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🎩 Houdini Energy Security
Europe escapes blackmail by making itself...un-blackmailable.
4 May 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 Apr 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 Apr 2026
🏦 VAT’s All, Folks!
A 0.8% VAT hike for defense, and nobody’s happy about it.
13 Apr 2026
🧀 Switzerland Does Boring Better
Swiss startups quietly cash out while nobody’s watching.
6 Apr 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
🏔️ The Switzerland Cosplay Is Over
Dubai wanted to be Switzerland. Turns out, Switzerland is still Switzerland.
9 Mar 2026
📚 Geneva Does Tax Time Travel
Early receipts spark familiar budget theater in Bern.
2 Mar 2026
🏔️ The Last Currency Standing
Everyone wants the Swissie. Maybe they should ask themselves why.
23 Feb 2026
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15 Dec 2025