When you think about Switzerland, mountains, chocolate, banks and watches probably come to mind. But that’s not all the country has to offer. Swiss National Day is the perfect opportunity...

Micol Lucchi 31 Jul 2018

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Switzerland

Blockchain could be the answer to Switzerland’s business registration bureaucracy

Swiss entrepreneurs face on average a six-week-long, paper-heavy process to legally register their business entity with the government.

Dylan Love · Business Insider 30 May 2018

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Engineering and Construction

Human and robot collaboration is evolving timber construction

Like most industries, construction is going through a digital transformation. This company is using robots to build wooden structures.

ETH Zurich · ETH Zurich 26 Mar 2018

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Climate Change

Swiss residents are wrapping glaciers in blankets to keep them from melting

The Rhone Glacier has been shrinking rapidly over the last decade and locals are doing everything they can to slow it down.

Zoe Schlanger · Quartz 09 Mar 2018

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Agriculture, Food and Beverage

Switzerland rules that you must stun your food before you kill it

Switzerland has released an order to ban a controversial cooking practice: boiling lobsters alive.

Kristin Houser · Futurism 19 Jan 2018

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Workforce and Employment

Google's Zurich office has a jungle-themed meeting room

Take a look inside the Zurich Google offices.

Hannah Schwär · Business Insider 16 Jan 2018

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Future of Economic Progress

These are the world's 10 most competitive economies

An annual report ranks countries by how well they can sustain productivity and inclusive economic growth

Alex Gray 26 Sep 2017

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Agriculture, Food and Beverage

A new chocolate has been discovered, and it's pink

Swiss chocolate makers have made ruby chocolate from a new type of cocoa bean.

Valerio Farris · Business Insider 12 Sep 2017

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Switzerland

Fancy a bug burger? A Swiss supermarket is selling food made from insects

Switzerland has become the first European country to sell insect-based food for human consumption.

John McKenna 22 Aug 2017

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Future of Government

This is how Switzerland’s direct democracy works

The first principle of direct democracy is that all citizens take part

Micol Lucchi 31 Jul 2017

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Environment and Natural Resource Security

Greenland’s ice sheets are disappearing faster than predicted - here’s why you should care

Here are three key reasons why melting in Greenland poses significant global economic risks.

Gail Whiteman and Konrad Steffen 13 Sep 2016

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Global Risks

Why 9/11 reminds us we must respond to fear with openness

On September 10 2001 my wife and I arrived in New York as I was to receive the Candlelight award from then-UN-Secretary-General Kofi Annan. That night we had a very inspiring conversation...

Klaus Schwab 10 Sep 2016

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Fourth Industrial Revolution

Video: this electric car just set a world record

An electric car has set a new world record – going from 0-100km/h in just 1.513 seconds.

ETH Zurich · ETH Zurich 26 Jun 2016

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