Le Matin. After much criticism Swiss Post will stop selling sweets in post offices. It will continue to sell products such as books and stationary, which are related to its other services. The sale of third party products generates around CHF 500 million for the company annually. After several vocal complaints the issue was taken […]
Fly like a bird over Lausanne and beyond
Lausanne-based Brosky Media created this stunning three minute video of Vaud’s capital city, Lausanne. Watching this it is easy to imagine why Lord Byron, who lived there from 1788 to 1824, James Mason, who lived there from 1963 to 1984, and Coco Chanel, who lived there from 1945 to 1971, all chose the city. Some […]
Video of skier who plans to ski down 15 Swiss peaks over 4,000 metres
A new film called “La Liste”, starring 26 year old Jérémie Heitz, charts the history and evolution of steep skiing. Planned for release in 2016, the film will show the skier descending 15 Swiss peaks over 4,000 metres in his home canton of Valais. The film trailer below shows the incredible steepness and speed of his […]
A volatile week for Swiss stocks
27 November 2015 – Weekly Swiss and global market roundup. Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. The SMI is set to end the week slightly lower on Friday after losing almost all of last week’s 3% gain early in the week before rebounding on Thursday and Friday. Trading was mixed on Stock markets across the […]
French police search homes of Geneva mosque imams
Tribune de Genève. Last night the French authorities searched the french homes of two imams associated with the mosque in Petit-Saconnex in Geneva, who live in the french town of Ferney-Voltaire not far from Geneva. The wave of searches across France, since the country declared a state of emergency following the attacks in Paris, has now […]
Swiss canton of Ticino passes law that bans burka
Le Matin. According to the Swiss newspaper Le Matin, from now on it is forbidden to cover your face in a public space in the Italian-speaking Swiss canton of Ticino. Following a successful popular vote to ban face covering in public in the canton in September 2013, the Canton’s government has now approved changes to […]
English language comedy comes to the shores of Lake Geneva
Brought to you by the Montreux Comedy Festival. Because laughter is a universal language, the Montreux Comedy Festival decided to pull together standup comedians from all corners of the globe. Among the Russian, German, Croatian, Korean and French speakers is a fine line up of English language comedians from the UK, Australia, South Africa, Dubai, Russia, […]
Swiss cement giant pledges higher dividend despite missing sales target
Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. The world’s largest cement maker, LafargeHolcim Ltd, which generated CHF 33 billion of revenue in 2014 and employs 115,000 people across 90 countries, pledged to pay shareholders a bigger dividend this year despite sales missing estimates in its first financial report since the world’s top two cement makers combined. The […]
Could Switzerland language divisions ever divide it?
Christophe Büchi discusses the country’s language divisions and why we should worry about Italian-speaking Ticino. Long time correspondent in French-speaking Switzerland for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, the journalist and writer is fascinated by the complex relationship between Switzerland’s French and German speakers. He spoke with Thibaut Kaeser of Echo magazine about Switzerland’s language divisions and […]
Switzerland’s coldest places are not where you’d expect
If you woke up in Switzerland on Tuesday morning to find temperatures of -5 or -10 outside, then you are living somewhere relatively warm. According to Meteo Centrale, whose website lists the 20 coldest places every night, winter has truly arrived in Switzerland. Eleven of the places in Meteo Centrale’s top 20 coldest sit at altitudes above […]
