A few years back, two pilots, Bertrand Piccard, the famed Swiss balloonist and André Borschberg, a businessman and former Swiss Air Force pilot, presented the world with the first ultra long distance solar aircraft: Solar Impulse 1. Following the record breaking 26-hour non-stop trip of Solar Impulse 1 in 2010, the Swiss pair and […]
Clock ticking backwards for Swiss nuclear energy?
Switzerland wants out of its nuclear energy programme as soon as the life expectancy of its reactors is reached. With evident agreement between the political center and left wing, the first nuclear installation to be shut down in 2031 will be the oldest one, Beznau I (commissioned 1969). By 2034, the Swiss will have gradually […]
CHF 117 million for International Geneva
According to Bern, Switzerland’s budget for International Geneva is to be increased by CHF 44.8 million annually from 2016-2019. Seeking to strengthen the country’s role as premier host to the United Nations, the Federal Council plans to dish out a total of CHF 117.2 million over the three-year period. While the UN headquarters operates as […]
Christmas gifts for one and all
Santa Claus is coming to town, but what should you put on your wish list? And, more importantly, what should you get for her, for him and of course for the little ones, who are impatient to see what they will find in their oversized stockings fixed precariously above the fireplace? More often than not, […]
