Ermotti, from Lugano, has been UBS's chief executive since 2011.(swissinfo.ch) Sergio Ermotti, chief executive of the Swiss bank, also complained that banking had been singled out for criticism over compensation in a way that other sectors, such as private equity and tech, had not.“I think this disc...

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The World Forum for Democracy is hosted by the Council of Europe in Strasbourg.(Council of Europe/ Cathérine Monfils) Despite a population of a mere 270,000, Strasbourg nevertheless became the world capital of democracy this November. With more than 1,000 participating experts from over 100 countrie...

Over 50% children experience corporal punishment in Switzerland, experts say(bonnontawat/123RF) The recently published, highly comprehensive studyexte al link, by India-based advocacy group Know Violence in Childhoodexte al link, found that an estimated 1.7 billion boys and girls suffer mental or ph...

... Print comment Reuse article (Keystone) MondayThe winter session of parliament gets underway. We’ll be keeping a close eye on debates on topics such as the budget and Switzerland’s participation in the inte ational exchange of tax data information.

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Still breathing: a pig shortly before it is slaughtered in public(@ KEYSTONE / CHRISTIAN MERZ) A shot rings out. After a few milliseconds, a bullet pierces the pig’s papaya-sized brain. It sends the last signals through the nerve tracts, the pig’s pink legs are twitching in the hay. Two men pick up ...

xa0See in other languages: 5 See in other languages: 5 xa0Languages: 5 Embed code Extra trains and more than 100 coaches from Switzerland and abroad brought thousands of visitors to the market, where the main attraction wasxa0artfully braided onion garlands in all shapes and sizes. According to the ...

Flexibility required: a mode -day MSF aid worker's job is just as likely to involve paperwork and project evaluation as providing medical care to those in need.(Morgana Wingard for MSF) When I call Iris Finci, she is packing. Although she describes it as a "normal day", in fact it is far from normal...

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Initial coin offerings work when a company issues tokens in exchange for a cryptocurrency such as Ethereum.(Keystone) And so it is with initial coin offerings, a virtual way to raise cryptocurrency funds. Stars including socialite Paris Hilton, actor Jamie Foxx and boxer Floyd Mayweather have all ta...

... Print Reuse article xa0See in other languages: 8 See in other languages: 8 xa0Languages: 8 Bones near the battlefield of Marignano, Italy: The defeat there marks the birth of Swiss neutrality.(Keys

A digital dialogue proves to bexa0popular with the Swiss public.(Stefan Klauser) point of view point of view On November 21, the organisation digitalswitzerlandexte al link showcased to people across the country what digitalisation has to offer with its first Swiss Digital Day event. The previous da...

... Print comment xa0See in another language: 1 See in another language: 1 xa0Languages: 1 Annemarie Schwarzenbach (left) and Ella Maillart on their Ford Deluxe in May 1939, before their adventure. (Keystone/Photopress-Archiv) "Our last view of Switzerland. Why are we leaving this, the most beautifu...

The River Uerke in its narrow bed(Stephanie Hess) A thin red line marks the extent of the damage. Painted on the rough exterior wall of the small village shop, it shows how high the waters of the nearby River Uerke rose in the summer of 2017: 1.87 metres over the normal level.xa0In July, the river r...

xa0See in other languages: 9 See in other languages: 9 xa0Languages: 9 Paolo Richter, founder and managing director of the Velorecycling workshop. The bicycles in the storeroom are ready for export. Jurub, from Somalia, and Taqi, from Afghanistan, repair a mountain bike in the Velafrica workshop. Re...

... Print Reuse article These 'Mailänderli'xa0are one of a variety of special Swiss Christmas biscuits(sajola/photocase.de) Christmas time is sugar time. For generations of Swiss people the festive season would not be the same without their many differen

... Print comment The Ce y Inuit Collection in Be is the only museum on the European continent to focus on contemporary circumpolar art.Curator Martha Ce y, a Canadian and Swiss dual citizen, has been immersed in Inuit art since the early 1990s – when she and her Swiss husband, Peter, bought a colle...

Out-of-pocket health care costs can add up quickly, in both Switzerland and the US.(Keystone) Several readers wanted to know how much residents in the two countries pay for health care, in t