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The Federal Office of Public Health FOPH has sent new recommendations to health insurers. Observers are rubbing their eyes at what it says.

Switzerland is so proud of its public road and rail transport and cable cars. But the coronavirus pandemic literally set everything back light years.

Switzerland is rightly praised for its Good Offices and international mediation. But for those at home, it looks like they’re footing the bill. Is that true?

The U.S.A. has introduced additional tariffs on steel and aluminum products. Some states successfully resisted against, but America also gets a little right.

Switzerland wants to establish error cultures in high-security areas to learn from mishaps. But the conditions for doing so create new problems.

Switzerland is trying to save 400 Ruag jobs in Thun. But with the selling of Ruag International’s small-caliber ammunition division to Italians, the federal government is taking an amateurish approach.

In the energy crisis the question often arises whether Switzerland is selling or buying electricity. This can be answered simply, live.

The Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) watches over health insurance companies in the basic insurance. To muula.ch, the authority now makes statements about their solvency.

Swiss officials constantly have to readjust the consumption quantities of butter. Now they are even off by 12 million pieces, and this would not be needed at all.

Unpaid work is an exciting phenomenon. In Switzerland, more people work for free than for pay.

Switzerland transfers more than one million AHV/IV pensions to people living abroad. Some Swiss enjoy their retirement in exotic countries.

The Federal Council of Switzerland has repeatedly granted money that benefits Geneva. The question of alternatives may well be asked.

One of the world’s most important economists, Bruno S. Frey from Basel, has launched an all-out attack. One Swiss fact in particular bothers him – but he presents the solution to muula.ch.

Switzerland pays more than one million AHV/IV pensions abroad every month. The country split shows where Swiss spend their retirement.

Courage has hardly been researched. But now the rector of the University of Basel is speaking out to show more courage in Switzerland.

Swisscom’s communication seems to be aimed only at putting the state-owned company in the best light. An example shows how fatal this is for Switzerland.

It is true that the use of cash is declining. But coins and notes have important properties. Therefore, cash will still be around for a long time.

The Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) will be allowed to significantly increase its electricity prices. However, the entire system for traction current is on edge.

Politicians almost everywhere are trying to override market forces. Yet price shocks are essential for technical and economic innovations.

SVP Federal Councillor Ueli Maurer has taken two important actions shortly before his departure. These should pay off for Switzerland.

Illegal price fixing costs consumers a lot of money. However, obstructing competition is often difficult to detect – but there should now be an end to it.

Every year the Swiss spend the proud sum of around 90 billion Swiss francs on healthcare. Hardly anyone knows for what specifically.

The footballers from Saudi Arabia have surprisingly won the World Cup against Argentina with 2 to 1. However, the joy over this is really about the money.

Switzerland wants to shift freight traffic from the roads to the railways. It is succeeding in this and, looking at EU countries, it is ahead twice.