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cybersecurity
Reports of scam calls impersonating Swiss police and other authorities have fallen by 75% since the introduction of measures identifying calls from abroad that spoof Swiss numbers. The Federal Office for Cyber Security nevertheless warns that artificial intelligence is enabling increasingly personalised attacks.
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Kühne+Nagel
Klaus-Michael Kühne, the billionaire majority shareholder and long-standing board member of Kühne+Nagel, has died aged 89. He helped turn the family logistics company into a global group and held interests in several major transport and industrial businesses.
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Graubünden
The death toll from a house fire in Thusis, Graubünden, has risen to four after two more bodies were found. Fourteen people escaped the blaze, while prosecutors and police investigate its cause and the circumstances surrounding the deaths.
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pharmaceuticals
A new Swiss debate is emerging over the pharmaceutical industry’s future as US pricing pressure threatens the development and availability of new medicines in Switzerland. Industry representatives warn that weaker framework conditions could reduce the sector’s economic contribution and tax revenues.
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Bondo
Four of five defendants in the Bondo landslide trial have declined to give evidence over the 2017 disaster that killed eight people. The Maloja Regional Court is examining whether the rockslide was foreseeable and whether cantonal and municipal officials, a geologist and others acted negligently.
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Partners Group
Partners Group is exiting its private-credit investment in Taiwanese bubble tea chain Gong cha after Bain Capital acquired the company. The Swiss firm will be fully repaid on financing and its minority equity stake, although the investment returns were not disclosed.
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Lausanne
A Lausanne court is examining responsibility for an accident that nearly killed a Russian figure skater during a 2020 Youth Olympic Games rehearsal. Five defendants, including the skater’s husband and four event managers, face charges of causing grievous bodily harm through negligence.
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privacy
Swiss cities are debating whether to prohibit camera-equipped smart glasses in public swimming pools. Politicians in Wil, Lucerne and Basel say it is increasingly difficult to tell whether swimmers are being photographed, raising privacy and safeguarding concerns.
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Swiss engineering
Swiss precision and electrical engineering firms are showing resilience despite Middle East conflict, US tariffs and supply-chain pressures, Swissmem says. The association describes the recovery as fragile and uneven, with companies cautiously optimistic about foreign orders.
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