George Mills news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 22 February 2019 File photo: Depositphotos The Swiss government said this week it would not lend its support to plans to strike a ‘blasphemy’ clause from […]
THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON MARCH 1, 2019 There have been frequent demonstrations against Swiss asylum policy like this one in Bern in December 2018. (Keystone) New rules […]
By Marc-André Miserez THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 25, 2019 A classroom in the province of Idlib in Syria.(Anas Alkharboutli/dpa) On the occasion of the publication of a […]
By Daniel Warner THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 25, 2019 A handcuffed Islamic State suspect sits outside his house in a village near Mosul, Iraq, in October 2016 (Keystone) My […]
By Anand Chandrasekhar THIS CONTENT WAS PUBLISHED ON FEBRUARY 14, 2019 The Buddha statue being hoisted into place at the Rietberg museum. (Museum Rietberg/Rainer Wolfsberger) The loan […]
By Imogen Foulkes in Geneva This content was published on February 11, 2019 Last week on the train to Geneva, I heard the tell-tale wail of sirens. That time of […]
By Sibilla Bondolfi This content was published on February 11, 2019 Pakistanis protest the release of Asia Bibi, who was accused of blasphemy against the Prophet Mohammed (EPA/RAHAT DAR) […]
This content was published on February 10, 2019 Geneva voters have lent their support to a hotly debated law on secularism that frames the relationship between the government and religious communities. Among other measures, the legislation bans elected officials from wearing outward signs of religious affiliation. The law, which […]
Feb 8, 2019 Naim Cherni and Nicolas Blancho outside the Federal Criminal Court in Bellinzona in June 2018. (Keystone) The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland has filed an […]
24.01.2019 With posters and an information event in Winterthur, a Muslim reform community wants to promote peaceful Islam. What the Winterthur politician, Blerim Bunjaku, who himself as a Muslim is […]
Jan 28,2019 – JORDAN TIMES – Jawad Anani Davos is a place where leaders of governments and business come together to issue their judgment on the world situation. They butter up […]
By Olivier Pauchard Jan 23, 2019 The Principality of Liechtenstein is marking its tercentenary. But 2019 is also 100 years since its rapprochement with Switzerland. Since 1919, links have been […]
Jan 27, 2019 – Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has unveiled plans to help entrepreneurs in the Middle East to set up businesses. He is asking other countries to contribute […]
The kingdom has sent one of its strongest delegations ever to the Swiss mountain resort and packed its top executives’ agendas with meetings with international peers. DAVOS – If […]
This content was published on January 24, 2019 By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions told Reuters on Thursday […]
By David Wainer Janua World leaders split into three camps over Trump’s vagaries Merkel, Brazil’s Bolsonaro, China’s Wang among Davos attendees Full coverage at bloomberg.com/davos, on Twitter @business and […]
By Dominique Soguel-dit-Picard, Jessica Davis Plüss Jan 21, 2019 – http://www.swissinfo.ch More than 3,000 of the biggest names in business, government, and civil society descend on Davos this week to […]
Don’t talk to strangers – unless they’re Swiss! Indian parents have a unique way of raising their kids which includes making us perform customary dance routines for visiting guests […]
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. […]