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Zenith watchmaker cuts around 100 jobs

Jobs

Zenith watchmaker cuts around 100 jobs

Can US citizens vote from abroad?

Partner Content

Can US citizens vote from abroad?

Today in Switzerland: A roundup of the latest news on Friday

Today in Switzerland

Today in Switzerland: A roundup of the latest news on Friday

Further job cuts are announced in Switzerland; a 250,000-tonne block of glacier ice threatens collapse into a village below; plus other news in our roundup this Friday.

Food delivery company Just Eat to cut hundreds of jobs in Switzerland

Economy

Food delivery company Just Eat to cut hundreds of jobs in Switzerland

Double surnames to be allowed in Switzerland again

Family

Double surnames to be allowed in Switzerland again

How much could skilled employees earn in Switzerland in 2027?

Jobs

How much could skilled employees earn in Switzerland in 2027?

LISTED: The companies in Switzerland that are cutting jobs in 2026 and 2027

Jobs

LISTED: The companies in Switzerland that are cutting jobs in 2026 and 2027

Why learning a Swiss language strictly 'by the book' may not help your career

Working in Switzerland

Why learning a Swiss language strictly 'by the book' may not help your career

What's on in Switzerland: 10 events not to miss in November 2026

Culture

What's on in Switzerland: 10 events not to miss in November 2026

Swiss and Edelweiss airlines to boost flights to France and Florida

Travel news

Swiss and Edelweiss airlines to boost flights to France and Florida

Living in Switzerland

The most essential pieces of paperwork you’ll need in Switzerland

Living in Switzerland

The most essential pieces of paperwork you’ll need in Switzerland

Everything that changes about life in Switzerland in November 2026

Breaking

Everything that changes about life in Switzerland in November 2026

MEPs urge EU ministers to act and bring an end to seasonal clock changes

European Union 2

MEPs urge EU ministers to act and bring an end to seasonal clock changes

Firewood and fertility treatment: Swiss village offers perks to attract new residents

Living in Switzerland

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Firewood and fertility treatment: Swiss village offers perks to attract new residents

Working in Switzerland

Are public administration jobs in Switzerland open to foreigners?

Working in Switzerland

Are public administration jobs in Switzerland open to foreigners?

Work permits: The ways foreigners in Switzerland can lose their jobs

Work permits

Work permits: The ways foreigners in Switzerland can lose their jobs

Trades people and technicians: The in-demand workers in Switzerland this autumn

Working in Switzerland

Trades people and technicians: The in-demand workers in Switzerland this autumn

How can I move to Switzerland as a self-employed person?

Reader questions

How can I move to Switzerland as a self-employed person?

Swiss Citizenship

How you can boost your chances of obtaining Swiss citizenship

Swiss citizenship

How you can boost your chances of obtaining Swiss citizenship

The essential guide to voting from abroad as a US citizen

Partner Content 2

The essential guide to voting from abroad as a US citizen

Do you need a lawyer to help get a Swiss work permit or citizenship?

Work permits

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Do you need a lawyer to help get a Swiss work permit or citizenship?

Can I become a Swiss citizen if I haven't attended integration courses?

Swiss citizenship

Can I become a Swiss citizen if I haven't attended integration courses?

Swiss companies should pay immigration tax on foreign works, boss says

Immigration

Swiss companies should pay immigration tax on foreign works, boss says

How Switzerland's language rules for residency can depend on your job

Residency permits

How Switzerland's language rules for residency can depend on your job

Six things you'll never see in Switzerland but are common elsewhere

Living in Switzerland

Six things you'll never see in Switzerland but are common elsewhere

Switzerland to introduce a new biometric ID card on November 2nd

Digital ID

Switzerland to introduce a new biometric ID card on November 2nd