Hot dogs: Zurich police suggest dogs wear shoes
This content was published on July 31, 2018 The summer heat turns asphalt into a paw-burning torture. (Zurich City Police) Police in Zurich have launched a campaign to encourage […]
UN mediation: Yemeni peace talks to be held in Geneva
This content was published on August 4, 2018 Yemeni government forces take position in the port town of Hodeida, July 30, 2018. (Keystone) The Yemeni government and rebel opposition Houthis […]
Swiss migrants have greater faith in state institutions than native born citizens
Figures contradict belief that migrants keep their distance from Switzerland Damien McElroy August 1, 2018 The view over Lake Geneva and the Jet d’Eau. Courtesy Beau-Rivage A survey of Swiss attitudes to […]
Crescent and Swiss Cross: 1st August Swiss National Day Celebration in Mahmud Mosque, Zurich
The reputable Swiss Newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung brought a good report on the Swiss National Day Celebration at the Mahmud Mosque in Zurich on 1st August 2018. Besides […]
Mourning has broken : How Queen Victoria transformed the Swiss tourism industry
By Thomas Stephens This content was published on July 21, 2018 Part of the poster for the Queen Victoria exhibition at Lucerne History Museum (Lucerne History Museum) Exactly 150 […]
Switzerland: Religious profiling: Muslim umbrella group warns against stigmatisation of Islam
This content was published on July 17, 2018 “Islam in its diversity is increasingly being reduced to problematic elements such as terror and radicalisation,” federation spokesperson Gemperli said. (Keystone) […]
Switzerland: Migration: Court rules in favour of ‘well-integrated’ foreigner
This content was published on July 20, 2018 The Swiss federal court in Lausanne (Keystone) An Argentinian man who has lived in Switzerland for ten years is allowed to […]
The intriguing history of the ‘Black Madonna’
Source: BBC News By Alastair Sooke 19 July 2018 Most people coming face to face for the first time with Dutch artist Maerten van Heemskerck’s 16th-Century oil painting of the […]
‘Sensational discovery’ 2,000-year-old papyrus medical mystery solved
This content was published on July 16, 2018 The papyrus contains a previously unknown medical text from late antiquity, describing a condition called “hysterical apnoea”(Hasselblad H5D/ University of Basel) Scientists […]
Expat life: Why do Swiss people move abroad?
By Thomas Stephens This content was published on July 10, 2018 Around one in seven Swiss expats is an ‘explorer’, who finds it easy to settle down in their new […]
Politician offers kids 2,000 Swiss sausages after outcry over pork-free school picnic
The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 6 July 2018 Switzerland’s finest Cervelat. Photo: Popo le Chien – CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Right-wing politician Andrea Glarner has offered to donate 2,000 Cervelat […]
Somali mother first to be sentenced under new law in Switzerland for genital mutilation of daughters
Alex Macbeth alex.macbeth@thelocal.com @alexmacbethtoc 16 July 2018 A court in Neuchâtel last week found a Somali mother guilty of submitting her two daughters to female genital mutilation in a landmark […]
Syrian nightmare: Detained Islamic State woman and child seek return to Switzerland
This content was published on July 14, 2018 The Swiss Muslim woman being interviewed by SRF at the Kurdish camp in northeast Syria. (SRF-SWI) A Swiss Muslim woman, captured […]
Limit drinking: Swiss experts recommend lower alcohol intake
Jul 11, 2018 – A standard glass refers to the quantity of beer, wine or schnapps normally served in a restaurant. (Keystone) Men should drink no more than two glasses […]
Double trouble; Xhaka tackles Swiss football official over dual national controversy
This content was published on July 8, 2018 Granit Xhaka says he is disappointed and angry about comments by Swiss football federation general secretary Alex Miescher suggesting players should drop […]
Switzerland: Anti-Semitism: Protection of Jewish and Muslim minorities to be strengthened
This content was published on July 4, 2018 The Jewish community has expressed concern about the security situation at synagogues in Switzerland. (Keystone) The government plans to earmark CHF500,000 […]
Man in Iran: ‘Iranians crave European culture’
By Jessica Pfister and Werner De Schepper, Schweizer Illustrierte This content was published on July 2, 2018 Philippe Welti, former Swiss ambassador to Iran (Joseph Kakshouri / Schweizer Illustrierte) […]
Citizenship: More than one in five Swiss has dual nationality
This content was published on July 1, 2018 Italy leads the way in second nationality followed by France, Germany and Turkey. (Keystone) Since 2010, the number of Swiss citizens possessing another country’s passport has increased by 40%. According to the NZZ am Sonntag paper, a total of 916,000 Swiss citizens […]
Integration : What asylum seekers learn about life, work and love in Switzerland
By May Elmahdi This content was published on June 29, 2018 An asylum seeker learns German in his temporary accommodation(Keystone) Integrating into Swiss society and understanding its unique culture, […]
Inside Geneva : Who’s in charge in today’s wars?
By Imogen Foulkes This content was published on June 25, 2018 It is key for humanitarian organisations to be able to talk to ‘non-state’ armed groups to try to […]