swiss citizens abroad reveals that they cast their votes on Sunday very differently to people in Switzerland.
The mystery of Switzerland’s surging imports of Uzbek and Kazakh gold
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Switzerland’s imports of gold originating in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan have boomed since Russia attacked Ukraine. Trade data and expert analyses suggest some could be surreptitiously coming from Russia in violation of sanctions.
