Economic Progress
What Swiss highways can tell us about inequality
The development of the Swiss highway network from 1960 to 2010 influenced the residential and job compositions of municipalities.
Global Issue
Industry
Economy
4th Industrial Revolution
Global Issue
Industry
Economy
4th Industrial Revolution
Switzerland
International Trade and Investment
This is how COVID-19 and Brexit are reshaping Europe’s trading landscape
China overtook the US as the EU's largest trade partner in terms of goods in the second quarter of 2021, with the share of imports from Switzerland increasing.
Climate Change
Can covering glaciers with protective shields reduce melting?
Employees now routinely cover approximately the size of fourteen football fields with this protective fleece to prevent this glacial slope from melting.
Switzerland
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin summit in Geneva: Here's why Switzerland is the ideal host for diplomacy
US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Geneva, Switzerland, on 16 June. Here's why Switzerland makes sense as a host.
Switzerland
Rent or buy? These countries have the most renters vs. homeowners
A Statista consumer report shows how many people rent or buy accommodation in different countries. Switzerland and Germany are firmly rental societies.
Gender Inequality
5 reasons why Switzerland's gender gap is getting smaller
Despite granting women the vote only 50 years ago, Switzerland features in the top 10 rankings of the Global Gender Gap for the first time this year.
Switzerland
Why Switzerland's 10-year debate on responsible business matters
In a countrywide debate lasting 10 years, Switzerland decided last Sunday not to move forward with stricter environmental and human rights legislation.
Switzerland
These are the world's top 10 postal services
Based on reliability, reach, relevance and resilience, the Universal Postal Union has ranked the postal services of 170 countries.
Economic Progress
Switzerland Has Been Named The World’s Most Innovative Country – For The 10th Year In A Row
SDG 05: Gender Equality
Swiss lawmakers approve draft legislation for same-sex marriage
Switzerland has approved draft legislation to let same-sex couples marry - in a gay rights milestone for the country.
SDG 05: Gender Equality
Screaming to be heard: Swiss women strike against gender inequality
In Switzerland women earn, on average, a fifth less than men. This year's Women's Strike saw a minute-long scream to protest against the gender pay gap.
Italy
Climate change risks moving this restaurant from Italy to Switzerland – without shifting a brick
The Alpine glacier that represents the boundary between the two countries is retreating, leaving a question mark over where one mountaintop eatery stands.
COVID-19
Dinner with friends: how Switzerland is relaxing its coronavirus lockdown
Careful controls are at the heart of Swiss attempts to return to something approaching normality – but will they be enough?
COVID-19
Switzerland fast-tracks emergency aid for small businesses weathering COVID-19
Switzerland provides fast access to loans for small businesses – a lesson for other nations trying to limit the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Future of the Environment
Peatlands are under threat. Here's why we must act now to save them
Peatlands are not just swamps. They are hugely important carbon sinks and biodiversity hotspots - and they have been under threat for centuries. Here's why that must end.
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