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 […]
Swiss cheese and Asian tea: An arranged culinary marriage
By Anand Chandrasekhar This content was published on December 18, 2017 Besides adding an interesting layer of taste, tea also helps digest cheese (swissinfo.ch) Cheese and tea have been around […]
Reliving Lenin’s ride: A revolutionary train journey across wartime Europe
By Thomas Dworzak / Magnum Photos, Jo Fahy (text), Ester Unterfinger (picture editor) Photos showing Lenin’s journey from Switzerland to Russia This content was published on December 16, 2017 A […]
Migration series (Part 5): Switzerland, land of European immigration
By Duc-Quang Nguyen This content was published on December 18, 2017 Switzerland has one of the highest percentages of foreigners in its population, most of whom are Europeans. Has […]
Counter-proposal: Government rejects Swiss ‘burka ban’ initiative
This content was published on December 20, 2017 Women should not be coerced into wearing headgear, says the Swiss government (Keystone) The Swiss Federal Council has proposed an indirect […]
Cocoa kings: The pioneers of Switzerland’s ‘Chocolate Revolution’
By Thomas Stephens This content was published on December 13, 2017 Candy girls: an advert for Suchard chocolate from 1893 (Apic/Getty Images) How did a country without a single homegrown […]
Inside Geneva – Syria: what will it take to make peace?
By Imogen Foulkes This content was published on December 11, 2017 Patient diplomacy: UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura speaks at a meeting with the Syrian Negotiation Commission (SNC) in […]
Humanitarian measure: Switzerland to take refugees from Libyan detention centres
This content was published on December 8, 2017 Detained African migrants at the Abu Salim detention centre in Gasr Garabulli, 60 km east of Tripoli (Keystone) Switzerland has agreed to take […]
Border guard convicted of failing to help pregnant refugee in distress
The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 7 December 2017 A border guard in Switzerland has been convicted of charges relating to the stillbirth of a baby born to a refugee who was sent back to Italy. A military court on Wednesday convicted the guard of causing bodily harm through negligence, attempting […]
Tama’s Tales: Where there’s a will, there’s a way
https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:43710454&locale=en Embed code This content was published on November 30, 2017 5:00 PMNov 30, 2017 – 17:00 (To view video subtitles in English, click on the gear icon and turn captions “on”). Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. This week she talks to Ola, who’s […]
Inside Geneva: Landmine ban: From Utopian vision to global accord
By Imogen Foulkes This content was published on December 3, 2017 An Afghani boy learns to walk again thanks to his prosthesis. ( Handicap International ) In Geneva […]
Swiss bikes in Tanzania: A better life on two wheels
By Tomas Wüthrich This content was published on November 25, 2017 More than 22,000 worn-out bicycles travel from Switzerland to the African continent each year. A Swiss company collects […]
Swiss intelligence says 100 people pose ‘high risk’ to security
30 November 2017 http://www.swissinfo.ch New suspects were jihadists who had been radicalised within Switzerland (Keystone) Around 100 people in Switzerland have been identified as a high risk for national security, […]
SWITZERLAND: Exclude or integrate? How politicians would deal with Islamic fundamentalists
By Peter Siegenthaler This content was published on November 21, 2017 According to the Social Democrats, most Muslims live their faith in a way that fits into Swiss society.(Keystone) […]
Migration Series (Part 1) Defining the 25% foreign population in Switzerland
By Duc-Quang Nguyen November 19, 2017 For the first time, Switzerland has 2 million foreigners living in its midst. As of last year, these non-Swiss – often the subject […]
Assisted suicide increasingly popular in Switzerland
The Local news@thelocal.ch @thelocalswitzer 15 November 2017 Photo:LightHunter/Depositphotos More people in Switzerland than ever before are turning to assisted suicide to end their lives, according to the latest statistics. In 2015, 965 Swiss residents used assisted suicide services in Switzerland, according to the latest figures from the Swiss statistics office. […]
Refugee chefs take over Geneva restaurants: ‘I am convinced it can help change people’s perceptions’
Source: The Local By Caroline Bishop; caroline.bishop@thelocal.com @calbish On Sunday October 15th Sri Lankan chef Thambithurai Sritharan, an asylum seeker in Switzerland, will take over the kitchen of the Brasserie […]
Entry ban: Baloch activist Mehran Marri deemed security threat by Swiss police
By Anand Chandrasekhar This content was published on November 17, 2017 Switzerland has been drawn into tensions between Baloch activists and Pakistan (swissinfo.ch) Swiss authorities have confirmed that an […]
Muslim World League: Saudi funder announces plans to reform Geneva mosque
This content was published on November 17, 2017 10:15 AMNov 17, 2017 – 10:15 The homes of two employees of the Geneva mosque were raided by French authorities in […]
Khawaja Muhammad Asif : India-Pakistan conflict taints Swiss honorary doctorate ceremony
This content was published on November 15, 2017 5:08 PMNov 15, 2017 – 17:08 Pakistan’s foreign minister was not diplomatic about India in his acceptance speech (Geneva School of Diplomacy) While accepting an honorary doctorate from the Geneva School of Diplomacy, Pakistan’s foreign minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif called India […]