Switzerland to take part in NATO crisis management exercise in 2025

Endangered crayfish reintroduced to Swiss rivers

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Nov 19, 2024

The highly endangered white-clawed crayfish is being reintroduced to Swiss rivers after alarming population decline.

Price watchdog criticizes excessive prices for generics

Swiss price watchdog slams excessive prices for generic medicines

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Nov 19, 2024

The cheapest generic medicines available in Switzerland are more than twice as expensive as in other countries, according to a study by the Swiss price watchdog.

CO2 removal by forests and oceans nothing for net zero balance

Nature should not figure in net zero calculations: academic study

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Nov 19, 2024

The natural removal of CO2 from the atmosphere by forests or oceans should not be included in the net-zero balance of climate protection measures, argue researchers.

No Swiss bank in phase with environmental objectives

Swiss banks failing environment, says WWF

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Nov 19, 2024

None of the 15 major Swiss retail banks is meeting international climate and biodiversity targets, according to a ranking by WWF Switzerland.

Healthcare spending to top $100 billion by 2025

Swiss healthcare spending to ‘top $100 billion’

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Nov 19, 2024

Swiss healthcare spending is tipped to rise to almost CHF103 billion next year.

Nagra welcomes a possible referendum on the nuclear repository

Radioactive waste agency backs Swiss storage site referendum

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Nov 19, 2024

Radioactive waste agency would welcome a public vote on a proposed landfill storage site in Switzerland.

Nestlé aims to boost brand in search of growth

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Nov 19, 2024

Nestlé’s new CEO Laurent Freixe, has presented plans for the future of the world’s largest food company, after his first few weeks in office.

Ukraine: Cassis calls on Moscow to end the war

Swiss foreign minister calls on Moscow to end Ukraine war

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Nov 19, 2024

It’s high time Moscow ended its war against Ukraine, Swiss foreign minister Ignazio Cassis tells the UN Security Council.

UNRWA provides emergency assistance to just over one million Palestine refugees, or about 75 per cent of all Palestine refugees in Gaza, who lack the financial means to cover their basic food.

Lazzarini: no alternative to UNRWA in Gaza

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Nov 18, 2024

The only alternative to the UN Palestinian agency’s work in Gaza is to allow Israel to run services there, Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General, told reporters in Geneva on Monday.

Enjoyment plays the biggest role in eating

Study reveals food culture differences between Switzerland and neighbours

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Nov 18, 2024

Three-quarters of Swiss people consider eating to be a pleasurable, social activity, a new survey reveals. Healthy eating, however, plays a much less important role, it found.

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