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😏 Congrats on Your $10B Rounding Error
World’s top wealth hub claims victory by an asterisk
1 Juin 2026
🇨🇭 Swiss Space: No Drama, Just Data
No national champion, just laser-focused hardware and zero slogans.
25 Mai 2026
🏭 The Queue is the Factory
Flipping a Swatch is now a minimum wage gig.
18 Mai 2026
🇨🇭 France Hosts the G7. Switzerland Pays for It.
A masterclass in outsourcing the awkward parts of being a great power.
11 Mai 2026
🎩 Houdini Energy Security
Europe escapes blackmail by making itself...un-blackmailable.
4 Mai 2026
🔨 Geneva Is Destroying Its Streets on Purpose
CHF1.5B of construction hell, approved by 80% of voters, with a payoff date of 2043. This is not normal.
27 Avr 2026
🏔️ Everyone Quit. Switzerland Called a Vote.
The global ESG retreat is real. Switzerland's response is, characteristically, to put it on a ballot.
20 Avr 2026
🏦 VAT’s All, Folks!
A 0.8% VAT hike for defense, and nobody’s happy about it.
13 Avr 2026
🧀 Switzerland Does Boring Better
Swiss startups quietly cash out while nobody’s watching.
6 Avr 2026
🔬 Switzerland Has 26 Labs.
Brussels Has One Opinion. Federalism isn't a quirk. It's a pressure system.
30 Mar 2026
🧠 Eurovision of Eccentricity
The Ig Nobels find new love in Switzerland’s Alps.
23 Mar 2026
🔴 The Phallus Is Not Up For Debate
Sometimes the answer to "should we modernize" is just "no."
16 Mar 2026