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.
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.
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The Swiss government wants to end a ban on the construction of new nuclear power plants to ensure all options are open for the country's future energy mix.
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Biodiversity loss in the Alpine nation is above the world average, and over a third of animal and plant species are endangered. Can the trend be reversed?
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Sales of counterfeit drugs are booming around the world, putting thousands of lives at risk. Why is it so hard to stem the tide of fake medicine?
Why older women are hit hardest by deadly heatwaves
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Brutal heatwaves have been gripping the United States, India and other parts of the world, and older people – especially women – are most vulnerable to their effects.
Swiss Abroad narrowly support capping health premiums
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Almost 51% of the Swiss Abroad voted in favour of the initiative to reduce premiums. On the other three issues, they voted in line with the rest of the country.
Mum in the kitchen, dad in the shed: why roles are slow to change in Switzerland
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In Swiss families, although men are becoming more involved in household tasks, inequalities within couples increase when a child arrives.
