OECD report Immigrant schoolchildren in Switzerland perform well
This content was published on March 19, 2018 The study focused on 15-16-year-olds in secondary schools around the world. (Keystone) A new report shows that immigrant teens in Swiss […]
Safe but not free: A life in limbo for Switzerland’s F permit holders
This content was published on March 16, 2018 Danial Nurzei is doing everything to avoid claiming welfare. (SRF) “Living in Switzerland with an F permit is like living in […]
Shake-up: New management appointed to run Geneva mosque
This content was published on March 8, 2018 A view inside the Geneva mosque in Petit-Saconnex (Keystone) Switzerland’s largest mosque, which has been embroiled in various controversies, has a new […]
Switzerland votes overwhelmingly to keep its public broadcaster
Source: The Guardian Agence France-Presse Debate focused on media’s role in fostering national unity in a country that has four official languages Swiss federal councillor Doris Leuthard, the head of […]
Swiss government: Pope Francis to visit Geneva this summer
Source: Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss government spokesman says Pope Francis will visit Geneva in June. Federal Council spokesman Andre Simonazzi says details of the June 21 visit […]
Operation Papyrus: A new life for 1,000 illegal immigrants in Geneva
By Patricia Islas and Simon Bradley This content was published on February 28, 2018 Around 70% of undocumented migrants regularised under Geneva’s Papyrus scheme are female domestic workers(Getty Images) […]
Tougher regulations: Is adoption in Switzerland on its way out?
By Sibilla Bondolfi This content was published on February 21, 2018 This child was adopted – the photo comes from guardianship authority files from the City of Bern Archives (Peter Klaunzer/Keystone) The boom days of adopting children from abroad are over – nowadays hardly anyone is adopting in Switzerland. There […]
True Talk: I wear a headscarf but I am not a terrorist!
//tp.srgssr.ch/p/swi/embed?urn=urn:swi:video:43574578 Feb 22, 2018 – “True Talk” puts people in front of the camera who are fighting prejudice. They answer questions that nobody would normally dare to ask directly. This week, we speak […]
Opinion: What can the Swiss teach the US about guns?
By Erin Zimmerman This content was published on February 23, 2018 Switzerland has a high rate of gun ownership, but lower shooting incidents. (Keystone) In the wake of the […]
New info portal : Swiss students, politicians work towards university access for refugees
By Veronica DeVore This content was published on February 22, 2018 Farida Nosha, pictured, is a refugee from Ukraine who now studies at Switzerland’s University of Fribourg. The Swiss […]
Amnesty annual report: Switzerland called on to improve treatment of asylum seekers
This content was published on February 22, 2018 Amnesty International has been a global human rights watchdog for almost 60 years. (Keystone) The forced separation of asylum-seeker […]
Inside Geneva: Aid agencies in the eye of the storm
By Imogen Foulkes This content was published on February 19, 2018 In Geneva, many UN aid agencies use UK-based Oxfam – recently embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal – as […]
Swiss museum dedicated to ‘last witch in Europe’ handed one million-franc donation
The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 14 February 2018 witchcrafthistoryanna goeldi Burning of three witches in Baden, Switzerland (1585), by Johann Jakob Wick. A recently-opened museum dedicated to Swiss woman Anna Göldi, often referred to as Europe’s last witch, has received an anonymous donation of one million francs from someone described […]
Opinion: The future of universities in a digital era
By Lino Guzzella and Gerd Folkers This content was published on February 15, 2018 A replica of the St Gallen Globe in the St Gallen Abbey Library(Keystone) point of […]
Switzerland: A way out Growing number of people sign up for assisted suicide
By Jo Fahy This content was published on February 14, 2018 The barbiturate Pentobarbital is taken at home by people who wish to die (Keystone) Every year, thousands of […]
Slippery wicket: Cricket on ice keeps Switzerland on Indian tourist radar
This content was published on February 9, 2018 Players need to wrap up in thermals, gloves and hats and have footwear with a good grip to stop them […]
Impact Bonds : Switzerland: a hub for innovative social financing
By Anand Chandrasekhar in Zurich This content was published on February 6, 2018 The UBS Optimus Foundation invested in a DIB to help girls attend school in rural India […]
Myanmar exodus : Switzerland to provide extra CHF12 million for displaced Rohingya
This content was published on February 5, 2018 Billboards in Dhaka welcome the Swiss president who is on a four-day state visit to Bangladesh (Keystone) President Alain Berset has announced […]
global training: Switzerland pledges extra funds for education in developing world
This content was published on February 3, 2018 4:06 PMFeb 3, 2018 – 16:06 Knowledge is power: a classroom in the Philippines. (Keystone) Switzerland has announced it is stepping […]
Religion in Switzerland: Non-believers make up a quarter of Swiss population
This content was published on January 31, 2018 The proportion of Protestants declined the most of all religious groups (Keystone) According to data released by the Federal Statistical Office […]