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GENEVA, June 13, 2024 (AFP) – Switzerland government websites were hit Thursday by the first of an expected wave of cyberattacks ahead of a weekend summit on peace in Ukraine hosted by Bern. The National Cyber Security Centre said the distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, which make websites or network resources unavailable by flooding them with malicious traffic, resulted in minor outages. “A first DDoS attack on various federal government websites and organisations involved in the […]
ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) – Swiss mechanical and electrical engineering firms suggested on Tuesday shifting work to nights and weekends to avoid energy shortages at peak times, as part of measures to ensure the Alpine country’s economy makes it through the winter. Switzerland, like other European countries, is staring down possible energy shortages this coming winter as Russia has lowered natural gas deliveries over the Western response to its invasion of Ukraine. While the country exports […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Researchers said Thursday they had begun collecting blood samples and interviewing people across Switzerland to determine what proportion of the population has antibodies to the novel coronavirus, and their level of immunity. The new research programme, called “Corona Immunitas”, said in a statement that over the next six months it would collect epidemiological data on immunity to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19. The deadly disease has so far killed nearly […]
(Eagle News) – The Sandiganbayan’s Fifth division has found former First Lady Imelda Marcos guilty of seven of 10 counts of graft filed in the court for her alleged financial interests and management of several foundations in Switzerland from 1978 to 1984. Marcos, who is also the incumbent Ilocos Norte Representative Imelda Marcos, was sentenced to a prison term of six to 11 years for each count, or a total of 42 to 77 years […]
by Nina LARSON GENEVA , Switzerland (AFP) — Swiss voters will head to the polls on Sunday to decide whether or not to speed up the process of phasing out the country’s nuclear power plants. Switzerland has already vowed to do so but a “yes” vote would force three of its five reactors to close next year. Just a few months after Japan’s Fukushima nuclear plant was wrecked in the March 2011 tsunami disaster, Switzerland […]
In recent years, Swiss luxury watch industry experienced double digit growth. But these times, such growth may now be ending.
