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OECD warns that Credit Suisse bailout a year ago creates new risks for Switzerland

OECD warns that Credit Suisse bailout a year ago creates new risks for Switzerland OECD warns that Credit Suisse bailout a year ago creates new risks for Switzerland

The purchase a year ago Credit Suisse by UBSat the request of the Swiss Government to save the first of these entities from bankruptcy, has generated new risks and challenges for the Swiss economy, warns this Thursday the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In a report on the general situation of the Swiss […]

Switzerland plans underground freight network to reduce traffic and emissions

Switzerland plans underground freight network to reduce traffic and emissions Switzerland plans underground freight network to reduce traffic and emissions

The fight against climate change and the congestion that trucks create on roads around the world are driving projects to move the Freight transportand Swiss It is the most advanced country in them, with a project that could be implemented around 2045 with electric and autonomous vehicles. A public limited company, Cargo Sous Terrain (CST), […]

Swiss post office loses ashes of a deceased person whose mother wanted to repatriate to Italy

Swiss post office loses ashes of a deceased person whose mother wanted to repatriate to Italy Swiss post office loses ashes of a deceased person whose mother wanted to repatriate to Italy

The Swiss national postal service, considered in some rankings the best in the world, has lost the ashes of an Italian who died last year in the Central European country and whom his mother wanted to repatriate to the family’s homeland in Sicilythe Swiss press reported today. According to the German-language newspaper Blick, the family […]

Milei replies to Maduro, calling him an “impoverishing socialist”

Milei replies to Maduro, calling him an “impoverishing socialist” Milei replies to Maduro, calling him an “impoverishing socialist”

The Argentine president, Javier Mileireplied on Tuesday from Switzerland the description of “error of history” that his Venezuelan counterpart had dedicated to him, Nicolás Maduro, whom he described as “impoverishing socialist.” “I didn’t expect such praise!!! Maduro’s impoverishing socialist saying that I am a historical mistake in Latin America confirms that we are on the […]

Climate change reduces the height of some Swiss Alpine peaks by up to 29 meters

Climate change reduces the height of some Swiss Alpine peaks by up to 29 meters Climate change reduces the height of some Swiss Alpine peaks by up to 29 meters

Almost two dozen Swiss peaks of around 4,000 meters or more have reduced their height in the last 60 years, with drops of up to 29 meters in the most extreme cases, something that is partly explained by the climate changereported the Swiss newspaper SonntagsZeitung. The newspaper has examined the statistics of the Federal Topography […]

A new antibiotic is promising, in mice, against a multiresistant bacteria

A new antibiotic is promising, in mice, against a multiresistant bacteria A new antibiotic is promising, in mice, against a multiresistant bacteria

The development of a new type of drug against a bacterial species resistant to several classes of antibiotics existing ones has given promising results in trials with mice and is now being tested in humans, as published today by Nature. Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) – a family of broad-spectrum antibiotics – is classified as a […]

UBS Bank replaces Credit Suisse as main sponsor of Swiss football

UBS Bank replaces Credit Suisse as main sponsor of Swiss football UBS Bank replaces Credit Suisse as main sponsor of Swiss football

the swiss bank UBS will be the main sponsor of the Swiss Football Association (ASF), replacing Credit Suisse, acquired by the first entity in March, as indicated in a statement. UBS will only continue the agreement that Credit Suisse had with the ASF since 1993, which will continue at least until 2028, the business note […]

Mexico falls in mathematics, reading and science in the latest PISA educational report

Mexico falls in mathematics, reading and science in the latest PISA educational report Mexico falls in mathematics, reading and science in the latest PISA educational report

The students Mexicans dropped their level in mathreading and science, according to the latest report International Program for Student Monitoring (PISA) published this Tuesday. Mexico turned out to have a much lower performance than the average of the 81 countries where the test was taken in mathematics, reading and science, especially in mathematics the level […]

Switzerland: synthetic gas, an opportunity to decarbonize the economy

Switzerland: synthetic gas, an opportunity to decarbonize the economy Switzerland: synthetic gas, an opportunity to decarbonize the economy

The production of gas synthetic sustainable, capable of producing energy similar to that of natural gas and equally easy to store and transport, it is one of the most viable options to decarbonize the economy and it can become a reality on an industrial scale thanks to a project being developed in Switzerland. The spectacular […]

Nuclear fusion, possible energy of the future, celebrates 30 years of testing in Switzerland

Nuclear fusion, possible energy of the future, celebrates 30 years of testing in Switzerland Nuclear fusion, possible energy of the future, celebrates 30 years of testing in Switzerland

The scientists They have spent decades studying the possibility of obtaining energy through nuclear fusiona process inverse to the fission that occurs in conventional atomic plants, and the Swiss facility that collaborates in these investigations has revealed its secrets to journalists today, on the occasion of its 30th anniversary. The Tokamak of the Federal Polytechnic […]