While Switzerland has maintained neutrality since 1515, a study committee recommended the country’s government work on a ‘common defence capability’ with the EU and NATO read more Amid the growing animosities between Russia and Europe, Switzerland is rethinking its centuries-long neutral stance over global conflicts. In a bombshell report published on Thursday, a group of...
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Why is Switzerland offering cash prizes to retrieve munitions from lakes?
The Swiss Federal Department of Defence Procurement (Armasuisse) is offering 50,000 Swiss francs ($57,800) for the three best ideas on how to retrieve some 12,000 tonnes of old munitions from the country’s lakes, including Lake Thun, Lake Brienz and Lake Lucerne. “Armasuisse wants to involve academia and industry in the considerations on how environmentally friendly...
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Swiss Army Knife set to release a new pocket tool — without a knife — citing ‘violence in the world’
The manufacturer of the iconic Swiss Army Knife said that’s releasing a new multi-tool that comes without a knife. The pocket tool-maker Victorinox’s CEO Carl Elsener said in an interview with Swiss media outlet Blick that the company is “concerned about the increasing regulation of knives due to violence in the world.” “We’re actually working...