Swiss Interior and Health Minister Alain Berset has announced that he will not run for re-election when the country’s government is re-elected in December. The 51-year-old Social Democrat, who has been a member of the Bundesrat since 2011, made the announcement on Wednesday. Berset is one of two ministers from the Social Democratic Party (SP) … Read more
In order to ensure that the quality of the ICT services does not fall and that the services can be offered without major restrictions, the city council believes that the IT services of the city of Wil must be increased in terms of personnel. He is therefore applying to the city parliament for an annually … Read more
Every 568th flight affected Photo: APA/dpa Dhe International Airline Association (IATA) sees growing problems with passengers becoming absent. The number of incidents increased last year, and not just because there were significantly more flights than in the corona year 2021. While it hit an average of one in 835 flights in 2021, it was every … Read more
The property at Kirchplatz 6, «Zur Brücken Waage», is classified as «valuable» in the building reference inventory of the Office for the Preservation of Monuments. It is described as a “multi-purpose building, overall appearance 19th century, core probably 17th/18th Jh.». The building is said to have “high status in the village center of Sirnach”. This … Read more
On Friday afternoon at 4.20 p.m. there was a rear-end collision between four vehicles in the Fäsenstaub tunnel in the direction of Winterthur. Seven of the eight people involved were injured and had to be taken to the cantonal hospital in Schaffhausen and the hospital in Singen to be checked by the ambulance. There was … Read more
DW News American rock and roll icon Tina Turner has passed away at the age of 83. In a final farewell to the music legend, Turner’s fans gathered today outside her home overlooking Lake Zurich in Switzerland, which she has made home for nearly three decades. Her humble beginnings in the US state of Tennessee … Read more
On Tuesday, May 30th, there will be a town meeting in Uzwil. It’s about last year’s bills, the annual report and a possible meeting place for Lindenstrasse. On June 18, Uzwil’s citizenship voted at the ballot box on the loan for the new construction of the depot. One of the oldest infrastructure issues in the … Read more
The victory of the Latvians over the hitherto 100 percent Swiss also decided the opponent of the Czech hockey players in the elimination battles. It will be the selection of the United States of America, which dominated Group A in Tampere without defeat. The Latvians played a big drama against the Swiss after a goalless … Read more
Julius Baer informed his clients – Russians and Belarusians – about the freezing of their investment accounts due to the requirements of the European depositary Euroclear. The Swiss bank Julius Baer sent a notice to Russian clients that their investment accounts will be isolated from other assets, and transactions on these investment accounts will be … Read more
At the elite world hockey championship, the United States validated the paper form and confidently defeated France 9-0 in the group of the Hungarian national team. In Group B, Switzerland won a rally against the Czech Republic, while Slovakia overcame Slovenia more difficult than expected. France did not cause any problems for the Americans (Photo: … Read more