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• SBB reports increase in incidents

  Staff on Switzerland's rail network face around ten incidents of abuse or threat every working day, with insults, racist comments and physical attacks all on the rise since the pandemic

• Households feeling the financial strain

  Even middle-class Swiss households say they are struggling to make ends meet, with 89% of Swiss now tracking spending every month

• Conference underway in Geneva

  The Building Bridges conference has opened in Geneva, bringing finance houses, NGOs, companies and academics together for three days on climate and sustainability

• More student violence in France

  Police fired tear gas yesterday at student demonstrators outside Lycée Monge in Chambéry, as the lycée protests that shut Haute-Savoie schools last week spread into neighbouring Savoie

• Health insurance premiums only rising

  Swiss basic health premiums could pass CHF 1,000.- a month within 15 years if the current rate of increase holds

• Borrowing costs increase

  Switzerland is being pulled into a global surge in borrowing costs