James Cullinan previewed Movenpick’s “Viva España” tasting which ends on 30 January 2016. The tasting is free. Location Geneva: Cellier Movenpick, Chemin du Grand-Puits 40, 1217 Meyrin. Time: 10:00 to 18:00 Location Lausanne: Cellier Crissier, Mövenpick, Division Wein, Rue de Morges 22, 1023 Crissier. Time: 9:00 to 17:30 Location Basel: Weinkeller Basel, Haltingerstrasse 101, 4057 Basel. Time: 9:00 to 16:00 Location Zurich: Weinkeller Zürich-Enge, Seestrasse 160, 8002 Zürich. Time: 9:00 to […]
Swiss vote on genetic selection of embryos – playing god or playing fair?
Sunday’s federal vote will include an issue that has divided political parties, and may give rise to some lively debate at home. It’s about whether to allow diagnostic screening of an embryo prior to its implantation in the womb. Pre-implantation diagnostics, which analyse the cell structure and genetic makeup of an embryo, will only be […]
How costly Switzerland leverages business brain power to help society
Establishing a new business in Switzerland is fairly expensive, with it’s formalities and high legal costs. Yet, once underway, Swiss businesses benefit from a coherent and uncomplicated operating environment. Many new businesses are also eligible for a range of subsidies and incentives that are offered at national, cantonal and even communal level. Last week, a […]
Could driverless cars hit your house price?
New technology often creates financial winners and losers. Typically, the more disruptive the technology, the bigger the monetary hit. Which is why Credit Suisse has reflected on the impact that driverless cars might have on the value of our homes1. In the past, robots have assembled passenger cars, yet someday soon they could actually be […]
Swiss aviators beat Richard Branson around the world
“If the round-the-world balloon flight was the final adventure of the 20th Century, Solar Impulse is without doubt the first to encapsulate the challenges of the 21st” – Albert II, Prince of Monaco. When it comes to pioneering spirit, a few Swiss names stand proud on the international stage, including three generations of the Piccard family […]
Swiss landlords stop smoking at home
In Switzerland the communal areas of most apartment buildings were declared smoke-free about five years ago, so the present debate has moved to the inconvenient ‘neighbourhood effects’ of cigarette smoke from those who puff away on thier balconies or at an open window. Since the prohibition on smoking in public places, more and more smokers […]
