Why Is Switzerland — of All Places — Importing So Much Cheese?
The cheese-proud country has recently imported more of the stuff than it exports, a worry for farmers and traditionalists.
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Tourists evacuated from Swiss Alps ski resort after cable car breaks down
Helicopters and chairlift used to carry almost 300 people from ski station at altitude of 3,000 metres Helicopters have been used to evacuate nearly 300 people from a high-mountain station in the Swiss Alps after a cable car to the top broke down.A tec…
Heatwave last summer killed 61,000 people in Europe, research finds
Hottest summer on record – fuelled by climate crisis – brought unusually high mortality rates, statistics showSearing heat killed more than 60,000 people in Europe last summer, scientists have found, in a disaster made deadlier by greenhouse gases baki…
Robots say they have no plans to steal jobs or rebel against humans
Humanoid robots speak – with some awkward pauses – in ‘world first’ press conference at Geneva AI summitRobots have no plans to steal the jobs of humans or rebel against their creators, but would like to make the world their playground, nine of the mos…
Neutral nations Austria and Switzerland agree to join European Sky Shield Initiative
Switzerland made clear that it will “examine” areas where co-operation can be strengthened, with a plan to specifically address information exchange and training for the US-made Patriot air defense system, of which it ordered five units in June 2021.
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Switzerland and Austria Join Sky Shield Air Defense Initiative Amid Threats Raised by Russia-Ukraine War
The Sky Shield initiative is aimed at strengthening Europe’s air defenses to deal with threats highlighted by Russia’s assault on Ukraine.
Swiss government rejects Leopard 1 export to Ukraine
The Swiss Federal Council on Wednesday rejected a request by the state-owned defense company Ruag to sell 96 Leopard 1A5 main battle tanks to Ukraine. The government’s press service said the decision was motivated by Switzerland’s neutral status….
Dignitas has helped 540 British people die, MPs told
Swiss organisation calls for assisted dying to be legalised in UK and made available alongside palliative careThe assisted dying organisation Dignitas has told parliament “it’s about time” to legalise the practice in the UK and make it available alongs…
Switzerland’s Largest Political Party Boycotts Ukraine President Zelensky’s Speech At The Swiss Parliament
SwissInfo: Zelensky’s Swiss parliament speech boycotted by right wingers Rightwing members of the Swiss parliament boycotted an address by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky that called for war materiel export restrictions to be eased.&n…
Huge landslide misses Swiss mountain village of Brienz ‘by a hair’
Rockfall buries access road but stops just in front of hamlet, which had been evacuated in anticipationA large rockfall has narrowly missed a Swiss mountain village whose inhabitants were evacuated last month over fears of a landslide.The bulk of the r…