Новости за 16.05.2024

From Machu Picchu to Venice, overtourism at “must-see” sites is a global problem with complex causes. Lauterbrunnen, with its Instagram-friendly Alpine waterfalls and cliffs, is also a victim. It is now considering whether to follow Venice and start charging day-trippers for access. Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland is a picture-postcard setting. Nestled in a lush valley, its soaring cliffs, snowy peaks, 300-metre Staubbach Falls and Alpine charm have made it a popular destination, especially on social media. Читать дальше...

Switzerland’s economy has expanded only slightly in 2024, with growth in the service sector offset by weaker growth in industry. According to projections on Thursday by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO), Swiss gross domestic product (GDP) is likely to have grown by around 0.2% on an adjusted basis in the first quarter of 2024. This means a continuation of the trend of subdued growth seen over the past three quarters, SECO said. + Q1 check-up: how is the Swiss economy doing in 2024? Читать дальше...

The number of people with jobs in the country rose by 1.4% year-on-year to reach 5.3 million in the first quarter of 2024. The number of employed women (+2%) increased more strongly than the number of employed men (+0.9%) compared to the same quarter in 2023, according figures published by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) on Thursday. The overall increase in full-time working positions was 1.3%: for men the rise was 0.2%, for women 2%. Seasonally adjusted and compared to the fourth quarter of 2023... Читать дальше...

The number of people with jobs in the country rose by 1.4% year-on-year to reach 5.3 million in the first quarter of 2024. The number of employed women (+2%) increased more strongly than the number of employed men (+0.9%) compared to the same quarter in 2023, according figures published by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) on Thursday. The overall increase in full-time working positions was 1.3%: for men the rise was 0.2%, for women 2%. Seasonally adjusted and compared to the fourth quarter of 2023... Читать дальше...

Austrian director Jessica Hausner has been appointed as jury president for the 77th Locarno Film Festival in August 2024. As such, she will head the group which decides who will receive the Golden Leopard prize, festival organisers said on Thursday. “It is a great honour and a great pleasure for me to chair the main jury of this year’s Locarno Film Festival,” Hausner was quoted as saying in a press release. Hausner’s presidency is in many ways a homecoming, the press release continued, as “Locarno... Читать дальше...

The rights of people in vulnerable situations are still sometimes disregarded within the Swiss welfare system, a national research programme has found. While there have been developments in child and adult protection measures in recent decades, these have only been partially implemented in practice, according to the final report of the Swiss National Science Foundation’s (SNSF) ‘Welfare and Coercion’ National Research Programme (NRP 76), published on Thursday. The project concluded that there was still a lot of work to be done... Читать дальше...

Combating the overuse of medical care, improving diet, creating a single health insurance scheme – Swiss citizens living abroad have come up with a wide range of ways to limit healthcare costs. But there’s one thing on which everyone agrees: the system needs to be reformed. Most Swiss people abroad don’t pay health insurance premiums in Switzerland. However, expats are aware of the problem caused by rising healthcare costs. Our readers have expressed their fears and raised potential solutions in... Читать дальше...

Swiss President Viola Amherd has expressed her “deep shock” at the shooting of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico on Wednesday. Switzerland condemns all acts of violence, she said in a post on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. “In these troubled times, we must do our best to protect democracy,” said Amherd, who holds the rotating Swiss presidency this year, and is in Berlin until Thursday. Fico was shot after a cabinet meeting in the town of Handlova and taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries. Читать дальше...

Almost two-thirds (62%) of children under the age of 13 in Switzerland benefit from out-of-home childcare. Parents rely mainly on nurseries and after-school care (36%) and grandparents (28%). In 2022, parents most often turned to nurseries (37%) and grandparents (35%) to look after their children under the age of 4, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) reported on Monday. Children aged between 4 and 12 went mainly to crèches and after-school care facilities, such as all-day schools or day nurseries (36%). Читать дальше...

A man injured half a dozen people on Wednesday, two of them seriously, before being arrested in Zofingen, northern Switzerland. The suspect was identified by canton Aargau police on Thursday as a 43-year-old Spaniard. They said he had displayed signs of erratic behaviour. He is currently in hospital and under surveillance. Police believe the man acted alone and that there is no longer any danger to the public. There is no indication of any terrorist motivation, they added on Thursday afternoon. The... Читать дальше...

The citizens of the small Asian island state – with government support – are successfully fighting back against fake news. But when they want to help shape the country’s policies through direct democracy, they get blocked, as SWI swissinfo.ch learned during a visit to Taipei. “A naval soldier of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army looks through binoculars to monitor shipping traffic off the east coast of the island of Taiwan,” reads the caption under a press photo, which was published by media outlets around the world in the summer of 2022. Читать дальше...

UBS chief executive Sergio Ermotti has lambasted Swiss authorities for allowing Credit Suisse to fail, as his bank fights back against growing calls within the country to increase UBS’s capital requirements. Ermotti, who was brought back to UBS just days after its state-orchestrated rescue of Credit Suisse last March, criticised the oversight of the fallen bank in a speech on Wednesday. “It’s especially confusing, if not extraordinary, to see many of the people who were in charge over the years saying... Читать дальше...