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 pharmaceutical industry has leapfrogged the banking sector to take top place in the Swiss earnings table, newly published data on executive salaries reveals. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181119/swiss-salaries-bankers-no-longer-biggest-earners-wages-switzerland-economy Mon, 19 Nov 2018 11:28:01 +0100 swiss-salaries-bankers-no-longer-biggest-earners-wages-switzerland-economy Swiss bank UBS, banned Uefa boss Michel Platini and the former secretary general of Fifa are among those named in leaked documents as being connected to secret offshore companies. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160404/swiss-banks-and-fifa-figures-tied-to-offshore-activity Mon, 04 Apr 2016 12:21:18 +0200 swiss-banks-and-fifa-figures-tied-to-offshore-activity Basel-based agrichemical giant Syngenta on Friday urged Brussels to withdraw plans to slap a two-year ban on so-called neonicotinoid pesticides, saying blaming them for bee deaths was wrongheaded. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130215/syngenta-rejects-pesticide-bee-death-claims Fri, 15 Feb 2013 13:22:00 +0100 syngenta-rejects-pesticide-bee-death-claims A loosely knit group of independent candidates, including a cross-dressing mechanic, surged Sunday to become Liechtenstein's third-largest party in general elections that dealt a heavy loss to the prime minister's party. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130203/centre-right-liechtenstein-party-gains-power Sun, 03 Feb 2013 23:47:00 +0100 centre-right-liechtenstein-party-gains-power A battle is heating up again over attempts by politicians to pry open Switzerland’s restrictive shopping laws. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121205/new-bid-made-to-extend-shopping-hours Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:18:00 +0100 new-bid-made-to-extend-shopping-hours A legion of Swiss pastry chefs baked their way into the Guinness Book of World Records on Sunday with a chocolate Napoleon more than 1.2 kilometres long, the ATS news agency reported. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121111/geneva-pastry-chefs-break-guiness-record Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:48:00 +0100 geneva-pastry-chefs-break-guiness-record A regional prison inmate in Bern suffering from priapism has failed in a legal bid to win damages for the alleged failure of prison staff to deal with his medical condition in a timely manner. https://www.thelocal.ch/20121015/court-dismisses-prisoners-erection-complaints Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:00:00 +0200 court-dismisses-prisoners-erection-complaints