This year's wet weather has taken its toll on Swiss strawberries.
The strawberry harvest has been 5% lower than in July last year, but now the hot temperatures and a clear return to summer conditions could still make up for some of this decline.
A spokeswoman for Fruit-Union Suisse explained to Keystone that producers are likely to be able to continue to harvest strawberries until the end of September, but only in protected environments and no longer in the open field.
Heavy snow causes chaos
Heavy snowfall across central parts of the country brought chaos, cancelled trains, blocked roads and children building snowmen on the autoroute.
Geneva car tax issue dominates Grand Council
Although it wasn’t on the agenda for last night’s meeting of the Geneva Grand Council, the issue of the new vehicle tax dominated proceedings.
Franc strongest against euro
It’s good news for cross border shopping and frontaliers – the franc has reached its highest level against the Euro.
SRG/SSR faces massive cuts
Are the days numbered for public service broadcasting?
People now back nuclear power
A new survey suggests public opinion towards nuclear power has changed dramatically.
4m e-vignettes sold
Four million people last year chose to forgo the sticky mess of a vignette on their car and bought an electronic one instead.
