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English businesses would benefit from a Swiss-style apprenticeship system that starts earlier and lasts longer, a report authored by Swiss experts has found. But not all English businesses agree that apprenticeships are a good thing. Apprenticeships are a key part of the United Kingdom’s government’s plans to improve technical skills among young people and to ensure the country can meet labour market needs post-Brexit. Reforms include a new employer levy (see infobox), and the target is to create three million more apprenticeships by 2020. Читать дальше...

Almost every article published by swissinfo.ch contains a percentage, an age, an amount of money or some other figure. Here’s a round-up of the most interesting statistics to appear in the past week’s stories. Monday 1,231 The number of seconds it took for the head of the Böögg, a stuffed snowman, to explode in Zurich. The 20 minutes and 31 seconds (a relatively long time) traditionally means a poor summer.  Tuesday 52 The Montreux Jazz Festival will take placed for the 52nd time from June 29 to July 14. Читать дальше...

Not being able to tell a spanner from a hammer is no longer an excuse to throw something away when it breaks: a repair café could be the answer to your problems.

Relations between Switzerland and the United States have improved under the Trump administration, Finance Minister Ueli Maurer told Swiss public radio, SRF, on Saturday. Maurer is heading a Swiss delegation, together with Economics Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann and Thomas Jordan, Chairman of the Swiss National Bank, which is attending the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group spring meetings in Washington from April 20-22. Maurer, a member of the conservative right Swiss People's Party... Читать дальше...

Researchers in Switzerland have developed an implant that can detect common types of cancer in the body and act as an early warning system by causing a small mole to form on skin.  A team from Zurich’s Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ) have developed a prototype implant which can be inserted under the skin. It contains a network of cells which constantly monitor calcium levels in the body. Cancer can cause calcium levels to rise in the body. The implant detects when a threshold is exceeded and triggers the production of melanin... Читать дальше...

A new book, capturing Switzerland through the lens of German photographer Andreas Herzau, gives an insight into how the country’s northern neighbour views the Alpine nation. It’s been a few years since I met up with my fellow photographer Andreas Herzau for a beer in Bern’s old town. He was telling me about his new project; the idea was still very fresh and, at the time, there were yet only a few pictures he could show me. But the intention was clear: to create a portrait of Switzerland from an extremely personal perspective. Читать дальше...