Dozens more jobs to be cut in Switzerland; Court upholds the exclusion of cross-border students from Geneva schools; plus other news in our Thursday roundup.
Dozens more jobs to be cut in Switzerland
An industrial company IHI Bernex AG announced on Wednesday that it would eliminate most posts at its Olten (Solothurn) site, relocating 35 of 42 jobs to the Netherlands.
The company would not comment on the reasons for the relocation of its production abroad.
It is the latest in a series of Switzerland-based companies that will lay off employees this year.
READ MORE: All the job cuts announced in Switzerland for 2026
Court upholds the exclusion of cross-border students from Geneva schools
The Constitutional Chamber of the Geneva Court of Justice has ruled in favour of the canton in the case concerning the exclusion of cross-border students from the canton’s schools.
It rejected 112 appeals filed by students residing in France who wished to attend school in Geneva.
In June 2025, the Geneva State Council adopted regulatory amendments to limit attendance at public schools from primary to upper secondary levels to children residing in the canton.
The Constitutional Chamber considers that the canton acted legally by implementing the principle of schooling based on the place of residence.
Those who do not live in Switzerland “cannot claim the right to receive free education there,” it said.
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Fare evasion is soaring on public transport in Switzerland
The number of passengers caught riding without a ticket continues to rise.
While the one-million mark had been crossed for the first time in 2024, last year 1,173,295 passengers were found without a valid ticket, according to the SwissPass Alliance.
To explain this growing trend, the association’s spokesperson Michaela Ruoss cited more frequent checks being carried out on public transportation.
The financial toll on public transport companies: approximately 200 million francs in 2025.
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Air ticket prices in Switzerland have increased by 57 percent in five years
This is what emerges from a joint analysis carried out by Comparis consumer platform and KOF Economic Institute.
And no reversal is on the horizon: airfares are unlikely to fall substantially or sustainably anytime soon, according to Michael Kuhn, a travel expert at Comparis.
Though he believes that prices might drop slightly in the coming months, overall they will remain “significantly higher than their pre-pandemic levels,” he said.
READ MORE: SWISS airline to scrap super-cheap ticket fares for short-haul flights
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