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Commercial flights between Cuba and the United States, interrupted in the sixties, will resume today. "The resumption of regular flights is a positive step and a contribution to the process of improving relations between the two countries," said the Cuban Vice Minister of Transport, Eduardo Rodriguez. The first direct flight, operated by the US airline JetBlue, will take off from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, headed the Cuban city of Santa Clara.

Uber is acting in Switzerland as a regular employer and then can not escape the main obligations, in particular the payment of social security contributions: the analysis was made by Professor Kurt Pärli Basel and is the first assessment of law in this matter, executives Unia declared at a press conference this morning in Bern.

Uber, it was recalled, refuses to acknowledge his "taxi drivers" as ordinary wage earners inventing a fictitious independence system, while even the Suva has compared the company to a normal employer.

The American giant online sales Amazon tries to erase the controversy over the quality of the treatment of its employees and launched the trial of a 30-hour work week, from 40 as a rule, reserved for the moment to teams of a few dozen temporary workers full.

The based-company Neuchâtel watchmaking Zenith , the historic luxury brand, aims to close three of its eleven stores worldwide, including the only one in Switzerland, in Geneva. The store will cease next week, indicated the manager confirming a report published today by Le Temps. The three employees affected by the closure of the Geneva shop have found a work place in the group, as reported.

By 2017 two more closures will occur; at the time the company has not yet announced because its employees have not been informed. The restructuring will not touch any case Japan, Hong Kong and China.

The climate of consumption is still improved in Switzerland in June, for the third consecutive month: the UBS index rose 1.34 points, compared with 1.24 points in May, the highest level since June 2015.

According to UBS economists, the progression is mainly due to the favorable development of tourism and to a slight improvement in retail trade. The situation on the labor market remains tight, however, a factor affecting consumer confidence.

The U.K. government approved the expansion of London City Airport, a project held up by former Mayor Boris Johnson, as new Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond said on Wednesday.

The 344-million pound ($450 million) plan include an extended terminal, a new aircraft taxiway and upgraded public transport links, creating more than 2,000 jobs. It’s estimated this will almost double the number of passengers to six million a year by 2023.

According to Alfred de Zayas, TTIP, Tisa and Ceta, trade agreements under negotiation or coming to ratification are tainted by "without democratic legitimacy" negotiations and contain aspects that deny "the raison d’être" of the nation and the enterprise.

The Cuban author, currently professor of international law at the School of Diplomacy and International Relations in Geneva (Switzerland), also holds the positions of the Independent Expert for the promotion of fair and democratic international order of the United Nations.

The shadow of Brexit stretches out on the global growth forecasts made by the International Monetary Fund, that according to the World Economic Outlook, has cut estimates on the world GDP in 2016 and 2017, respectively 3.1% and 3.4 %, compared to 3.2% and 3.5% indicated last April.

"The result of the vote in the UK, which has surprised the financial markets, implies the materialization of an important downside risk to the world economy. As a result – the report says – the global outlook for 2016-2017 It worsened, despite the better than expected performance. "