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| Mar 19, 2026 | One killed as cable car plunges down Swiss mountainside | ENGELBERG, Switzerland: One person was killed Wednesday morning when a cable car suddenly detached amid strong winds and plunged down a snowy slope at a Swiss Alpine ski resort, police said.
The incident happened at the Engelberg-Titlis ski... |
| Nov 19, 2024 | Digt closes CHF3.7 million funding round to expand internationally |
Digt was established in 2019 with the goal to transform the way brands interact with clearly defined communities and has rapidly become a leading force in the Swiss tech industry. The company's proprietary platforms, including Brands ... |
| Sep 6, 2024 | St Gallen: Swiss Canton Bans Meat & Milk Sales After Finding High PFAS Levels | 4 Mins Read A Swiss canton has banned the sale of contaminated meat and dairy with high levels of ‘forever chemicals’, calling for intervention on a national level too.
St Gallen, the canton in northeastern Switzerland, has implemented a ba... |
| Apr 23, 2024 | 14Peaks Capital set to invest $30 million in B2B technology startups |
Established in 2022 by Edoardo Ermotti, 14Peaks Capital invests at the earliest stages from pre-seed to series A in B2B SaaS companies, with a specific interest in Fintech and the Future of Work. The team is already investing out of its fi... |
| Dec 13, 2023 | Swederland: meatball fondue, anyone? “Sweden, Not Switzerland” proposition gains momentum and global support | Swederland: meatball fondue, anyone? “Sweden, Not Switzerland” proposition gains momentum and global support
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110 million have seen and 38 000 people in 44 countries across the world have engag... |
| Nov 30, 2023 | Surprisingly large and positive response from the world to Visit Sweden's ´Sweden (not Switzerland)´ initiative. | Surprisingly large and positive response from the world to Visit Sweden's ´Sweden (not Switzerland)´ initiative.
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After just a few days, the Swedish tourism marketing initiative, where Vis... |
| Jul 2, 2023 | В ходе ночных беспорядков в швейцарской Лозанне задержали семь человек | Семерых человек, шестеро из которых — несовершеннолетние, задержали во время беспорядков в ночь на сегодня, 2 июля, в швейцарской Лозанне. Об этом сообщило издание 20Minutes со ссылкой на полицию. По данным издания, беспорядки в городе нача... |
| Jan 18, 2023 | Prostitutes charge Davos attendees $2,500 a night as sex work demand booms | More On: davos
Ukraine’s first lady weeps over Kyiv chopper crash that killed 14 Libs mock Sinema for furry white vest on Davos panel: ‘Dressed like a sheep’ Manchin, Sinema high-five at Davos over keeping Senate filibuster Ex-CNN anchor Br... |
| Jun 15, 2022 | Switzerland “Should be Meat-Free by 2050” Says Independent Think Tank Gottlieb Duttweiler | Futurologists at Switzerland’s Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (GDI), an independent think-tank and the oldest organisation of its kind in Switzerland, have said that the Swiss population should eat an entirely meatless diet by 2050.
“Meat fr... |
| Jun 13, 2022 | Meet the world's 'most beautiful footballer' who models too - but don't brand her sexy | SportMeet the world's 'most beautiful footballer' who models too - but don't brand her sexy
The 'world's most beautiful footballer' is a blonde stunner who plays for Switzerland side Grasshoppers - but in ... |
| Jan 25, 2022 | "Instead of producing waste, we create new clothes" | 20 Minuten reports on WYT. Our portfolio company produces eco-friendly T-shirts from used clothing. |
| Oct 27, 2021 | Schweizer Startup sorgt für Premiere bei Social Audio | |
| Aug 10, 2021 | Hundreds of Swiss women took to the streets after a court reduced a convicted rapist’s prison time because the assault lasted 11 minutes | A group of women held placards with feminist messages during a demonstration to stop violence against women in Brussels on November 24, 2019. Romy Arroyo Fernandez/NurPhoto via Getty Images Hundreds took to the streets in Basel, Switzerland... |
| Apr 12, 2021 | 43% of Swiss want to shop less after corona | Many people in Switzerland have permanently changed their shopping behavior due to the corona pandemic. Almost half of Swiss consumers want to consume less in the future. In several product and service categories, the amount of money spent ... |
| Oct 26, 2020 | Conrad Electronic closes stores in Switzerland | Conrad Electronic has made the decision to let the leases of its two branches in Switzerland expire in 2021. This means the consumer electronics retailer will close its physical stores. But Conrad won’t be leaving Switzerland completely: it... |
| Jan 9, 2019 | Swiss startups on the frontpage | |
| Oct 30, 2018 | Switzerland embraces Singles’ Day | In Switzerland, online retailers will be competing each other with the highest discounts ealier this year. The last couple of years, big discounts were handed out on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, but this year, things are about to change. S... |
| Jul 17, 2018 | Foreign online shops in Switzerland must declare all fees | In Switzerland, many online consumers are often subject to unexpected additional fees. The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs now wants to oblige foreign online retailers that are active in Switzerland to list all fees customers need to... |
| May 2, 2018 | Coop quits online marketplace Siroop | Siroop will cease to exist. The Swiss online marketplace was acquired by co-owner Coop last month, but the retail company has now confirmed it will pull the plug on Siroop at the end of this year.
