Today, the Swiss government released statistics on the most popular baby names in 2015. The Swiss statistics office has been crunching this data for 30 years. Noah was the most popular boys’ name across Switzerland. 443 out of the 44,650 baby boys born in Switzerland in 2015 had this name chosen for them. However, while […]
Final Olympic medal rankings adjusted for population – Switzerland gains 12 places
After updating the table after the Olympics closed last night, Switzerland rises 12 places to 24th after adjusting for population. The two leaders: United States and China slip down to 42nd and 72nd. It is no surprise that the United States and China feature at the top of the 2016 Olympic medal league table. With […]
Lucerne celebrates female talent with an orchestral event featuring only women conductors
Historically, only men conducted orchestras. In the last few years women have started to become more prominent. Symbolic turning points were the appointments of JoAnn Faletta as the principal conductor of the Buffalo Philharmonic in 1999, followed by american violinist Marin Alsop as principal conductor of the UK’s Bournemouth Symphony in 2003 and the Baltimore Symphony […]
Swiss market lower this week as US stocks reach new record highs
19 August 2016 – Swiss and global market roundup. Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. The Swiss Market Index is set to close lower this week underperforming global equities as US stocks reached new record highs and emerging markets outperformed on a weaker dollar. The week began with some gloomy economic data after reports showed on […]
No Swiss city makes the top 10 of the EIU’s liveability ranking
For six years in a row Melbourne, Australia remains the most liveable of the 140 cities surveyed, followed very closely by Vienna. This year’s top ten, scored from 97.5 to 95.0, a score range that included both Zurich and Geneva in 2015. Top ten EIU Liveability Rankings 2016 1. Melbourne, Australia (97.5) 2. Vienna, Austria […]
Olympic medal rankings adjusted for population – Switzerland gains 8 places
Updated version following the end of the Olympic Games. It is no surprise that the United States and China feature at the top of the 2016 Olympic medal league table. With populations of 324 million and 1.34 billion they have enormous numbers to draw on when searching for athletic talent. Smaller countries like Grenada and […]
Swiss foundation Cartooning for Peace to hold benefit concert in Geneva
Ten years after the creation of the Cartooning for Peace network in New York by Kofi Annan and a dozen international editorial cartoonists, the Cartooning for Peace Swiss Foundation is organising a benefit concert at 20:00 on September 16, in the Victoria Hall in Geneva, in aid of cartoonists threatened all around the world for […]
Swiss wants to add direct flights from London to Sion, near Verbier and Zermatt in Switzerland
24 Heures. According to information in the French language newspaper Le Nouvelliste, Swiss will run a series of test flights between Sion, near the mountain resorts of Crans-Montana, Verbier and Zermatt, to London, next February. Sion, the capital of the Swiss canton of Valais, with a population of around 33,000, lies at the heart of […]
Why Switzerland’s franc is still strong in four charts
Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. Swiss National Bank President Thomas Jordan keeps saying the franc is “significantly overvalued.” And that’s despite the central bank’s record-low deposit rate and occasional currency market interventions. While the franc is typically a top choice for foreign investors looking for a safe place to park their money, anxieties about […]
Taking a cigarette on work time soon to be banned at this Swiss company
Le Matin. A company in the Swiss canton of Valais wants staff to clock out and back in again when they take smoking breaks. Under Swiss law the practice is perfectly legal and an increasing number of firms are implementing it, particularly in secondary industries such as manufacturing. According to Le Matin, Compagnie industrielle de […]
