Organic food, polluting pesticides and measles outbreak
Almost every article published by swissinfo.ch contains a percentage, an age, an amount of money or some other figure. Here’s a round-up of some of the most interesting statistics to appear in the past week’s stories.
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The amount (in Swiss francs) spent by the Swiss on organic produce last year. Three-quarters of the organic purchases were made at the large Swiss supermarket chains Migros and Coop
282
The number of companies that set up a base in Switzerland last year. They brought in fewer new jobs than in 2017 though.
145
The number of active ingredients found in pesticides that were identified in a sample study of five Swiss streams. Of these, 66 exceeded permissible limits.
1,300
The amount in euros that Swiss graffiti artist Harald Naegeli was ordered to pay by a German court for spraying properties in Düsseldorf with flamingo motifs. The case had gone to court because he had refused to pay a fine of €600.
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The number of cases of measles reported in Switzerland this year. This is six times higher than figures for the first three months of 2018.
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Switzerland, the promised land of coats of arms
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Switzerland and EU reach deal on future bilateral relations
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More than 58,000 Swiss sign petition for night trains
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Swiss government rejects proposed super-rich inheritance tax
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EU Commission president says Swiss-EU deal is ‘historic’ agreement
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