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In the news today: a “war frenzy” row, electricity vs nature conservation, the cost of bad business at Credit Suisse and discuss Swiss neutrality with us.

The architect of the latest extension of the Swiss art musem Kunsthaus Zurich has won the Pritzker Prize.

Why increase the density of cities with office buildings? An analysis of the current debate in Switzerland.

By Farah Master HONG KONG (Reuters) - Free college education and equal rights for unmarried women are among proposals being urged by members of China’s top political advisory body to boost the countrys birth rate after its population fell last year for the first time in six decades. The proposals come ahead of the upcoming Chinese Peoples Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which kicks off on March 4. The once-a-year gathering mostly overlaps with the National Peoples Congress (NPC), wh...

A national research program investigating Big Data’s role in society has reinforced calls to update regulation to ensure responsible use of the technology.

Some 400 Zurich to New York return flights’ worth of CO2 was released into the atmosphere as a result of two large storms.

A study finds a clear link between media consumption and political participation.

The whole future of money is up for debate. Who prints it, who controls it, who technically owns it and how it is transacted around the world.

EPFL researchers have developed a bio-composite that is unprecedently strong, light, and environmentally friendly.

A tenth wolf pack is newly identified in southeastern Swiss canton of Graubünden.