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Swiss salaries: high, stable, yet not enough for many: How far does almost CHF7,000 ($7,850) go in Switzerland? New statistics make the median salary sound ...
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Swiss salaries: high, stable, yet not enough for many
Quick Glance: Swiss Salaries: High, Stable, Yet Insufficient for Many
  • Median salaries in Switzerland are rising but not keeping up with growing costs.

  • Stability in salary differences between top, middle, and low earners.

  • Gender pay gap is slowly narrowing, but women are overrepresented in low-income sectors.

  • Despite high salaries, money disappears fast due to high living costs in Switzerland.
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How far does almost CHF7,000 ($7,850) get you in Switzerland? 💰 New statistics have revealed that median salaries in the Alpine country are still rising ... Show more
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Direct payments to farms: Confederation pays over one million in some cases: Farmers are demanding better pay. Now new figures show: There are more and more ...
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Direct payments to farms: Confederation pays over one million in some ...
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Wage protection Switzerland - EU: Federal Council on trade union accusation: The Federal Council has "broken the rules", says the trade union federation ...
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Wage protection Switzerland - EU: Federal Council on trade union ...
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Explainer: Will the India-EFTA pact be a ‘game-changer’?: A look at the key details behind the recent India-EFTA free trade agreement.
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Explainer: Will the India-EFTA pact be a ‘game-changer’?
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Bielefeld boxing professional Ilyas Can Kali has big plans: Welterweight Ilyas Can Kali wants to “collect” more international titles
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Bielefeld boxing professional Ilyas Can Kali has big plans
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Sarah Liegmann is WBF world champion: Sarah Liegmann is world flyweight boxing champion. After 18 world titles in the youth and junior divisions ...
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Sarah Liegmann is WBF world champion
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Quick Glance: India Strengthens Trade Relations with Europe
  • India signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with four European countries to boost investments and create new jobs.

  • The agreement provides significant benefits such as tariff reductions, improved market access, and streamlined customs procedures.

  • The ratification of the agreement by the EFTA states is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

