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Pandemic effect Covid-19 strains Swiss love affair with cash

Covid-19 has shown the Swiss can live without cash, but will consumers continue to shun franc notes when the pandemic has passed?

By Christian Raaflaub

Sustainable aviation ‘Green’ aviation fuel aims to power planes by 2030

A Swiss start-up is developing an aviation fuel produced solely with water, solar energy and CO2. Will it put an end to “flight shame”? 

By Rino Scarcelli

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Switzerland takes helm of Hague Code of Conduct

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Same-sex marriage moves forward in parliament despite opposition

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Parliament rejects video surveillance for slaughterhouses

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Swiss pledge humanitarian aid for Yemenis and Palestinians

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Swiss Economy Slumps the Most in Decades

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Switzerland is one of the countries most affected by the coronavirus in Europe. This is where things stand and the latest on the measures in place.

Justice Corruption at FIFA: 25 criminal cases and a prosecutor in hot water

Switzerland's attorney general Michael Lauber is facing impeachment proceedings over controversial secret meetings with the FIFA president.

By Marie Vuilleumier

Employment law Pandemic triggers debate over home office rules, compensation

The coronavirus pandemic led an unprecedented number of people to work from home in Switzerland, raising questions over laws applying to home office.

By Dominique Soguel-dit-Picard

Responsible Business Initiative Swiss debate on corporate liability comes to a head

Some of the world’s biggest companies, from Nestlé to Glencore, face the prospect of tougher ethical regulations in Switzerland.

By Sam Jones

Alternative foods & growing methods How food is being reimagined in Switzerland

We are taking great care in deciding what we eat, ensuring more often that foods tick the right health, ethical and environmental boxes.

By Clare O'Dea

UNRWA It helps to be Swiss, says new boss of Palestinian refugee agency 

We talk to Philippe Lazzarini, new Swiss boss of the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, about coronavirus and his plans to restore trust. 

By Julia Crawford

Opinion Is remote learning a model for the future?

How will technology-​delivered instruction affect learning? It’s still too early to say, but the implications for exams are clear.

By Elsbeth Stern, Professor of Research on Learning and Instruction at ETH Zurich

coronavirus Geneva's United Nations HQ a ghost town under lockdown

Photographer Mark Henley ventured into the historic UN building in Geneva to capture the deserted atmosphere. 

By Mark Henley (images) and Frédéric Burnand (text)

Patent protection Fight over rights to Covid-19 drugs puts Switzerland in a tough spot

As calls mount for equitable access, Switzerland is caught between established practice and global solidarity in how to encourage medical innovation.

By Jessica Davis Plüss

Day of UN peacekeepers What is the role of Swiss military observers?

In 1990, Switzerland sent observers to work in a UN peacekeeping mission for the first time, a move that sparked debates in the neutral nation.

By Kathrin Ammann, with input from Julie Hunt

New normal How flying in and out of Switzerland will look post-Covid

Face masks and more patience will be essential for people taking flights after the coronavirus pandemic.

By Matthew Allen

Covid-19 Geneva NGOs face uncertain future due to Covid-19 funding impact

NGOs in Geneva may have been relatively spared by the pandemic in the short term but the funding outlook is bleak, according to a survey.

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No more emergency Government announces major easing of coronavirus restrictions

The Swiss government has announced a significant relaxation of coronavirus restrictions and an imminent end to its emergency powers.

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Covid-19 What’s happening at Swiss borders and airports?

Can I travel to Switzerland? Are the airports open? Here’s an overview of the latest border situation in the small Alpine nation. 

By Simon Bradley

Bordering on Beauty Swiss photographer captures the nature of changed borders

In a small country surrounded by other states, borders have always been important to Switzerland, rarely more so than recently. And elsewhere?

By Helen James (text), Roger Eberhard (photography)

Eye on the Multinationals Will Covid-19 push Swiss multinationals forwards or back to business as usual?

Our analysis of what global companies in Switzerland are up to. This week: responsible business initiative and Lonza talks vaccine production.

By Jessica Davis Plüss

Opinion Switzerland’s safety net must be there for all

Regularising undocumented migrants is key to solving the plight of the thousands of people queuing up in Geneva for food parcels.

By Gabriel Barta, Emmanuel Deonna, Wahba Ghaly and Jean-Marie Mellana

Mobility Coronavirus fuels Swiss bicycling surge

While demand for public transport collapsed during the partial lockdown, bicycle usage soared across the country.

By Peter Siegenthaler and Pauline Turuban

Inside Geneva podcast What’s the point of multilateralism?

This special episode of the Inside Geneva podcast looks at the role of the United Nations, 75 years after its founding.

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