The gender pay gap in Switzerland needs closing. Swiss women earn approximately 20% less than men, highlighting the need for a gender equality rethink.

Reuters Staff · Thomson Reuters Foundation trust.org 22 Aug 2019

Book Club

7 key authors from Switzerland's literary scene

Authors worldwide have come to the shores of Lac Léman to write, such as Mary Shelley who famously wrote Frankenstein in Cologny, Geneva. Here's a snapshot of Switzerland's literary history.

Beatrice Di Caro 01 Aug 2019

Switzerland

They have more than 30 words for "apple core", and other things you didn't know about Switzerland

There is far more to Switzerland than cuckoo clocks and chocolate, and so to mark Switzerland's National Day - celebrated on 1 August since 1891 - here are 15 things you might not know ab...

Micol Lucchi 31 Jul 2019

Switzerland

Chart of the Day: These are the world’s most innovative economies

Switzerland has been named the world’s most innovative economy for the ninth year in a row.

Rosamond Hutt 30 Jul 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

Wolves are back in Switzerland – but not everyone is happy about it

After being hunted to extinction in many European countries, the wolf is making a comeback. But its return hasn’t been welcomed by all.

Charlotte Edmond 19 Jun 2019

Gender Parity

Women in Switzerland have gone on strike - this is why

Switzerland’s policies in support of women have lagged behind many of its European neighbours - so women are taking to the streets in protest.

Charlotte Edmond 14 Jun 2019

Education and Skills

This European city is the most educated in the world

The city with the highest percentage of university graduates has been revealed, as they're increasingly on the radar of companies and investors.

JLL Staff Reporter · JLL Real Views 13 Jun 2019

Cities and Urbanization

These cities have the best quality of life

When it comes to the highest living standards, smaller global cities seem to have the edge over megacities.

Rosamond Hutt 29 May 2019

Switzerland

In Switzerland, they take it in turns to be president

In the 1949 Orson Welles movie The Third Man, Switzerland is dismissed as a land of brotherly love, 500 years of peace and the cuckoo clock. But it is also a case study in inclusive, dire...

Sean Fleming 27 Feb 2019

Environment and Natural Resource Security

British schoolchildren to join Europe-wide protest 'strikes' over climate change

Tens of thousands of children are skipping class to demand more action to stop climate change. And their inspiration is the 16-year-old girl who took Davos by storm.

Alex Thornton 01 Feb 2019

Future of Economic Progress

Meet the Co-Chairs of Davos 2019

Find out more about the Co-Chairs who will help shape discussions around the 2019 Annual Meeting theme of Globalization 4.0.

Johnny Wood 19 Dec 2018

Switzerland

Family-friendly Swiss trains are playgrounds on wheels

Mountains. Milk chocolate. Pocket knives with lots of useful appendages. These are a few of Switzerland’s most famous things. Maybe reliable, family-friendly public transport should be an...

Sean Fleming 28 Nov 2018