The Local Switzerland 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 Why Annecy is the 'best place to live in France' (and Switzerland) The beautiful Alpine city of Annecy is already known to many as a stunning place to visit, but now a two year-study of quality of life indicators reveal that it is also the best place in France to live. It's no surprise that so many Swiss workers choose to live there too. https://www.thelocal.ch/20200120/why-annecy-is-the-best-place-in-france-and-switzerland-to-live Mon, 20 Jan 2020 15:31:46 +0100 why-annecy-is-the-best-place-in-france-and-switzerland-to-live Record number of foreign workers commute to Switzerland from abroad Over 325,000 foreign “day workers” have jobs in Switzerland. Who are they and why do they cross the border each day? https://www.thelocal.ch/20191118/increasing-number-of-foreigners-commute-to-work-in-switzerland-each-day Mon, 18 Nov 2019 12:42:30 +0100 increasing-number-of-foreigners-commute-to-work-in-switzerland-each-day French town clamps down on undeclared Swiss cross-border workers The French commune of Saint-Julien-en-Genevois has started a new campaign to encourage unregistered cross-border workers – or frontaliers – to declare their status. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170519/french-town-clamps-down-on-undeclared-swiss-cross-border-workers Fri, 19 May 2017 12:20:18 +0200 french-town-clamps-down-on-undeclared-swiss-cross-border-workers Cross-border workers in Switzerland rise by a quarter in five years The number of cross-border workers commuting to Switzerland for jobs has risen by more than a quarter since 2011, new figures show. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170224/cross-border-workers-in-switzerland-rise-by-a-quarter-in-five-years Fri, 24 Feb 2017 12:48:42 +0100 cross-border-workers-in-switzerland-rise-by-a-quarter-in-five-years Ticino job market study angers local politicians There is no evidence that cross-border workers in the canton of Ticino are damaging the job market for Swiss workers, according to a new study, a conclusion which has angered local politicians and unions. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151023/ticino-job-market-study-angers-locals Fri, 23 Oct 2015 13:09:27 +0200 ticino-job-market-study-angers-locals Growth of foreign cross-border workers slows The number of foreigners working in Switzerland but living in neighbouring European countries continued to grow in 2014 but at a slower rate than in previous years, government figures released on Monday show. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150323/growth-of-foreign-workers-living-abroad-slows Mon, 23 Mar 2015 13:10:47 +0100 growth-of-foreign-workers-living-abroad-slows Geneva to aid France on ‘false’ Swiss residents The canton of Geneva has promised to help neighbouring regions of France that are losing an estimated 40 million euros a year in tax revenue due to “false residents” of Switzerland who actually live in French municipalities while working in the Swiss canton. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141214/geneva-to-help-france-track-false-swiss-residents Sun, 14 Dec 2014 23:26:00 +0100 geneva-to-help-france-track-false-swiss-residents Swiss customers react to 1kg meat import limit Butchers in Italian border towns have seen a 25 to 30 percent reduction in trade after a Swiss law limiting the importation of meat to one kilogramme came into force on July 1st. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140729/swiss-customers-react-to-meat-import-limits Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:36:00 +0200 swiss-customers-react-to-meat-import-limits Minister urges tax hikes for Italian frontaliers Switzerland needs to change its agreement with Italy over the taxation of cross-border workers to make it less appealing for them to work in the canton of Ticino, Swiss Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf says. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140507/finance-minister-urges-tax-hikes-for-italian-frontaliers Thu, 08 May 2014 01:02:00 +0200 finance-minister-urges-tax-hikes-for-italian-frontaliers Cross-border workers soar in Lake Geneva area The number of “frontaliers”, people working in Switzerland who live in a neighbouring country, more than doubled in the Lake Geneva region between 2002 and 2012, a report says. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131115/cross-border-workers-double-in-lake-geneva-region Fri, 15 Nov 2013 11:03:00 +0100 cross-border-workers-double-in-lake-geneva-region Over a third of Geneva workers live elsewhere More than a third of Geneva’s active working population lives outside the canton, with the majority residing in neighbouring France and the rest largely in the canton of Vaud, according to a report issued on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130516/over-a-third-of-geneva-workers-live-elsewhere Fri, 17 May 2013 00:24:00 +0200 over-a-third-of-geneva-workers-live-elsewhere