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swissinfo. ch > eng > various > swiss-household-wealth-increased-in-2025 > 91328901

Net Swiss household wealth rises to above CHF5 trillion

16+ hour, 59+ min ago  (264+ words) In 2025, household financial assets rose by 3. 8% to CHF3. 278 trillion, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) reported on Tuesday. "This increase was largely due to transactions: households increased their occupational pension entitlements, acquired shares in collective investment schemes and increased their deposits." This…...

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swissinfo. ch > eng > global-trade > lafarge-appeals-its-conviction-for-financing-terrorism > 91328900

Lafarge appeals conviction for financing terrorism

16+ hour, 49+ min ago  (401+ words) They were all found guilty on April 13 by the Paris Criminal Court of having paid nearly "5. 6 million to armed jihadist groups in 2013 and 2014 in order to keep a cement plant operating in Jalabiya, in northern Syria. + Why big companies fear…...

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swissinfo. ch > eng > swiss-ai > zh-artificial-intelligence-translates-all-romansh-idioms > 91328321

Swiss AI model able to translate Romansh language

17+ hour, 45+ min ago  (257+ words) Romansh is considered particularly complex for AI. The Alas model is the first to support Romansh idioms, the university announced. Romansh has five regional varieties: Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Sursmiran, Puter and Vallader. In addition to these, there is Rumantsch Grischun, which…...

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swissinfo. ch > eng > foreign-affairs > crans-montana-italy-will-not-pay-says-italian-ambassador > 91328902

Italian ambassador slams Swiss health bills for fire victims

17+ hour, 28+ min ago  (338+ words) We will pay the bill for the two Swiss hospitalised at the Niguarda [hospital in Milan], because Italy saves lives free of charge, Gian Lorenzo Cornado told the Quarta Repubblica programme, as relayed by the askanews news agency. But as…...

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swissinfo. ch > eng > various > ten-arrests-after-international-fraud-in-switzerland > 91329177

Ten arrested in suspected Swiss-based romance scam

16+ hour, 43+ min ago  (102+ words) Numerous house searches were also carried out during a large-scale operation in six cantons. The public prosecutor's office of the canton of Zurich and the cantonal and municipal police of Zurich said that proceedings are directed against a group of…...

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swissinfo. ch > eng > swiss-democracy > national-council-tightens-up-nursing-reform > 91330292

Swiss lawmakers scale back nursing reform

15+ hour, 20+ min ago  (242+ words) Members of parliament refused to reduce the maximum working week for nurses from 50 to 45 hours, against the advice of the left leaning parties and the government. + Swiss voters give helping hand to nurses Health Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider said that this…...

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swissinfo. ch > eng > swiss-democracy > popular-initiative-to-stop-the-purchase-of-fighter-jets-at-the-ballot-box > 91327476

Fresh anti-F-35 initiative launched in Switzerland

16+ hour, 21+ min ago  (193+ words) The collection of signatures starts on Tuesday. The Federal Chancellery published the text of the initiative in the Federal Gazette on Tuesday. It states that the federal government should refrain from procuring the F-35 fighter jets and adjust the army budget…...

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swissinfo. ch > eng > various > treatment-of-sinti-and-yenish-is-a-crime-against-humanity > 91326089

Swiss persecution of nomadic people 'crime against humanity"

23+ hour, 23+ min ago  (204+ words) House of Representatives lawmakers followed the recommendation of its legal affairs committee by voting in favour of the declaration by 100 votes to 67, with 20 abstentions. + How Switzerland tried to wipe out Yenish culture External link In the declaration, the parliamentary chamber…...

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swissinfo. ch > eng > international-geneva > inside-geneva-challenges-to-press-freedom > 91323621

Inside Geneva: Challenges to press freedom

22+ hour, 1+ min ago  (249+ words) Imogen Foulkes reports from Geneva for SWI swissinfo. ch as well as the BBC. Irene Khan, UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression: "The role of journalists has never been under such pressure, and the sector itself is suffering. So…...

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swissinfo. ch > eng > foreign-affairs > uzbek-former-first-daughter-goes-on-trial-in-switzerland > 91320146

Uzbek former first daughter goes on trial in Switzerland

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (513+ words) Also in the dock are a former asset manager at Lombard Odier and the Geneva-based private bank itself, both charged with money laundering. Karimova's former right-hand man, charged with aggravated money laundering, corruption, and forgery of documents, rounds out the…...