1 November 2019. By Neptune No Comment for the following films released this week: DOCTOR SLEEP *1/2 MON NOM EST CLITORIS *1/2 (vo French) MATTHIAS ET MAXIME *1/2 (vo Canadian French) ZOMBIELAND – DOUBLE TAP *1/2 Go see instead: FAHIM, PAVAROTTI, A RAINY DAY IN NEW YORK, or ONCE UPON A TIME…IN HOLLYWOOD (click for […]
Archives for 2019
Minimum Swiss internet speed to triple in 2020
The Federal Council, Switzerland’s executive, has confirmed a decision made by parliament to raise the minimum speed of broadband internet connections in Switzerland. From 1 January 2020, the minimum download speed specified in Switzerland’s universal service agreement with Swisscom will rise from 3 to 10 megabits per second (Mbits/s) and the minimum upload speed will […]
Obesity to cut nearly 2 years off Swiss life expectancy
Between 2020 and 2050 obesity is forecast to reduce life expectancy by 2.7 years across the OECD, according to a recently published OECD report. In Switzerland obesity is forecast to shave almost 2 years (1.93) off life expectancy between 2020 and 2050, according to OECD calculations. Its expected impact on Swiss healthy life expectancy (HALE) […]
Switzerland ranked 2nd best place to be a woman
With an overall score of 0.893 Switzerland was beaten only by Norway (0.904) in the 2019 Women, Peace, and Security Index, which ranks 167 countries on women’s equality and well being. The top ten countries were all in Europe while the worst ten were spread across central Asia, the middle east and Africa. The index […]
Swiss flu vaccination day coming soon
Every year, Switzerland has a nationwide flu vaccination day ahead of the winter season. Last flu season an estimated 210,000 people came down with the illness, according to government figures. On flu vaccination day – this year on 8 November – you can go to any participating pharmacy or doctor’s surgery without an appointment and […]
Woman set to lose Swiss citizenship
Last month Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) stripped a dual national of his Swiss nationality. Now it has started the process of removing Swiss nationality from a woman who is also a citizen of France and Tunisia, according to Le Matin. SEM recently announced in the Federal Gazette that it had started the process of […]
Swiss clocks go back one hour this Sunday
Early on Sunday 27 October 2019 Swiss clocks turn back one hour. Officially they are adjusted at 3am. This means you can stay in bed longer and it will be lighter when you get up. On the down side, it will be darker in the evenings. The rest of Europe will adjust its clocks at […]
Swiss remain world’s richest in 2019
According to a recent report by the bank Credit Suisse, the Swiss are worth more on average than the residents of any other nation. The bank’s annual Global Wealth Report calculates average net worth per Swiss adult to be US$ 564,653 (CHF 560,643) at mid-2019. The median figure was US$ 227,891 (CHF 226,273). Switzerland’s combined […]
Suicide doctor convicted in Geneva
Geneva-based doctor Pierre Beck, vice-president of the assisted suicide organisation Exit, who helped a 86 year old woman end her life has been convicted by a Geneva court, according to the newspaper Le Matin. The retired doctor was sentenced to a 120-day suspended sentence and a fine of CHF 2,400 for helping an 86 year […]
Swiss central bank makes 388 million from negative interest rates
The Swiss National Bank (SNB), Switzerland’s central bank, has earned CHF 388 million from negative interest rates since introducing them in 2014 to tame the rising strength of the Swiss Franc, according to the newspaper SonntagsBlick. On 15 January 2015, the SNB announced that it was abandoning its policy of maintaining an exchange rate cap […]
