Religious conversions: Are Swiss-funded Christian NGOs unwelcome in India?
By Anand Chandrasekhar This content was published on January 28, 2018 Hundreds of Christians protested in Delhi when a Catholic church was set on fire in 2014 just after […]
We don’t have Plan B for Mideast peace at this stage — King Abdullah of Jordan
By JT – Jan 25,2018 – JORDAN TIMES His Majesty King Abdulah talks to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria during a WEF session in Davos on Thursday (Photo courtesy of Royal Court) […]
WEF 2018: Fringe players aim to upstage Trump in Davos
By Matthew Allen in Davos This content was published on January 22, 2018 WEF hopes to solve some of the problems facing the world, rather than simply rearranging the chairs […]
In graphics : Who makes up the in-crowd at WEF?
By Marguerite Meyer and Kai Reusser in depth: WEF Davos 2018 This content was published on January 24, 2018 The issues discussed at the World Economic Forum may seem to reflect the topics of our time, but a closer look at the guest list shows that little has changed. The average […]
Peter Maurer: Hacking and cyber warfare are top humanitarian concerns
By Matthew Allen, Carlo Pisani in depth: WEF Davos 2018 https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43847744&locale=en Embed code This content was published on January 24, 2018 11:00 AMJan 24, 2018 – 11:00 The mounting threat of […]
Protesters break through security in Davos to march against Trump and WEF
Police estimate that 2,000 protesters demonstrated in Zurich and hundreds marched in public squares in Geneva, Lausanne and Fribourg. Flag-waving demonstrators carried anti-globalist and environmentalist placards such as, “No Trump, […]
Davos 2018: five things you need to know about the WEF today
Jan 24, 2018 Emmanuel Macron, Angela Merkel and Paolo Gentiloni among speakers Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images The Swiss resort of Davos The second day of the World Economic Forum […]
Peter Maurer: ICRC chief outlines humanitarian challenges for 2018 at WEF
By Matthew Allen, Carlo Pisani This content was published on January 23, 2018 Urban warfare will continue to pose problems for humanitarian groups in 2018 (Keystone) Peter Maurer, […]
The list of Davos attendees for 2018
Source: Quartz By David Yanofsky January 22, 2018 The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, begins on Jan. 23. While the full roster of attendees was closely guarded […]
What’s World Economic Forum and why does Davos matter?
by David Child Al Jazeera Klaus Schwab created the European Management Forum, which later became the WEF, in 1971 [Markus Schreiber/AP] The four-day 2018 World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting begins […]
Davos 2018: what you need to know about Switzerland’s biggest business bash
The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 18 January 2018 davosbusinesswef File photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) will see the rich and famous flying in […]
Trump calls the tune at Davos party
By GIDEON RACHMAN January 22, 2018 The WEF meeting in the Swiss mountain resort and the idea of elite-driven globalisation is much more contested than it was a decade ago(Keystone) When […]
This Country Is Making It Illegal to Boil Live Lobsters
Source: Time By JENNIFER CALFAS January 16, 2018 Boiling lobsters alive — a common practice for cooks transforming the popular crustaceans into a meal — will soon be illegal in Switzerland. The […]
religious odyssey: Gallus and the Irish monks: grandfathers of European culture?
By Domhnall O’Sullivan This content was published on January 14, 2018 11:00 AMJan 14, 2018 – 11:00 A section of the cathedral’s dome showing Gallus taming a […]
Tama’s Tales: The radio course that helps refugees find work
in depth: Asylum in Switzerland https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43794798&locale=en Embed code This content was published on January 11, 2018 5:00 PMJan 11, 2018 – 17:00 Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. This week she visits the ‘Klipp und Klang’ radio school. The students, who are refugees, conduct radio […]
Islam in Switzerland: Three-quarters of Swiss back a burka ban
Source: Swiss Info A nationwide ban on face-coverings – a de facto burka ban – would currently get the thumbs-up from 76% of Swiss voters, according to a poll […]
flown home: Switzerland sent back 287 foreigners on special flights in 2017
By swissinfo.ch and agencies This content was published on January 7, 2018 The total cost of chartering the flights came to almost CHF4 million.In 2017, the Swiss state carried out […]
Naturalisation questions: Becoming Swiss: ‘Where do I sign?’
By Thomas Stephens This content was published on January 4, 2018 (Keystone) Swiss citizenship is highly sought after – and correspondingly hard to get. After changes introduced on January […]
Switzerland: New laws: Legal changes come into force in 2018
This content was published on January 1, 2018 The rules overseeing Swiss citizenship are being made more uniform across Switzerland, but are also becoming tougher (Keystone) From January 1, […]
Continuing conflicts: Is there hope for diplomacy in 2018?
By Imogen Foulkes December 29, 2017 UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura arrives for another round of peace talks in Geneva, December 13, 2017. (Keystone) “One year ago I […]