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网页The Geneva minimum wage will be raised from the 1st January next year. Work can give you cancer. In a rather unusual move, the City of Geneva has placed information panels about the proposed pedestrian bridge that would be built near the Mont-Blanc bridge. The plan to give under 25s free public transport in Geneva from next year is now going ...
Pensioners flee Switzerland - WRS
网页2024年4月23日 · More and more pensioners are deciding to live outside Switzerland as this county is just too expensive – especially for healthcare. Figures from the Federal Statistics Office show that around 195,000 people over the age of 65 live abroad.
Support for pension reforms soften - WRS
网页2024年2月23日 · Support for a 13th month pension payment seems to be collapsing. When the initiative was launched, there was strong backing - but that’s now weakening according to a new poll by the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation.
Lukashenko hitman to be judged by Swiss court - WRS
网页2023年9月18日 · Yuri Harauski, a former member of a hit squad under Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, goes on trial this week in a Swiss regional court. He’s accused of having participated in the kidnapping and murder of three opposition figures in 1999. Crimes that he has since then confessed. The trial is being held in Switzerland because Harauski is ...
Mexican bakery has to change name in Switzerland - WRS
网页2024年5月22日 · (c) Bimbo QSR. A large Mexican based wholesale bakery has to change its name if it wants to operate in Switzerland. Bimbo QSR was banned from registering its name with the Federal Institute of Intellectual Property in 2018.
EU warns of problems for Switzerland - WRS - worldradio.ch
网页2021年5月27日 · The European Union is warning the failure of the Framework Agreement talks will put some sectors of the Swiss economy under strain almost immediately.
Limited effect of Vaccination Week in Geneva - WRS
网页2021年11月15日 · (c) m3 Group. The impact of National Vaccination Week in Geneva has been limited – but not completely unsuccessful. The cantonal Director of Health, Adrian Bron, says while there wasn’t a significant rise in the number of people wanting to be jabbed – the steady decline has been arrested.
Govt discusses unpopular power options - WRS
网页2022年8月15日 · The government is looking at all options to make sure the lights stay on over the winter - including taking gas destined for Italy. This is not going down well in Rome.
Possible quarantine to return for unvaccinated returning to …
网页2021年9月9日 · The Federal Council announced yesterday that they are considering ways to update measures for unvaccinated people arriving in Switzerland. They are looking at two possible options.
Concern for an undocumented migrant in Geneva - WRS
网页2023年11月8日 · UN experts are worried about the situation of an undocumented Filipino woman in Geneva who is threatened with deportation after lodging a complaint of abuse.