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- Today in Switzerland: A roundup of the latest news on Thursdayon August 21, 2025 at 5:52 am
Patients will not have to pay a 50-franc fee for emergency room visits; government makes plans to protect the population in case of future pandemics; and more Swiss news in our roundup on Thursday.
- ‘Go to school where you live’: Geneva to ban students living in Franceon August 20, 2025 at 2:38 pm
From 2026, children of cross-border commuters from France will no longer be taught in Swiss schools – namely in Geneva – as has been the case until now.
- Which jobs in Switzerland will see wages rise in 2026?on August 20, 2025 at 12:09 pm
Despite trade conflicts and the 39-percent tariff on Swiss imports to the US, many companies in Switzerland expect to give their employees wage increases next year.
- How over-the-counter services are disappearing from Swiss bankson August 20, 2025 at 10:28 am
Switzerland’s banks are synonymous with money – plenty of it – but cash transactions are now on the way out. Here’s why.
- Swiss companies give in to Donald Trump’s anti-diversity demandson August 20, 2025 at 7:57 am
Several months before the US president imposed the 39-percent tariffs on Swiss imports, he had demanded that foreign companies which do business in the United States abandon their inclusion practices. Some of Switzerland’s major companies have complied.