The “prestigious” Zurich-based daily newspaper Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ) announced Tuesday that it will be laying off tens of employees as a response to the economic difficulties hitting the advertising industry, AFP reported Tuesday.

The job cuts at the German-language newspaper will be mainly “natural” and will include NZZ workers who intend to retire. The title said that the layoffs cannot be avoided.

All of the publication's sectors will be affected, according to the AFP in an article posted by Le Monde.

NZZ Chief Albert P. Stäheli said that “some tens” of jobs will be eliminated out of about 600.