Back in 2016, Swisscom and Coop launched a ... |
| Mar 28, 2018 | Abionic raises CHF 20 million in financing | Abionic raises CHF 20 million in financing 28.03.2018 15:09, Charlotte Pichon linkedIn facebook twitter instagram youtube -->
Great news for our Venture Leaders alumnus and TOP 100 Swiss Startups in 2011-2015. Abionic announced today clo... |
| Mar 13, 2018 | SmartCardia gets impressive media coverage with wireless patch | SmartCardia gets impressive media coverage with wireless patch 13.03.2018 14:45, Charlotte Pichon linkedIn facebook twitter instagram youtube -->
Early this week, the Swiss MedTech startup announced having received CE Medical Device Cert... |
| Mar 2, 2017 | Swiss consumers spent €1.22 billion online at foreign stores | Consumers in Switzerland are shopping more and more products from foreign ecommerce websites. Last year, the total value of online purchases Swiss consumers made abroad was worth 1.3 billion Swiss Francs, which corresponds to 1.22 billion e... |
| Sep 26, 2016 | Swiss public back law expanding surveillance powers | In the wake of the 2013 Snowden revelations about mass surveillance programs some startups with concerns about overreaching government requests for user data settled on Switzerland as a base for their business — owing to what they dubbed fa... |
| Jul 19, 2016 | Startupticker-Presseschau: Von Science Fiction bis zum Start-up-Multimillionär | |
| Dec 15, 2015 | Scrona: A new product and Kickstarter campaign | Scrona: A new product and Kickstarter campaign 15.12.2015 00:00, Lara Rossi linkedIn facebook twitter instagram youtube -->
µPeek - The Professional Microscope that Fits in Your Wallet.
The Swiss ETH spin-off company Scrona released a ca... |
| Nov 3, 2015 | Morten Lund, Marcel Salathé: Swiss start-up environment lagging behind | |
| Oct 14, 2015 | Swiss Startups Awards: Finalisten bekannt | |
| Sep 22, 2015 | H&M will launch online store in Switzerland | Fashion retailer H&M will soon launch an online store in Switzerland. It’s not officially announced yet, but all the indications are that the Swedish company will open its Swiss online store in just a few days. In the physical stores th... |
| Feb 27, 2015 | SwissGames: The Success Story starts in San Francisco | |
| Feb 13, 2015 | Game Developers Conference honours two Swiss games | |
| Oct 22, 2014 | STARTUPS.CH Award 2014: Jetzt entscheidet das Publikum | |
| May 15, 2014 | Improving the financing environment for start-ups | |
| Dec 27, 2013 | „Innovation bedeutet immer auch schöpferische Zerstörung“ | |
| Nov 7, 2013 | Newspapers, business magazines, radio and TV stations impressed by Swiss start-ups | |
| Oct 17, 2013 | Neil Rimer advises start-ups to minimise seed money | |
| Oct 10, 2013 | Everybody’s talking about the sharing economy | |
| Sep 13, 2013 | NetGuardians caused a stir in Africa | |
| Aug 9, 2013 | Swiss start-up scene makes the headlines | |
| Jul 11, 2013 | Background information about Housetrip, Getyourguide and others | |
| May 19, 2013 | RapidShare Fires 75% of its Staff After “Rogue Site” Revamp Bites | After its launch in 2004, RapidShare’s speedy growth saw the company become one the largest file-hosting sites on the Internet.