  • The TEPA is projected to enhance trade in various sectors, contributing to an increase in the current trade volume.
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EU Competition Chief Margrethe Vestager At SXSW – “We Care About Safety In Physical Products, We Have Not Cared Enough” About Digital Risks
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EU Competition Chief Margrethe Vestager At SXSW – “We Care About Safety In ...
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Debate about shortened maximum parking times in resident parking areas: An hour to go to the doctor or eat? The CDU, FDP and BLW/ULW/BIG do not think this makes ...
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Debate about shortened maximum parking times in resident parking areas
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Switzerland implements new sanctions against Russia: Switzerland has imposed further sanctions against Russia in response to the ongoing military aggression ...
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Switzerland implements new sanctions against Russia
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Swiss couples with children: men do twice as much paid work as women: Men still do most of the paid work in Swiss households with children, while women are ...
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Swiss couples with children: men do twice as much paid work as women
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Switzerland cracks down on Russian sanctions evasion: Switzerland's State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) said it had launched an investigative task ...
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Switzerland cracks down on Russian sanctions evasion
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Swiss weapons exports plunge as neutral stance hurts trade: Swiss weapons exports fell by more than a quarter last year, the government said on Tuesday ...
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Swiss weapons exports plunge as neutral stance hurts trade
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Record: 98,851 people immigrated to Switzerland to work in 2023: The bottom line is that more people have immigrated to Switzerland in the past few years than ...
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Record: 98,851 people immigrated to Switzerland to work in 2023
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Is the Swiss weapons industry in danger of misfiring?: Swiss weapons manufacturers sound alarm as global exports slump.
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Is the Swiss weapons industry in danger of misfiring?
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Switzerland's competition commission has reportedly called for an in-depth investigation into UBS's dominant position since its rescue of Credit Suisse last ... Show more
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Global trade: Switzerland and over 120 countries want to facilitate investment: Switzerland has joined more than 120 countries at a WTO meeting in Abu Dhabi in ...
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Global trade: Switzerland and over 120 countries want to facilitate ...
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Switzerland Today: Thursday's briefing: Swiss president under pressure, tourism boosts and a tipping problem.
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Switzerland Today
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Swiss prosecutors reportedly probing Russia sanctions breaches: Two Swiss-based commodity firms are alleged to have bypassed the sanctions via subsidiaries ...
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Swiss prosecutors reportedly probing Russia sanctions breaches
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Apple Fined $1.95B in Europe for Impeding Cheaper Music Streaming Options: According to the European Commission, Apple's rules mean rivals such as Spotify can't ...
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Apple Fined $1.95B in Europe for Impeding Cheaper Music Streaming Options
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“You won’t live to see the last round”: Brisk tones before WBF boxing match in Hildesheim
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“You won’t live to see the last round”: Brisk tones before WBF boxing ...
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Today in Switzerland: A roundup of the latest news on Friday: Swiss MP wants schools to offer shooting lessons; deputies urge the government to develop a ...
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Today in Switzerland: A roundup of the latest news on Friday
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UAE delegation in Switzerland to boost bilateral trade relations: RIYADH: A high-level UAE delegation to Switzerland, led by the minister of state for foreign ...
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UAE delegation in Switzerland to boost bilateral trade relations
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How much Swissness is in On shoes? Dispute over the Swiss cross.: On's running shoes are made in Vietnam. Nevertheless, they are given a Swiss cross abroad ...
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How much Swissness is in On shoes? Dispute over the Swiss cross.
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Basel - Switzerland is not an island of growth: The Swiss economy felt the effects of the international economic slowdown in the fourth quarter and only grew ...
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Basel - Switzerland is not an island of growth
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The cities of Bern and Zurich are making decommissioned but still fully operational streetcars available to Ukraine. 🚋🚋🚋 The State Secretariat for Economic ... Show more
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Swiss components in North Korean missiles: Federal government initiates investigation - but is silent on the details - Zofinger Tagblatt
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Swiss components in North Korean missiles: Federal government initiates ...
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Spain to fine Booking nearly €500M for elbowing out smaller firms: The parent company of Amsterdam-based Booking.com faces a record fine from Spain’s antitrust ...
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Spain to fine Booking nearly €500M for elbowing out smaller firms
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EFTA updates free trade agreement with Chile: Switzerland, a member of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), hopes the revised deal will boost the ...
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EFTA updates free trade agreement with Chile
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Swiss economics minister in India for final push on EFTA trade agreement: Switzerland and India have agreed on the broad outlines of the EFTA-India trade ...
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Swiss economics minister in India for final push on EFTA trade agreement
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Swiss statistics system rated good by Eurostat, but challenges remain: The European Statistics Code of Practice is well applied in Switzerland ...
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Swiss statistics system rated good by Eurostat, but challenges remain
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Today in Switzerland: A roundup of the latest news on Friday: French train strike continues to impact Switzerland this weekend; Swiss consumers are more ...
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Today in Switzerland: A roundup of the latest news on Friday
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Massive price increases at Homegate and Immoscout24: Now the price monitor is investigating - Zofinger Tagblatt
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Massive price increases at Homegate and Immoscout24: Now the price monitor ...
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Swiss officialdom squeezed by high-priced Davos hotel rooms: The price of hotel room prices in Davos during the World Economic Forum (WEF) exceeds what is ...
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Swiss officialdom squeezed by high-priced Davos hotel rooms
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Free trade: Resistance is forming against the China agreement: Switzerland and China want to expand their free trade agreement. This time, however ...
