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Switzerland just buried solar panels under a live train track to get clean energyA Swiss startup, Sun-Ways, has installed solar panels between railway tracks in western Switzerland. This innovative project tests if train...05 Jun, 2026, 04.24 PM IST- Switzerland plans stricter rules for real estate purchases by foreignersSwitzerland plans to restrict foreign property purchases. New rules will require permits for non-EU/EFTA citizens buying main residences. T...15 Apr, 2026, 08.47 PM IST
- Swiss government rejects proposal to limit immigrationThe Swiss government on Monday rejected a hard-right proposal to limit immigration to stop the population from hitting 10 million before 20...17 Mar, 2026, 11.40 AM IST
- Switzerland to hold June vote on plan to impose 10 million population capSwiss voters will decide on June 14 whether to cap the nation's population at 10 million, a proposal by the right-wing People's Party aimin...11 Feb, 2026, 05.57 PM IST
- Swiss voters consider whether women, like all male citizens, must do national serviceSwitzerland is voting on making national service compulsory for women. Supporters believe it will strengthen the nation and improve social ...30 Nov, 2025, 03.19 PM IST
- Swiss voters back higher pensions, reject working longerThe proposal to lift pensions by about 8% was supported by 58% of the electorate, according to a projection from Swiss broadcaster SRG. The...03 Mar, 2024, 11.42 PM IST
- Swiss vote to ban nearly all tobacco advertisingNearly 56 percent of voters and 15 of Switzerland's 26 cantons backed the near-total tobacco advertising ban, according to official results...13 Feb, 2022, 07.29 PM IST
- Lockheed Martin F-35 leads in fighter jet evaluation: Swiss broadcaster SRFThe government is supposed to decide this month among the Eurofighter from Airbus, the Rafale from France's Dassault, Boeing's F/A-18 Super...22 Jun, 2021, 01.34 PM IST
- Swiss vote on whether to hike taxes to fight climate changeCritics say the measure would be ineffective since Switzerland's carbon-dioxide emissions amount to a mere 0.1 percent of the global tally ...13 Jun, 2021, 03.09 PM IST
- We will remain business-friendly after G7 tax deal: SwitzerlandG7 finance ministers agreed on Saturday to back a minimum global corporate tax rate of at least 15% to squeeze more money out of sprawling ...07 Jun, 2021, 02.10 PM IST
- Swiss reject world's strictest corporate responsibility rulesThe proposal would have amended the Swiss constitution and forced such companies to ensure they and their suppliers respected strict human ...29 Nov, 2020, 08.00 PM IST
- 'Who is our enemy?' Neutral Switzerland votes on fighter jets to replace F/A-18 Hornets"Who is our enemy? Who is attacking a small, neutral country - surrounded by NATO?" asked Priska Seiler Graf, a member of parliament for th...21 Sep, 2020, 03.01 PM IST
- Commodities plummet to 5-year lowThe Bloomberg Commodity Index of 22 raw materials lost as much as 1.7 per cent to 111.0612, the lowest level since May 2009, and was at 112...02 Dec, 2014, 05.55 AM IST
- Swiss voters reject strictest executive pay limitsSwiss voters rejected a proposal to limit executives’ pay to 12 times that of junior employees on Sunday.26 Nov, 2013, 02.50 AM IST
- Should Swiss business be very worried?The European Union and the US don’t look too attractive either: they already require nonbinding shareholder votes on executive compensation.07 Mar, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Novartis’ outgoing chief to forgo $78-million exit paySwiss shareholder rights groups had said the agreement should be scrapped after the size of the payoff was reported by a Swiss blog.20 Feb, 2013, 05.55 AM IST
- Geneva referendum backs WTO extensionGeneva inhabitants approved a plan to extend the World Trade Organisation headquarters overlooking Lake Geneva. The extension was approved ...27 Sep, 2009, 08.37 PM IST
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