All flights between Switzerland and Berlin on Swiss International Air Lines were cancelled on Monday as ground staff at Berlin’s two airports went on strike.
Flights between Switzerland and Munich on national carrier Swiss will be cancelled on Wednesday due to a strike by ground staff at six German airports.
Swiss federal railways (SBB) is warning passengers to expect delays and cancellations to France-bound services over the next few days due to a mass rail strike by French rail workers.
The canton of Geneva has bought a period of peace for several months with government workers who have gone on strike for seven days over planned budget cuts since the beginning of November.
Striking civil servants in the canton of Geneva vowed another day of protest on Wednesday after walking out en masse on Tuesday to voice their discontent with government plans to cut staff and lengthen working hours.
Nudity, sex, money and high-profile break-ups made the headlines in Switzerland this year according to internet search engine Google, which has named the country’s top ten scandals for 2014.
Some 20,000 teachers, police, hospital workers and other civil servants gathered in Bern on Saturday to protest against austerity measures and demand better working conditions and salary increases, unions said.
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Over a thousand high school students went on strike and marched to the centre of Bern </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Tuesday </span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">to protest against Switzerland's nuclear energy policy, even though local police had not granted permission for the demonstration.</span></p>
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