The town of Nyon is considering offering loans to businesses hard hit by the coronavirus as cantonal and federal support is being so slow.
Local councilors are asking for a half a million francs to be given to companies in crises.
The city is frustrated with the aid that is supposed to be offered by the canton and from Bern. Many say it’s proving insufficient or the money is taking too long to arrive.
Festive spending will be flat this year
A new Christmas survey suggests festive spending in Switzerland is stagnating for a second year.
Heavy snow coming - in the mountains
We’re facing several days of turbulent weather as a deep Atlantic low moves across Central Europe.
Small retailers urge customers to use cash
Shop keepers in French-speaking Switzerland are pushing back against the rising cost of electronic payments.
Broadcaster to sack 900
The public broadcaster SRG SSR says nearly 900 jobs could disappear by 2029 as part of a major cost-cutting plan.
Lausanne drug area now clear
On the face of it, the new policy at the former drug centre in Lausanne is working, but some fear drug taking has been pushed further underground - and therefore more dangerous – or it’s simply the cold weather.
Tiniest LEDs invented in Zurich
Researchers at ETH Zurich say they’ve built the world’s smallest light-emitting diodes — tiny “nano-OLEDs” so small that a hundred of them could fit across the width of a human cell.