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Free trade: Resistance is forming against the China agreement
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Association founded for more living space - Freiburger Nachrichten: The association “We live here” was founded in Murten. His goal: to create more affordable ...
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Association founded for more living space - Freiburger Nachrichten
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Freiburg farmers are taking advantage of the wave of protests - Freiburger Nachrichten
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Freiburg farmers are taking advantage of the wave of protests - Freiburger ...
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Swiss jobless rate hits twenty-year low: all good news?: Switzerland, like the EU, has notched up its lowest jobless rate in decades. But other economic ...
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Swiss jobless rate hits twenty-year low: all good news?
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Unemployment in the euro area drops to 6.4%: The latest data from Eurostat shows unemployment rates are getting slightly better in the euro area and the wider EU ...
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Unemployment in the euro area drops to 6.4%
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Swiss unemployment rate at lowest level since 2001: Unemployment in Switzerland increased slightly in December. However, it is still at a low level.
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Swiss unemployment rate at lowest level since 2001
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Dual-use R&D options, France’s influencer law EU alignment: Welcome to Euractiv’s Tech Brief, your weekly update on all things digital in the EU ...
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Dual-use R&D options, France’s influencer law EU alignment
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Banks shift to monthly fees: Greek banks are now promoting fixed monthly charges instead of ad hoc fees per transaction, under the burden of fines from the ...
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Banks shift to monthly fees
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Boxing: Master chimney sweep fights his way to the top of the world: Marko Gnech wins the boxing belt as WBF light heavyweight world champion and looks after a ...
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Boxing: Master chimney sweep fights his way to the top of the world
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Switzerland abolishes tariffs on industrial product imports: Switzerland has scrapped import duties on industrial products in a bid to lower costs for consumers ...
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Switzerland abolishes tariffs on industrial product imports
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Short-time work: Trumpf and Bystronic lack orders: The well-known machine manufacturers Trumpf and Bystronic are forced to rely on short-time work due to a lack ...
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Short-time work: Trumpf and Bystronic lack orders
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What lies ahead for Switzerland: the economic outlook for 2024: SWI swissinfo.ch journalists select the major developments that await the Swiss economy in 2024.
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What lies ahead for Switzerland: the economic outlook for 2024
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Reference interest rate rises again: rents may become even more expensive from April 2024
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Reference interest rate rises again: rents may become even more expensive ...
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Is Switzerland becoming the ‘burn-out nation’?: Studies show an upswing in burn-out symptoms in the Swiss population. Is pressure of work the reason? Experts see ...
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Is Switzerland becoming the ‘burn-out nation’?
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Russian assets seized by Switzerland rises slightly: Switzerland has frozen an estimated CHF7.7 billion in financial assets belonging to Russians ...
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Russian assets seized by Switzerland rises slightly
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Just came into force: Switzerland is abolishing tariffs on important goods: In order to relieve the burden on its consumers and companies plagued by inflation ...
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Just came into force: Switzerland is abolishing tariffs on important goods
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Cost of baby formula is steep: Parents in Greece pay for baby formula up to three times as much as in other European countries.
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Cost of baby formula is steep
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Kawerau missing man Matthew Weko: Police appeal to public for information: Police want the public’s help to find missing Kawerau man Matthew Weko, 74 ...
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Kawerau missing man Matthew Weko: Police appeal to public for information
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How the Swiss economy is faring: the third-quarter check-up: Here are some of the highlights of the Swiss economy in the third quarter of 2023 ...
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How the Swiss economy is faring: the third-quarter check-up
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The National Council's Legal Affairs Committee is currently looking at rents. Rents have been rising for years, with the Federal Housing Office (BWO) ... Show more
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Pick n Pay ripe for M&A deal, say analysts: While several listed and private businesses in South Africa make a great value proposition for investors looking to ...
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Pick n Pay ripe for M&A deal, say analysts
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Golden cages and rising rates: headaches for the Swiss rental market: In Switzerland, like in many wealthy countries, rents are only heading in one direction ...
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Golden cages and rising rates: headaches for the Swiss rental market
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The Pilsner tastes even better: Here you will find the latest news from politics, business, sport and culture as well as all relevant information from the region ...
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The Pilsner tastes even better
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Switzerland announces $13 million in winter aid for Ukraine: Swiss support includes contributions to the UN's Ukraine Humanitarian Fund winter aid programme ...
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Switzerland announces $13 million in winter aid for Ukraine
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What is Switzerland's plan to allow some shops to open on Sundays?: The debate over shops opening on a Sunday in Switzerland has been rumbling on for years ...
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What is Switzerland's plan to allow some shops to open on Sundays?
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What changes in Switzerland in January 2024?: From a new president to new laws that will go into effect in Switzerland, this is what you can expect in the ...
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What changes in Switzerland in January 2024?
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Of hockey sticks, blue bananas, lies and permanent cows: The Jungfrau Zeitung platform is a publishing platform in Switzerland. The Jungfrau Zeitung gives the ...
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Of hockey sticks, blue bananas, lies and permanent cows
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Call for closer monitoring: Swiss government urged to oversee sanctions: Senate Audit Commission demands tighter oversight on economic sanctions ...
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Call for closer monitoring: Swiss government urged to oversee sanctions
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Russia’s killer drones still boast Swiss components. How come? : Ukrainian government documents show that Swiss components made in 2023 are still embedded in ...
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Russia’s killer drones still boast Swiss components. How come?