https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The trade agreement between Brussels and London contains a lot that sounds good to Swiss ears. The bilateral path, however, follows a different logic than the British model, writes the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. https://www.thelocal.ch/20201229/opinion-what-brexit-means-for-switzerland Tue, 29 Dec 2020 12:58:33 +0100 opinion-what-brexit-means-for-switzerland Switzerland's incoming president Guy Parmelin said Sunday the post-Brexit trade agreement between Britain and the European Union was "good news for the whole world". https://www.thelocal.ch/20201228/switzerland-brexit-deal-is-good-news Mon, 28 Dec 2020 12:01:30 +0100 switzerland-brexit-deal-is-good-news Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a bid to slash immigration from the EU, leaving free movement in the heart of Europe intact, and embraced offering paid paternity leave for the first time. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200927/breaking-swiss-voters-refuse-immigration-cuts-embrace-paternity-leave Sun, 27 Sep 2020 20:48:18 +0200 breaking-swiss-voters-refuse-immigration-cuts-embrace-paternity-leave Switzerland will vote on Sunday on whether to end the freedom of movement for EU workers. If it passes what will this actually mean for European immigrants and for Switzerland? https://www.thelocal.ch/20200923/what-happens-if-switzerlands-migration-limitation-vote-is-successful Wed, 23 Sep 2020 19:03:26 +0200 what-happens-if-switzerlands-migration-limitation-vote-is-successful Switzerland has given formal approval to an agreement to protect the residential rights of Brits in Switzerland - and Swiss in the UK. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200909/right-of-residence-for-life-switzerland-comes-to-brexit-agreement Wed, 09 Sep 2020 18:35:20 +0200 right-of-residence-for-life-switzerland-comes-to-brexit-agreement A government report released in 2019 compared the salaries of Swiss employees with those of foreign workers in the country. Here is what you need to know. https://www.thelocal.ch/20191226/this-is-how-much-foreign-workers-earn-in-switzerland-seco Thu, 26 Dec 2019 11:00:00 +0100 this-is-how-much-foreign-workers-earn-in-switzerland-seco It’s been just under a month since the United Kingdom officially left the European Union, but questions remain for many. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200226/frontier-workers-to-the-european-esta-british-embassy-in-switzerland-answers-brexit-questions Wed, 26 Feb 2020 20:11:21 +0100 frontier-workers-to-the-european-esta-british-embassy-in-switzerland-answers-brexit-questions Well over 320,000 cross-border workers commute into Switzerland daily from neighbouring EU countries. Here’s how Brexit on January 31st, 2020 will impact you. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200130/how-will-brexit Thu, 30 Jan 2020 21:37:38 +0100 how-will-brexit Brexit is set to become final on the 31st of January. Here’s what you need to know. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200129/what-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-fridays-brexit-deadline Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:38:45 +0100 what-you-need-to-know-ahead-of-fridays-brexit-deadline The Swiss government on Wednesday unveiled a raft of measures designed to make locally-based workers more attractive to companies in the face of competition from skilled talent from the European Union. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190516/new-measures-aim-to-give-priority-to-swiss-based-workers Thu, 16 May 2019 11:34:18 +0200 new-measures-aim-to-give-priority-to-swiss-based-workers With talks between Switzerland and the European Union over a proposed new institutional framework deal threatening to fail, the Swiss foreign minister is set to announce a rescue plan that involves breaking up the negotiations into smaller pieces. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180903/switzerland-eyes-eu-deal-lite-in-bid-to-rescue-failing-talks-with-brussels Mon, 03 Sep 2018 23:37:28 +0200 switzerland-eyes-eu-deal-lite-in-bid-to-rescue-failing-talks-with-brussels The president of the right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP) confirmed on Wednesday that enough signatures had been collected to force a referendum on the issue of the right of EU citizens to live and work in Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180627/new-svp-anti-immigration-plan-threatens-swiss-eu-talks Wed, 27 Jun 2018 11:51:38 +0200 new-svp-anti-immigration-plan-threatens-swiss-eu-talks Foreigners from the European Union or member countries of the European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) who are seeking a short-term residency permit in Switzerland to look for work will soon have to prove they have sufficient economic means to stay in the country. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150315/expats-face-finance-hurdles-for-short-term-permits Sun, 15 Mar 2015 22:00:54 +0100 expats-face-finance-hurdles-for-short-term-permits The net number of immigrants to Switzerland from the European Union and the European free trade area (EFTA) reached 66,200 last year, an all-time high since the freedom to move accord first took effect between the Swiss and the EU 12 years ago, figures released in Bern on Wednesday show. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140709/report-hails-positive-impact-of-eu-immigrants Wed, 09 Jul 2014 14:37:00 +0200 report-hails-positive-impact-of-eu-immigrants Despite dramatic gains by Euro-sceptic parties, pro-Europeans remain in the majority after the elections to the European Parliament on Sunday, while uncertainties linger about the real outcome of the vote, Swiss media noted on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140526/swiss-react-to-europe-vote-waiting-for-fog-to-lift Mon, 26 May 2014 13:34:00 +0200 swiss-react-to-europe-vote-waiting-for-fog-to-lift Relations between Switzerland and the European Union appeared to brighten on Tuesday when Brussels accepted a proposal from the Swiss over free movement of people with Croatia. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140429/breakthrough-deal-seen-between-bern-and-brussels Wed, 30 Apr 2014 00:12:29 +0200 breakthrough-deal-seen-between-bern-and-brussels Switzerland will begin restricting residence permits to citizens from 17 European Union countries, including the UK, on June 1st. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130516/eu-citizens-face-swiss-residence-quotas Thu, 16 May 2013 13:28:00 +0200 eu-citizens-face-swiss-residence-quotas The Swiss government on Wednesday decided to extend a safeguard clause limiting work permits for certain EU citizens for 12 months and include workers from all the union's 27 nations beginning next month. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130424/swiss-government-restricts-eu-workers Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:54:00 +0200 swiss-government-restricts-eu-workers