By Sibilla Bondolfi Jan 9, 2019 The Swiss government has put out a public tender for a collective health insurance to cover all asylum seekers in its federal asylum centres. […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 10 January 2019 Police in the Swiss city of Schaffhausen have defended their decision to fine a man who used the words “Allahu akbar” in public. […]
Press Reactions Why Trump’s absence could benefit Davos This content was published on January 11, 2019 The US government has already spent millions in Davos If this year’s World […]
AFP news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 27 November 2018 Geneva theology professors Elisabeth Parmentier (L) and Lauriane Savoy pose under the reformation wall in Geneva with a edition of “A Women’s Bible”. Photo: […]
Dec 18, 2018 – 20:48 United States President Donald Trump will attend the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, in January 2019 for the […]
By Simon Bradley Dec 10, 2018 – 11:00 United Nations member states are meeting in Morocco on Monday to formally adopt an international agreement that promises a better, more coordinated […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 5 December 2018 The Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt is to take on the costs of employing security personnel to protect its Jewish institutions. The move will […]
Dec 7, 2018 – 20:57 The pact envisages reducing the pressure on host countries like Uganda, Lebanon, Turkey and Bangladesh. (Keystone) The Swiss Federal Council has approved voting in favour […]
By Luigi Jorio This content was published on December 4, 2018 Over 40°C in the cities, long periods of drought and little snow in winter: in forty years’ […]
Dec 01,2018 -JORDAN TIMES – WALID M. SADI An interesting referendum took place in Switzerland on “sovereignty”. In specific terms, the referendum was about the conflict, if any, between international […]
By Isobel Leybold-Johnson in Bern This content was published on November 20, 2018 At a Swiss event, a top Finnish education official explains why the country’s schools are so good – and what the Finns could learn from Switzerland. Anita Lehikoinen, Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Education […]
25 November 2018, Responding to the emphatic referendum defeat of the so-called ‘initiative for self-determination’, a proposal to put Swiss law above international law, Amnesty International’s Secretary General Kumi Naidoo […]
This content was published on November 21, 2018 The Global Compact for Migration seeks to streamline conditions for an orderly migration across the world. (Keystone) The government has decided it […]
Source: Swiss Info In protest against Pope Francis’s incendiary remarks equating abortion with the hiring of a contract killer, six prominent Swiss women have resigned from the Catholic church. They […]
November 18, 2018 Swiss prosecutor Carla del Ponte gave a scathing critique of the United Nations in an interview published on Sunday. She also took aim at Switzerland’s attorney […]
Nov 15, 2018 – 20:25 Ramadan told the judges that he would stay in France to defend his honour and innocence. (Keystone) The Swiss Islamic scholar charged with raping two […]
By Tony Ganzer, Geraldine Wong Sak Hoi and Leo Shearmur Nov 8, 2018 – 09:00 Getting a job offer is just one step of many towards getting a […]
Nov 6, 2018 – 18:05 An artist’s impression of the Zurich military appeal court and guilty border guard (front left) (© KEYSTONE / LINDA GRAEDEL) A military appeal court […]
By Devendra Shintre, swissinfo.ch student blogger Nov 6, 2018 – 11:05 A common stereotype is that Indian food is always spicy. Unfortunately, I couldn’t refute this one, because […]
By Catherine Waibel Embed code This content was published on November 4, 2018 A visit to a cathedral near Basel reveals how one religious community practises its faith even […]
