The new 1000 Swiss franc note has arrived. The new 1,000 franc bill is the fifth new note to be released in Switzerland’s ninth paper currency update. New notes already releases include the 50, 20, 10 and 200 franc notes. With the decommissioning of the old note we bid farewell to Jacob Burckhardt, a Swiss historian of […]
Strasbourg shooting suspect shot dead
According to BFMTV, French police have shot and killed the man suspected of killing and injuring people in a shooting in Strasbourg on Tuesday night. The man was killed in a police shootout in Neudorf in Strasbourg a little after 9 pm. EN DIRECT – Attaque de Strasbourg: Chérif Chekatt a été abattu par la police […]
Football – Switzerland just misses quarter finals
Despite dominating the match against Sweden, Switzerland lost 0:1 after an unfortunate own goal by Manuel Akanji who sent the ball into the net as Switzerland’s star goalie Sommer was about to stop a ball kicked by Emil Forsberg of Sweden, on 3 July 2018. Switzerland had 68% possession and 17 shots at goal to […]
Football – Switzerland draws with Brazil
A tense match between Brazil and Switzerland last Sunday evening resulted in a 1:1 draw. This was quite a feat for Switzerland, considering Brazil was one of three widely agreed favorites going into the match – France and Germany were the other two. This was the first time since 1978 that Brazil failed to win […]
Swiss post ranked best in the world
For the second year in a row, Switzerland’s postal service came first in the Integrated Index for Postal Development. Produced by the Universal Postal Union, a UN agency, the Index covers 173 countries and measures four things: reliability, reach, relevance and resilience. Global postal networks, employing 5.32 million people around the world, are seen as a […]
Museum night – a highlight of Geneva’s entertainment calendar approaches
26 May 2018 Note: There was an error in an earlier version of this article. Museum night is only on the 26th of May 2018. One Saturday evening a year, Geneva opens its museums, workshops, and gardens until midnight. This year, the event starts on the evening of Saturday 26 May 2018, runs into the night. […]
The Swiss cantons making the most wine
In 2017, Swiss residents downed 249 million litres of wine, around 37 litres per resident over the age of 191. This equates to roughly one bottle of wine per week. Statistics from 2015 show that 13.8% of the nation don’t consume alcohol. If this is factored in average weekly wine consumption by those who do […]
Swiss living abroad – where they go depends on age
Recent statistics show there were 751,800 Swiss citizens living outside the country at the end of 2017, around 11% of the 6.3 million Swiss passport holders. Most Swiss abroad live in France (26.1%), followed by Germany (11.8%) and Italy (6.6%). The chart below shows the top 20 countries. Swiss abroad are on average younger than […]
Bern considering stiff fines for drivers blocking emergency services
Switzerland’s government is considering stiffer sanctions for drivers who fail to make room for emergency services to pass in emergencies, according to SonntagsZeitung. The government wants to better inform drivers too. At this stage all options remain open. Switzerland’s Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) has not yet decided how to sanction drivers, according to the newspaper. […]
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