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 While Swiss drinking water is generally of high quality, supply to around 2.7 percent of the population does not meet current environmental standards, a new study has found. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190913/around-170000-people-exposed-to-contaminated-drinking-water-in-switzerland Fri, 13 Sep 2019 11:19:03 +0200 around-170000-people-exposed-to-contaminated-drinking-water-in-switzerland Swiss supermarkets have removed eggs from their shelves after millions of the product contaminated with a toxic pesticide were pulled from stores and destroyed in the Netherlands and Germany. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170805/insecticide-egg-scare-widens-to-switzerland Sat, 05 Aug 2017 17:31:53 +0200 insecticide-egg-scare-widens-to-switzerland China's state-owned chemical corporation (ChemChina) said on Tuesday that it had extended its $43 billion offer for Swiss seed giant Syngenta until January 5th, after EU regulators announced they would probe the deal. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161102/china-extends-syngenta-deal-after-eu-opens-investigation Wed, 02 Nov 2016 09:25:57 +0100 china-extends-syngenta-deal-after-eu-opens-investigation A US national security regulator has approved a state-owned China National Chemical Corp.'s planned $43-billion (38 billion-euro) takeover of Swiss pesticide and seed giant Syngenta, the two companies said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160823/us-approves-chinese-mega-deal-with-swiss-company Tue, 23 Aug 2016 10:34:21 +0200 us-approves-chinese-mega-deal-with-swiss-company