Fighting the pandemic has been expensive. The latest figures show the country is CHF 12.2bn in the red. That’s twice as much as budgeted.
CHF 14bn was spent on Covid measures, including compensation for reduced working hours, hardship cases and loss of earnings allowances.
But last year was still just under a billion francs less expensive than 2020.
The government says there should be no further extraordinary costs and the budget should return to normal next year – with CHF 600,000 surplus.
Court rules against Geneva car tax
Geneva car owners may be getting a rebate after a court ruling.
Temps breach 36
The country’s heatwave has intensified, with temperatures topping 36 for the first time this year.
Heat hitting crops already
Farmers are bracing for the heatwave peak, probably tomorrow.
Vaud leaves school closure decisions to heads
Canton Vaud has set out exactly what schools should do as the heatwave peaks midweek, leaving the final call to each headteacher.
New group urges restrictions on screens for under 15s
A new movement launched in French-speaking Switzerland is urging families to delay children's access to screens and smartphones.
Thousands of fake work permits in circulation
Switzerland's border-security agency is sounding the alarm over a sharp rise in forged work permits used by non-EU nationals to get jobs.
