The United Nations is just six weeks from losing Secretary-General António Guterres, and the Security Council still cannot agree on a successor
Eight candidates remain, five of them women, but anonymous straw polls have so far failed to produce a consensus. I
If no agreement is reached by year-end, the UN may need a caretaker leader — leaving the organisation and thousands of its Geneva-based staff in limbo.
Audit firms could lose work under new Federal Council proposal
Switzerland's big audit firms are pushing back against plans to hand much of their work to the federal financial regulator
Vocational training possible wage increase
Nearly a third of Swiss workers who hold a federal apprenticeship certificate still earn less than CHF 5,000 a month, according to new figures from the Swiss Trade Union Federation
More changes for TARDOC medical tariff
The Federal Council has ordered further changes to Tardoc, the new outpatient medical tariff system that took effect in January
Another increase in cross border workers
Geneva has recorded another rise in cross-border workers, with the latest figures up 3.5% over the past year
Lake crossings in danger for commuters
Daily commuters on the Lausanne–Évian ferry could see crossings cut from mid-December, after elected officials in Évian refused to pay their share of the service
Retiree vote getting closer
Switzerland's retirees could make or break the 29 November vote on raising VAT to fund the 13th AVS pension
