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Can Covid-19 help the environment?
Less smog over China, clearer canals in Venice, better air quality in parts of Switzerland – how much is due to coronavirus measures, and...
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Can expat Swiss get Covid-19 financial aid?
Many of the 770,000 Swiss citizens living around the world, especially those with businesses, face a difficult financial situation owing to the...
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Coronavirus: the situation in Switzerland
Switzerland is one of the countries most affected by the coronavirus, with more than 21,000 positive tests and more than 700 deaths. Here’s the...
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Will the United Nations soon be obsolete?
Is the international order capable of meeting the enormous challenges facing states and societies around the world? We look at the four main...
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Swiss lead way with crisis loans to small businesses
It took Matthias Knauer only a minute or two to complete and scan the single-page form for a liquidity lifeline from the Swiss government. About 30...
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Pandemic pushes more Swiss businesses to short-time working
In order to avoid mass lay-offs, Swiss companies are resorting to a measure that has proved its worth in times of crisis: short-time working. What...
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Greetings from my home office in the Swiss Alps
There are certainly worse places to work from. I know I am very privileged in this regard, especially since the authorities have appealed to...
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Giacometti’s lost works reappear at Paris show
Famed Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti destroyed many of his own works and lost countless others. Using photos of his mythical Parisian studio, his...
Felipe J. Schärer Diem