Switzerland will host a high level conference on June 15-16 to consolidate global support for a peace formula advocated by Ukraine that would end the war with Russia. HT Image The aim of the gathering is to “create a common understanding” on how to achieve “a comprehensive, just and lasting peace for Ukraine in accordance...
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Novartis layoffs: Company to lay off 680 employees in Switzerland and US
Novartis layoffs: Swiss pharma company Novartis is set to cut up to 680 jobs in its development organisation which is related to bringing the firm’s drugs to market. The Basel-based company said that around 440 jobs will go in Switzerland and up to 240 in the United States. This process will be complete over the...
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This Swiss Company Announces Job Cuts And Plans To Remove 8,000 Roles From Global Workforce
Novartis Announces Plans to Reshape Development Workforce (Image Source: iStockphoto) Novartis, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, has announced plans to cut a significant number of jobs within its development organization, responsible for bringing drugs to market. Up to 680 positions are set to be eliminated, with around 440 in Switzerland and up to 240 in the...
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‘Turning point’ as women successfully sue own government over climate change
Europe’s highest human rights court has ruled that countries must better protect their people from the consequences of climate change, siding with a group of older Swiss women against their government in a landmark ruling that could have implications across the continent. The European Court of Human Rights yesterday rejected two other, similar cases on...
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Swiss seniors win big at International court, emissions reduction targets for European countries set
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg, France, on Tuesday, issued a ruling, in favour of a group of Swiss senior women, setting a precedent with implications for European countries’ climate policies. PREMIUM Rosmarie Wydler-Walti and Anne Mahrer, of the Swiss elderly women group Senior Women for Climate Protection, attend the hearing of...
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Canadian Armed Forces member dies in avalanche in Switzerland
The Department of National Defence is mourning the loss of a member of the Canadian Armed Forces. In a media release, the department said Captain Sean Thomas went missing in an avalanche in Switzerland while on leave from an operational deployment. He is presumed to have been killed. Thomas was an...
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Ont. paramedic killed in Swiss avalanche
A local paramedic who died suddenly while on vacation in Switzerland is being remembered by her colleagues and family as a bright, caring person with a big heart and an adventurous spirit. Nicole (Nikky) Nagy, 25, was from Waterloo but worked in Perth County. On April 1, Nicole and her boyfriend were snowboarding when they...
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Irish man killed in helicopter crash in Swiss Alps named | BreakingNews.ie
An Irish man killed in a helicopter crash in the Swiss Alps has been named. James Goff, who was in his 30s, was one of three people who died when the helicopter slid off a landing site at the summit of a mountain on Tuesday. Three other people were injured in the crash. James is...
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Afternoon Briefing: Naperville student dies in avalanche during ski trip
Good afternoon, Chicago. Naperville Central High School freshman Aleksas “Alex” Beiga died in an avalanche while on a spring break ski trip in Switzerland, according to Swiss authorities, an email to parents and guardians from the school’s principal and the youth’s ex-swim coach. The Associated Press, citing Swiss police, reported Tuesday that a 15-year-old American...
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Irish man among three killed in Swiss helicopter crash | BreakingNews.ie
An Irish man has died in a helicopter crash in the Swiss Alps. He was one of three people who died in the crash while three others were injured. On Tuesday, a B3-type helicopter crashed at the Petit Combin mountain landing site during a drop-off. The helicopter, carrying the pilot, a mountain guide and four...
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Flight forced to return to Newark after unruly passenger tries to break into cockpit
An unruly passenger forced a Zurich-bound flight to return to New Jersey’s Newark Airport shortly after they roamed freely through the cabin, became abusive toward the crew, and tried to enter the cockpit, officials said. Swiss International Air Lines Flight 19 took off from Newark Liberty International Airport at 9:50 p.m. Sunday but the pilot...
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Tourists stunned after getting $100 bill for two hamburgers, fries and a soda at Swiss hotel
Two Australian travelers were left “absolutely shocked” when they realized they had forked out a whopping $100 for two burgers and fries, and one soda, at their hotel in Europe. “We thought they made a mistake,” Maria Antoniou told news.com.au. Maria and her partner Anthony were staying in Grindelwald, a village in Switzerland’s Bernese Alps....