Glimpses into the life of a Global Nomad, Part Three
A look into the life of Rafiq A. Tschannen, Associate Chief Editor of the Muslim Times. (moving from Switzerland to France and then on to Pakistan) Part Two ended with […]
Glimpses into the life of a Global Nomad, Part Two
(Continuation of Glimpses into the life of Rafiq A. Tschannen, your Associate Chief Editor of The Muslim Times) After 6 years of Primary School and 2 years of Secondary School […]
Glimpses into the life of a Global Nomad, Part One
A look into the life of Rafiq A. Tschannen, your Associate Chief Editor of The Muslim Times. From time to time, listening to where I have lived and whom I […]
Switzerland: Exaggerated …
Daniel Foppa Ressortleiter Inland @DFoppa14.08.2017 (Possible prohibition of the importation of Halal and Kosher Meat into Switzerland) (Halal and Kosher slaughter is already prohibited) When the National Council adopted the motion to ban imports of animal-induced products in June, the emotions were high in Romandy: (French speaking Switzerland) […]
UNDER INVESTIGATION: Priest urges nations to improve migrant rescues
By Luigi Jorio AUGUST 11, 2017 Mussie Zerai is often on the telephone helping migrants (Keystone) An Eritrean Catholic priest living in Switzerland says his efforts to save migrants’ lives show the need for nations to rescue more people trying to reach Europe through the Mediterranean. Nominated […]
Switzerland: TREASURE TROVE: Bronze Age tombs unearthed during car park construction
AUGUST 11, 2017 3:22 PMAUG 11, 2017 – 15:22 The burial site has unearthed yet more treasures (SBMA – ARIA SA) Workers digging the foundations for a new car park have unearthed the burial site of a Bronze Age warrior, revealing a rich source of artefacts including a sword, jewellery […]
Switzerland: AN’NUR: Controversial imam charged with inciting violence
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 11, 2017 Public prosecutors have called for an 18-month suspended prison sentence for an imam at a mosque in the northeastern city of Winterthur, who is suspected of inciting violence. The Zurich prosecutor’s office announced on Friday that it also wanted the […]
Lack of support
Aug 10,2017 – JORDAN TIMES EDITORIAL The resignation of veteran war crimes investigator Carla Del Ponte from the UN’s Independent Commission of Inquiry on Syria is a serious setback for efforts […]
THE POETESS: Swiss burka ban challenged at Locarno Festival
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON AUGUST 9, 2017 In the documentary The Poetess, Hissa Hilal always wears a niqab.(pardo.ch) The screening of a documentary film in Locarno about a Saudi poetess criticising patriarchal Arab society became embroiled in polemics when the woman featured in the film, The Poetess, covered […]
Five injured in Swiss chainsaw attack
Source: ET GENEVA: A man armed with a chainsaw injured at least five people in an attack in a Swiss town on Monday, local media reported. The Blick news site said police, ambulances and a helicopter had rushed to the scene in Schaffhausen and had sealed off the area. Witnesses, including a […]
NATURALISATION: A Moldovan becomes Swiss
By Julie Hunt JULY 16, 2017 You have to be very patient if you want to become Swiss, or so says Valentin Cazacu, from Moldova. You must be resident in Switzerland for 12 years before you can apply, and it took him four years to complete the naturalisation process. […]
SWISS DIPLOMACY: Saudi Arabia and Iran weighing mediation offer
Amid enduring tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, Switzerland is poised to introduce an alternative path for turning down the heat between the two adversaries and their proxy wars that have been aggravating both regional and international conflicts. Swiss Economic Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann indicated during an interview published on […]
Missing Swiss couple found frozen in Alps after 75 years
Source: CNN A Swiss couple who disappeared from their farm in the Alps during World War II have finally been found, 75 years later, mummified in a glacier. Marceline and Francine Dumoulin went missing on August 15, 1942, after leaving to milk their cows in a meadow near their home. […]
PROBLEM SOLVING : The designers making life better at an asylum centre
By Carlo Pisani http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43323830&locale=en EMBED CODE JUL 14, 2017 Find and execute a design concept that solves a concrete problem, with minimal resources, in one month, inside a transit centre for asylum seekers. That’s the challenge facing students at the Zurich University of the Arts. (Carlo Pisani, swissinfo.ch) […]
Switzerland ranked third best country to be an immigrant (except for social life, that is third last may be)
The Local news@thelocal.ch 11 July 2017 Photo: Swiss Tourism/Per Kasch Switzerland has been named among the top three best countries to be an immigrant in a ranking by US News & World Report. Part of the organization’s Best Countries survey – in which Switzerland came top overall – the ‘Best […]
International marriages dominate in Switzerland
The Local news@thelocal.ch 10 July 2017 File photo: maximka87/Depositphotos Fewer than half the weddings that took place in Switzerland last year were between two native Swiss people. According to recent figures published by the Swiss statistics office, in only 47 percent of weddings held in 2016 were both partners Swiss. […]
BANKING JOBS: What it takes to succeed in the new world of Swiss banking
By Matthew Allen JULY 14, 2017 (Keystone) The threat of cyber attacks like WannaCry and Petya are creating lucrative opportunities for specialists looking to work in the financial sector. Top candidates for a job as a cyber security expert can “easily” command salaries of CHF1 million ($1 […]
ALPINE IBEX: In the thrall of the mountain king
By Susan Misicka and Julie Hunt http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:42430316&locale=en (click on the link for video!) MARCH 15, 2017 – Once extinct in Switzerland, the […]
DUAL-USE GOODS: Swiss block sale over concern about Pakistani nuclear programme
By John HeilprinJ JUL 10, 2017 – Pakistan-made missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads to different ranges (Keystone) Swiss government officials say they denied an export permit to a domestic manufacturer because of indications that its products would have supported the production of Pakistani nuclear weapons. The decision […]
MIGRANT CHALLENGES: Switzerland prepares for a wave of migration
By Luigi Jorio JUL 3, 2017 – 10:39 In the first six months of this year, 85,000 refugees from North Africa arrived in Italy.(Keystone) Switzerland is strengthening the police […]
