Every three months the benchmark interest rate used to set Swiss rents is reviewed. If it goes down some renters can request a decrease in rent. This time it remained at 1.25%. © Sergei Razvodovskij | Dreamstime.com The last time it dropped was … [Read more...]
News and Features
New study reveals hidden long-term damage from Covid-19
A recent study at the University of Sheffield in the UK has detected previously unseen lung damage in long-term Covid-19 patients using a new scanning technique. © Cameracraft8 | Dreamstime.com The technique, which involves hyperpolarised xenon … [Read more...]
Covid: cantons asked to do more after another deadly week in Switzerland
Today, Switzerland's Federal Council called on cantons with increasing case numbers to take immediate action. It described the epidemiological situation as extremely serious. © Sudok1 | Dreamstime.com This week the Federal Office of Public … [Read more...]
Initiative launched to prevent compulsory vaccination in Switzerland
Switzerland's government has repeatedly said that vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 virus will not be compulsory. However, a group called the Movement for Swiss Freedom (MLS) started collecting signatures this week for a referendum on the subject, … [Read more...]
FILM: 5 favourites for that desert island
4 December 2020. This week I’ve picked five of my favorite films for you. Each is completely different in theme and genre, yet there is a common thread of intelligence, charm and nostalgia to them. Another similarity is the excellence of their … [Read more...]
Guides
Setting up a business in Switzerland – a guide
Brought to you by Winbiz online accounting for Swiss businesses. So you have decided to start a business. You have a business plan and are ready to get started. Before you launch you need a name and possibly a company. Broadly there are two options … [Read More...]
7-step guide to hiring a cleaner in Switzerland
Brought to you by quitt.ch Corona virus information In quitt’s Coronavirus FAQ, you will find answers to key questions related to Coronavirus and home employees. 1. What do cleaners cost in Switzerland? Cleaners are expensive in Switzerland. Prices … [Read More...]
Activities
Why you should visit the Gianadda gallery in Martigny
Gianadda, that spectacular cultural centre in Martigny, specializes in exhibitions you want to wander round more than once. Its latest show – Hodler, Monet, Munch: painting the impossible (3 February to 11 June 2017) – also lives up to the … [Read more...]
Lake Geneva – tests show beaches with cleanest water
A map published recently by the Commission internationale pour la protection des eaux du Léman (CIPEL), a Swiss-French intergovernmental organisation, rates the water quality at most Lake Geneva beaches as excellent or of a medium to good quality. … [Read more...]
How Switzerland’s best river swim became a summertime commute
Most people float down the Aare River in Bern just for fun. For Evelyn Schneider-Reyes, it was her summertime commute home. “I only had like 30 seconds walking from my office to the river,” she recalls. “I had an ‘Aare Bag’, where I put all my … [Read more...]
