Europe Switzerland After the downturn due to the pandemic, the earnings of CEOs of Swiss companies are now on the rise, with bonuses rising most significantly in 2021; according to an AWPLink analysis, the average pay rose about 15% year-on-year
Europe Switzerland Just Eat Takeaway.com is experimenting robotic deliveries, starting from Oerlikon area in Zurich; automatons from RIVR, a spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, will be able to adapt to their surroundings, avoiding obstacles
Europe Switzerland The number of catfish caught in Switzerland has increased tenfold in 20 years, as warmer watercourses encourage these predators to reproduce and grow more in size: of the thousands of yearly catches, those above 2m meters are regularly hooked
Europe Switzerland The suicide rate among older people in Switzerland has reached record levels, the main reason being euthanasia, while the suicide rate among younger population has fallen around 30% in the past two decades
Europe Switzerland Swiss running shoe company On has opened its first production site for the innovative Lightspray shoe: the fully automated robotic process makes a shoe ready in three minutes; equal output with a standard process would require 300 people