woman wearing blue burka and sunglasses Supporters and opponents of a burka ban in Switzerland are running neck-and-neck, a new opinion poll has found. Keystone/Niels Wenstedt Support for a proposed […]
The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 16 February 2021 ‘Golden visas’: How multi-millionaires are ‘buying’ Swiss residency permits Wealthy Chinese like to move to Switzerland. Photo by AFP A little-known article of […]
With borders closed and global travel constrained, trade will help us find a way out of the pandemic argues new WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. This content was published on February […]
Woman in black burka sitting in public transport The number of women in Switzerland wearing a burka or a niqab in public is estimated at 30, but supporters of the […]
Novartis launched a new strategy in sub-Saharan Africa in 2019. Sales people will no longer be incentivised by sales targets but rather by patients reached. Reuters / Baz Ratner Swiss pharma firm Novartis has said it wants everyone in the world to be able to access its products, even multi-million-dollar […]
Play Video The Swiss are known for their multilingualism. The proportion of polyglots has increased slightly since 2014, according to a new report from the Federal Statistical Office. https://play.swissinfo.ch/play/tv/redirect/detail/46318274 This […]
Jean-Luc Addor Keystone / Valentin Flauraud Switzerland could follow in the footsteps of France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Bulgaria by banning women from wearing the burka or niqab in public […]
Jonathan Luxmoore | Catholic News Service Jan 28, 2021 • Switzerland’s Catholic Church has joined other religious groups in opposing a proposed ban on Muslim head coverings, arguing it would […]
The Norwegian diplomat has been tasked with bringing all parties together to draft a new Syrian charter that could pave the way for UN-sponsored elections. Keystone / Martial Trezzini The […]
Switzerland had no colonies – yet some Swiss worked hand in hand with the colonial powers and profited from their seizure of land and resources on other continents. This content was published on August 14, 2020 – David Eugster (Text), Corinna Staffe (Illustration) Around 1800, learned European men were likely […]
Source: Swiss Info Swiss-Turkish comedian Semih Yavsaner talks to SWI swissinfo.ch about his best-known satirical character Müslüm, “ethnic humour” and its limits. Yavsaner is a Bern-based artist whose cabaret act includes elements of stand-up, song, dance and improvisation. He is not the only Swiss comedian who uses immigration as an […]
Palm oil plantation Indonesia is the world’s leading palm oil producer and the south-east Asian country is considered also a lucrative market for imports and investors from Europe. Rony Muharrman/Keystone […]
Referendum on writing a burqa ban into the constitution is planned for March 7 Swiss government said ban would be pointless because few wear a full covering France and Denmark […]
Source: Swiss Info A proposed ban on burkas and other face covering in Switzerland is supported mainly by the political right but also partly by liberal feminists on the left. […]
Aga Khan Award The Aga Khan selects Her Excellency Shaikha Mai as an award member at its 15th session January 19, 2021 The Aga Khan Award for Architecture announced the […]
Is the international order capable of meeting the enormous challenges facing states and societies around the world? We look at the four main challenges facing International Geneva. This content was […]
The founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF), Klaus Schwab, has complained about a “conspiracy theory” surrounding his book “Covid-19: The Great Reset”. Published: January 22, 2021, 8:08 am “Anyone […]
Federal asylum centres must do more to protect asylum seekers from violence and improve training for security personnel, says a government advisory group. During monitoring visits in 2019 and 2020, the National Commission for the Prevention of Torture (NCPT) repeatedly found that conflict was part of everyday life in eight […]
The function of a protein is determined by its 3D shape. Laguna Design/Science Photo Library The rapid development of two highly effective Covid-19 vaccines was made possible through AI technology […]
Zürich Mahmud-Moschee kann weiterbestehen Das Stadtzürcher Parlament hat den Baurechtsvertrag für die älteste Moschee der Schweiz verlängert. Dagegen war einzig die SVP, weil dieser Verein damit «übermässig subventioniert» werde. The […]
