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Switzerland faces downside risks if full US tariffs bite, IMF says
BERN: The Swiss economy faces significant downside risks if the country is hit by the full force of looming U.S. tariffs, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. The IMF expects the Swiss economy to grow by 1.3% this year, down from a...

Swiss Re appoints Gianfranco Lot as Country President Switzerland
Global reinsurer Swiss Re has announced Gianfranco Lot will take on the additional role of Country President Switzerland, succeeding Urs Baertschi. In this expanded capacity, Lot will be responsible for representing Swiss Re’s interests in...

Swiss government data published following supply chain attack – here’s what we know about the culprits
The Swiss government has warned that sensitive data has been stolen and leaked following a cyber attack on a supplier. Radix, a non-profit organization in the health promotion sector, supplies a number of federal offices, whose data has apparently...

Switzerland: Eutelsat renews partnership with SRG SSR
Eutelsat and Swiss broadcasting corporation SSR SRG have announced the multi-year renewal of their capacity agreement at Eutelsat’s HOTBIRD video neighbourhood. The partnership has already spanned over 30 years. This new agreement assures the...

Swiss parliamentary commission to investigate F-35 purchase
Parliamentary oversight investigates the F-35 purchase Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English (British) Generated with artificial intelligence. Close Share...

Swiss electricity prices predicted to fall in 2026
According to a survey, electricity prices will fall in 2026 Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English (British) Generated with artificial intelligence. Close...

Switzerland ascends to Eureka’s Chair for 2025-2026
From 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026, Switzerland, represented by innovation funding agency, Innosuisse, assumes Eureka’s Chair. This leadership role coincides with a major milestone: Eureka’s 40th anniversary. Today, Switzerland begins its term as...

Euro 2025: How 'small' Switzerland came to host a tournament that could spark 'cultural change'
Sometimes Tatjana Haenni felt envious during her teenage years and her eyes would flit towards football’s traditional behemoths — Germany, France, Italy, Portugal or the Netherlands. “I was almost jealous I wasn’t one of them,” the former...

EU nationals come to Switzerland primarily to work
The head of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Helene Budliger Artieda. Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English (British) Generated with...

Negligence, Protests, And Political Fallout: Swat Flash Floods Expose Cracks In Governance Once Again
At least 12 people have died and one child remains missing after a devastating flash flood struck Swat on Friday morning, June 28, 2025, exposing a troubling repeat of past failures in disaster preparedness and governance. The most severe...

PM Orbán appoints minister responsible for suspending Hungarian citizenship
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has appointed the minister who will be responsible for suspending Hungarian citizenship. The new law, which empowers the authorities to suspend the Hungarian citizenship of non-EEA (EU, Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, and...

world Swiss village's loss in rockslide puts focus on Alpine disaster readiness in Kandersteg
KANDERSTEG, Switzerland — In the Swiss Alpine resort of Kandersteg, officials have been closely monitoring a deteriorating mountain peak that towers above its picturesque homes and hotels, after a glacier collapse and massive rockslide buried a...

Regulatory sandbox in banking sector is a bold policy innovation: Swiss Ambassador
a Thu Hà HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s Regulatory Sandbox Decree is more than just a legal instrument, it is a bold policy innovation, Swiss Ambassador to Việt Nam Thomas Gass said at an event on Tuesday. At the workshop implementing Decree 94/2025/NĐ-CP on...
Ex-SIM chief Poon Joe Keen joins Indonesian-Swiss agritech firm Koltiva
[SINGAPORE] Former Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) group chief executive Poon Joe Keen has been named the new executive chairman of an agritech firm based in Indonesia and Switzerland, said Koltiva in a statement on Tuesday (Jul 1). The...

The Pays D’Enhaut Region: Swiss Prealps Within Easy Reach
Built by 11th-century Cluny monks, Saint-Nicolas church is the heart of Rougemont village in the Pays-d'Enhaut region. Credit: Pays-d'Enhaut Region Switzerland’s French-speaking Vaud is one of the nation’s largest cantons, occupying an enviable...

TVS Motor Streamlines European E-Bike Operations with Merger of Swiss Subsidiaries
TVS Motor Company announced a strategic restructuring of its European operations through the merger of three of its Swiss-based subsidiaries with Swiss E-Mobility Group (Holding) AG (SEMG Holding). The move is aimed at simplifying the group...

Switzerland and Ivory Coast sign agreement on cultural assets
Françoise Remarck (left) and Elisabeth Baume-Schneider in Ivory Coast on Monday. Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close English (US) English (British) Generated with artificial...

Swiss Chip Industry Fuelled By Research, Not Cash Windfalls
(MENAFN- Swissinfo) The United States, China, France, India and Saudi Arabia are among the countries pouring billions into their national semiconductor industries to gain a competitive edge in manufacturing chips. Switzerland, however, is pursuing...

Millennials vs. Gen X: How nostalgia, AI and Simify eSIM international data plans are shaping travel in 2025
Remember the days of flipping through a Lonely Planet guide to plan your travel itinerary, then printing out your flight details and writing down your hotel's address just in case? That was Gen X travel. Fast-forward to 2025 and Millennials armed...

Soccer-UEFA to permit water bottles for Women's Euro fans as Swiss temperatures soar
BASEL (Reuters) -Fans will be allowed to bring bottles of water to the stadium for some of the games at the Women's European Championship, which gets underway on Wednesday, as a heatwave has sent temperatures in Switzerland to over 30 degrees...