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Switzerland has blocked 13 billion Swiss francs ($14.2 billion) of Russian assets held in the country. This includes more than 7 billion francs in reserves and assets of the Russian central bank. In 2023, Switzerland took additional measures by freezing another 580 million francs in financial assets and private property. These actions were the result […]
The upper house of the Swiss parliament has supported the government’s proposal to transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, France24 reports. More than $8 billion of the Russian central bank is kept in this country. Twenty-one MPs voted in favor of this proposal, 19 were against, and three abstained. The Lower House passed the bill […]
The world’s tallest building printed on a 3D printer will appear in a Swiss village. The white Baroque tower, created by researchers from ETH Zurich, will consist of 102 columns and will be 30 meters high. There are five floors planned, and a performance space will be located at the top. The printing process will […]
At a recent press conference, the Canton of Zurich presented an exciting find – an intact medieval glove dating back to the 14th century. It was discovered during excavations southeast of Kiburg Castle, Switzerland,writes HeritageDaily. Kieburg Castle, also known as Chuigeburch (meaning “cow castle”), is an important historical site. Today, it is one of the […]
Swiss engineers have demonstrated a four-legged mule robot that can carry both a person and equipment on horseback – if they do not exceed 90 kilograms. The robomul, named “Bari,” can accurately maintain balance even with a maximum load thanks to motion control algorithms that are aimed at balancing the robot,told the IEEE Spectrum. What […]
Swiss engineers have tested the technology of controlling a robotic third arm using breathing on 61 volunteers. Responding to the movements of the diaphragm, the robotic arm moved back and forth, and the subjects were able to perform simple tasks, such as pointing to the desired item on the table. In the future, the direction […]
The Swiss Federal Council has rejected an application to sell 96 Leopard 1A5 combat vehicles to the German company Rheinmetall. These combat vehicles were to be exported to Ukraine, writes the Swiss publicationSRF. The Swiss defense manufacturer Ruag bought these tanks in Italy in 2016 with the intention of reselling them either as combat vehicles […]
The startup Sun-Ways received permission from the Swiss Federal Office of Transport and began installing solar panels in the gaps between the tracks of the Buttes railway station. Interestingly, Sun-Ways is not the first company to deploy solar panels on railroad tracks. The Italian renewable energy company Greenrail and the British technology company Bankset Energy […]
Switzerland hosts one of the largest military exercises in 30 years This was reported by Reuters. During the military exercises, the Swiss military repelled an attack by a fictional enemy. In total, four thousand soldiers took part in the exercises, which took place in four states for nine days. The exercise comes at a time […]
In the 1980s, Switzerland purchased Rapier air defense systems. Almost 50 years later, it was decided to dispose of them. Switzerland began decommissioning Rapier in 2022, although the air defense systems were modernized in 2007. A total of 60 air defense systems will be disposed of in four stages. The first batch has already been […]