However, like all sites of this nature, RapidShare became popular with those looking to store copyright-infringi... |
| May 8, 2013 | The start-up press review | |
| Mar 4, 2013 | Swiss Nurse Posts Corpse Photos on Facebook | Every week, it seems like somebody is making the news for forgetting that Facebook is a public forum and that people can actually see the things they post. A lot of the time, this lesson is learned in the form of a questionable photo that e... |
| Jan 31, 2013 | Zeitungen entdecken Schweizer Start-ups | Die Einstellung gegenüber Firmengründern zeigt sich nicht zuletzt in der Berichterstattung etablierter Medien. In den letzten Jahren hatte die Schweiz in diesem Punkt wenig zu bieten. Doch momentan scheint sich der Wind gedreht zu haben. Di... |
| Nov 29, 2012 | Excellent! Apple Nails Future Wireless Charging System
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Apple's exciting new invention will provide a system and method for utilizing wireless near field magnetic resonance (NFMR) power transmission in a computing environment.
The Virtual Chargin... |
| Sep 24, 2012 | First Elected Pirate Party Mayor to Rule Swiss Town | Founded in 2006, the Pirate Party movement has scored a number of victories over the years.
The biggest success came in 2009 when the party gained two seats at the European Parliament. During the last year this was followed by dozens more s... |
| Aug 8, 2012 | The most successful Swiss entrepreneur in Silicon Valley | Alain Chuard grew up in Berne and left Switzerland in the age of 20. For some years he lived in New Zealand where he started his first company together with Victoria Ransom: Access Travel, Ltd., a leading brand in instructional adventure tr... |
| Feb 16, 2012 | Google Patent Reveals Future Unlock Features for Android Devices
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Computing devices, such as smartphones or desktop computers, often have a security measure that prevents accidental and/or unauthorized access. The locking of a device may simply be aimed at preventing casual... |
| May 16, 2011 | Doodle sees "partial exit" as Swiss publisher Tamedia buys 49% stake | Swiss publisher Tamedia has acquired a 49% stake in Doodle, the Zurich-based online service that enables users to schedule meetings and appointments.
Described as a “partial exit” by Doodle CEO Michael Näf, the deal also sees German VC firm... |
| Sep 25, 2010 | New Apple iPad Designs Surface with Landscape Docking & More
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Update May 29, 2012: News.com Australia reports that a picture of one of the original iPad prototype's recently surfaced on eBay. The unit uniquely sported a landscape connector as o... |
| Aug 23, 2010 | The Mother Lode: Welcome to the iMac Touch
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While touch-based input is well suited to many applications, conventional styles of input, such as a mouse/keyboard input may be preferred in other applications. Therefore it may be desirable for some devices ... |
| Mar 29, 2009 | Pirate Bay Torrents Spread Via Facebook | With the recent trial out of the way, it seems The Pirate Bay team have had more time for development of the site. Just last week they announced the addition of personal RSS feeds. This week we revealed that they will also offer a new IPRED... |
| Feb 12, 2008 | ShareReactor Admin Found Guilty of ‘Commercial’ Copyright Infringement | With an estimated 250,000 members and around 7 million page impressions a month, ShareReactor was one of the world’s most popular eD2K link sites. Similar in operation to sites that host .torrent files, eD2K (eDOnkey) link sites carry no co... |
| DOJ files war crime charges, Russia reasserts its influence as Putin meets allies in Middle East | This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. |
| Ukraine signals a shift toward defense as analysts ask whether ‘failed counteroffensive’ is over | This was CNBC’s live blog tracking developments on the war in Ukraine. |
| Tesla Model X windshield gets hit by a full truck wheel – spectacular freak accident without injury | Have you ever wondered what would happen if a giant object would hit the Tesla Model X’s massive panoramic windshield?
We now have the answer.
The Model X’s “Big Sky” panoramic windshield is a signature feature of Tesla’s electric SUV due t... |
| Tesla Model S owner walks away uninjured from severe frontal crash with a BMW in a tunnel [Gallery] | Late last night, a Tesla Model S was involved in an serious frontal accident with BMW in a tunnel in Switzerland. Unfortunately, the BMW driver was injured and had to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance – though 20 minuten (German) rep... |
| ‘New customs law hinders Swiss parcel delivery’ | The customs legislation in Switzerland is undergoing a major overhaul. The legislative amendment, approved by the National Council, could have significant implications for parcel delivery in Switzerland. Critics anticipate that it will beco... |
