Switzerland and other western countries violated international law by refusing to remove intellectual property rights from vaccines against the coronavirus, said a United Nations committee. They failed to honour their commitments in terms of guaranteeing non-discrimination....
Sweden and Switzerland are too often confused – at least the tourism organisation Visit Sweden thinks so and is launching an advertising campaign to help clear things up....
Many employees see no social utility in their jobs, a University of Zurich study has found. This is true particularly in the finance, sales and management sectors....
The train manufacturer signed an agreement on Thursday with two Italian railway operators to supply a total of 25 hydrogen-powered trains....
Cancers in people under the age of 50, previously extremely rare, are on the increase. “They have almost doubled,” says Solange Peters, head of medical oncology at the Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) in western Switzerland. In her view, this is “an alarming sign”....
In Switzerland, everyone should be able to use the same charger for different mobile phones, laptops or tablets from different manufacturers. The government is introducing USB-C as a uniform national standard from the beginning of 2024....
Many people want to remain close to their loved ones after death. This is also true for members of the LGBTQ community. Soon they will have their own burial ground in Zurich....
Negative electricity prices occurred in Switzerland for a few hours the other day - just a few months after electricity prices reached absolute record highs. Private consumers in Switzerland, however, do not benefit directly from the novel phenomenon....
Interesting: I tried posting about this group in r/Switzerland, but the post was auto-removed. I expect one is not allowed to mention kbin.social at the moment. Reddit in self-defense mode?
According to the Federal Court, the relatively short duration of a rape – 11 minutes in this particular case – can play a role in determining the sentence of a perpetrator....
The Federal Council has authorised the cantons of Basel City, St Gallen and Thurgau to trial electronic voting in the October elections for a limited number of voters....
Police in Switzerland do not have the unconditional right to confiscate and destroy cannabis quantities less than 10 grams, the country’s Federal Court has ruled....
This community should act as an replacement for all r/switzerland reddit refugees or generally users, who want to talk about switzerland on lemmy.
Anne-Geneviève Bütikofer, director of the Swiss Hospital Association, H+, is opening the door to a single health insurance scheme. “The pressure is so great that a revolution seems inevitable,” she says....
Switzerland must do more to defend Gruyère cheese and other products that have a protected status in Switzerland, according to the Swiss House of Representatives....
Swiss watchmaker Swatch Group has filed a lawsuit against the Malaysian government for confiscating rainbow-coloured watches that celebrate LGBT rights, in an act the company says has damaged its reputation....
The number of accidents involving electric scooters has increased 20-fold in a short space of time. The Swiss Accident Insurance Fund (SUVA) expects 3,500 accidents this year....
The Swiss Freedom Movement has launched a popular initiative calling for a ban on electronic voting (e-voting). The group wants to make postal voting more secure....
My old home lemmy instance feddit.ch has beein showing server error for a fiew days. What happened ? Does it have something to do with the ongoing spam attacks ?
The Swiss canton of Valais has already reached half of its wolf hunting target, shooting 17 of the animals in 18 days since active wolf hunting opened on December 1....
Working as a doctor is one of the most prestigious professions in Switzerland, but the reality seems quite different: one-third of medical students say they are ready to give up after their first internship in a hospital due to the long hours and heavy administrative workload expected in the years ahead....
The first companies in Switzerland are covering the costs of egg freezing....
Berlin is extending border controls with Switzerland. The decision was made last Monday at a meeting between Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the minister presidents of the federal states, the German authorities told the Swiss News Agency Keystone-SDA....
