The overall rate of Swiss unemployment climbed from 3.4% to 3.5% in January 2015 although it was steady when compared to the same time last year. There are however marked differences in rates of unemployment on a number of dimensions. The rate varies significantly by Canton. Neuchatel and Valais tied for the top spot at […]
EU inaction in the face of corruption
You have just sat down to dinner with your family only to be interrupted by a knock at the door. You open the door and are handcuffed and dragged off into the night under a European arrest warrant to serve a prison term in a foreign country for a crime that you never committed. This […]
Payot’s best sellers of the week
Americanah is a novel by Nigerian author, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Published by Fourth Estate, it tells the story of two young Nigerian lovers forced to leave Nigeria to start separate new lives in America and England. They return to Nigeria years later and are drawn back together. Americanah was selected as one of the 10 […]
Swiss 2014 exports break new record
With all the gloom that has descended on Switzerland after the sharp rise in its currency, it is nice to be reminded of its economic strength. Goods exports excluding services for 2014 grew 3.5% to reach a record 208 billion francs, surpassing 2008’s record of 206 billion. To give this context, Switzerland’s goods exports alone […]
French tax on Swiss inheritance becomes a reality
Since 1 January 2015 French residents receiving Swiss inheritance are subject to French taxes on it. Many are up in arms at what they see as a predatory French tax grab and are calling for further negotiations to establish a new agreement to replace the 60 year Franco-Swiss accord that ended at the end of […]
No Italians employed here – new Swiss sticker sparks accusations of racism
Switzerland’s small population of around 300,000 Italian speakers lives mainly in the canton of Ticino on the Italian border. Directly across the border are around 60 million Italians speaking the same language who under current rules are free to work in Switzerland. Add to this Swiss pay that is more than double the Italian average […]
Fighting Ebola with viral animation
Read the inspiring story behind a powerful Ebola video produced by Geneva based animator, Firdaus Kharas. Wondering what could be done to reduce the spread of this horrific virus a team of animators came up with this moving video, now available in eight languages. Geneva-based animator Firdaus Kharas, founder of Chocolate Moose Media, is an an […]
News on Le News: Le News goes digital
We hope you have had a great start to the year. On our side, at Le News, we have seen our audience growing steadily and we are very excited about continuing to bring readers more about what is happening in this corner of the world. Following a detailed analysis of what our readers want we […]
Making products speak Human Rights
Delivering human rights is abstract and hard to measure however, what if you could see the human rights history of a product before you bought it? The founder of the Swiss clothing company Switcher has created such a system. Respect Code, his novel track and trace system allows consumers to see the source and history […]
Payot’s best sellers of the week
International best-selling author, Jo Nesbo’s latest novel The Son (published by Vintage) is a fast-paced stand-alone novel that tells the corruption-ridden story of wrongly imprisoned Sonny Loftus and his quest for revenge against Oslo’s organised criminal bosses. Rank Title Author Published By Genre 1 The Son Nesbo, Jo Vintage Fiction Paperback 2 The Long Haul. […]
