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Debate grows over Airbnb’s impact on Swiss housing

Swissinfo 10 Oct 2026
The growth of booking platforms such as Airbnb is putting increasing pressure on housing markets in Swiss cities and tourist hotspots ... That is why several Swiss cities are tightening the rules ... .
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Swiss gene therapy for blindness makes further encouraging progress

Swissinfo 09 Oct 2026
Eye researchers at the Swiss city of Basel are hopeful of a breakthrough in the treatment for blind people after initial positive indications that a new form of therapy works. Blind people learning to see ... .
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Chinese parcel service Speedaf challenges Swiss Post

Swissinfo 08 Oct 2026
Chinese online retailers Temu and Shein are creating a flood of parcels into Switzerland. A Chinese logistics firm is looking to capitalise on this phenomenon. Massive advertising and aggressive low prices ... .
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INR vs USD: Rupee near 97/dollar; how TCS, Sun Pharma, Tata Steel, SRF may gain ...

Live Mint 08 Oct 2026
INR vs USD. According to analysts, a weaker rupee is a clear macroeconomic headwind for India because the country remains heavily dependent on imported crude oil and several other commodities ....
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How melting glaciers are redrawing Switzerland's maps

Swissinfo 06 Oct 2026
Switzerland’s glaciers lost vast amounts of ice in this summer’s baking heat. The changes are increasingly visible on the country’s maps ... Yet he can barely bring himself to look at the latest images ... .
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Switzerland’s melting glaciers reveal ancient secrets

Swissinfo 02 Oct 2026
From Bronze Age weapons to ancient animal remains, Switzerland's melting glaciers are yielding remarkable discoveries. Glacier archaeologist Marcel Cornelissen is among the researchers racing to recover and study them before the ice disappears ... .
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Swiss gas sector views coming winter with concern

Swissinfo 01 Oct 2026
Switzerland relies on natural gas as part of its energy mix, both for heating and for industrial processes ... The situation is tense, says Daniela Decurtins, the director of the Association of the Swiss Gas Industry ... .
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Political influence flagged in SRF appointments to tackle elephant attacks in Keralam

The Hindu 30 Sep 2026
Officers allege that several names that are being considered for the Special Reserve Force formed to prevent wild elephant attacks are workers or supporters of Forest Minister Shibu Baby John’s party ....
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What’s behind the US decision not to invite OSCE election observers

Swissinfo 26 Sep 2026
Ahead of its mid-term elections, the US has done something more typically associated with Russia ... since 2002, OSCE election observers have been present at 12 federal elections in the US, including six mid-terms ... .
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Fuel threat lingers beneath buried Swiss mountain village

Swissinfo 26 Sep 2026
A new environmental study, seen by Swiss public broadcaster SRF, shows that around 150,000 litres of heating oil and fuel were located within the buried area ... .
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What the too-big-to-fail Swiss parliament vote means for UBS

Swissinfo 23 Sep 2026
The wrangling over UBS bank has led to a decision in the Swiss Senate. Parliamentarians voted in favour of fairly tough capital requirements ... UBS is to underpin its foreign subsidiaries with 90% hard capital ... .
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Swiss heatwaves linked to 600 premature deaths

Swissinfo 23 Sep 2026
This summer's heatwaves caused around 600 excess deaths in Switzerland. Even people under 65 were affected ... Between June and September, around 600 additional people died in Switzerland ... .
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Revolut seeks to challenge Swiss banking sector

Swissinfo 19 Sep 2026
Digital bank Revolut already has a million customers in Switzerland. Now the company is applying for a Swiss banking licence ... "A banking licence brings trust and prestige," explains SRF business editor Charlotte Jacquemart ... .
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Why Putin is placing Nestlé under compulsory administration

Swissinfo 19 Sep 2026
Swiss multinational Nestlé is losing control of part of its business in Russia. By presidential decree, two of Nestlé’s subsidiaries have been placed under Russian compulsory administration ... These arguments sound like pretexts ... .
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Cyber flaws in solar systems pose risks to Swiss power grid

Swissinfo 17 Sep 2026
The warning comes from an as-yet unpublished NTC study obtained by Swiss public television SRF ... The inverter is effectively the system's brain ... .
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