Photo: Josh Edelson/AFP Published: 25 Apr 2016 12:33 GMT+02:00 Solar Impulse 2, the Swiss-based plane attempting to be the first aircraft to circumnavigate the globe on solar power, has landed in California after crossing the Pacific from Hawaii. Swiss pilot Bertrand Piccard completed the 62-hour leg of the journey on […]
APR 25, 2016 – 14:24 Many of the clandestine immigrants from Europe work in seasonal agricultural jobs (Keystone) According to a report released by the State Secretariat for Migration on Monday, the number of clandestine immigrants residing in Switzerland is estimated to have decreased over the last decade. The authorities […]
By John Heilprin Apr 22, 2016 – 11:00 Nature already needs extra protection, like the Rhone glacier where tarp is used to help prevent ice melt (Keystone) Switzerland’s essential alpine character stands little chance of surviving predicted man-made global warming, even if the Paris agreement succeeds in putting the world […]
RELIGIONS AND BELIEFS Swiss revealed to be a spiritual nation APR 22, 2016 – 11:00 Not so many people are going to church. but the Swiss still remain spiritual (Keystone) Although traditional places of worship are emptying, religious practices and beliefs continue to be upheld in Switzerland. Almost one in […]
APR 20, 2016 – swissinfo.ch The Yemeni civil war has been raging since early 2015 (Keystone) Swiss arms exports will resume to the Middle East, excluding weapons that could either be used in the Yemen conflict or by states to repress their own citizens. Wednesday’s cabinet decision partially lifts […]
Since 2013 Swiss women can legally keep their surname after marriage. Photo: Gary Minnaert Tradition still sways married Swiss women Published: 04 Apr 2016 12:20 GMT+02:00 Only one in five women married in Switzerland since 2013 chose to keep her maiden name after marriage since the law changed to allow […]
Photo: Martin Abegglen Published: 18 Apr 2016 The family of the two Muslim schoolboys who refused to shake hands with their female teachers has applied for Swiss citizenship, a local […]
APR 18, 2016 – swissinfo.ch So-called guest workers, mainly from Italy, supplied Switzerland’s need for labour after the Second World War (RDB) Switzerland is still wrestling with the thorny question of how to reconcile immigration quotas with the accord on the free movement of people. History may hold some answers – or […]
APPLICATION SUSPENDED APR 18, 2016 Shaking hands at school has become a topic of international interest (Keystone) The family of the two teenagers, who refused to shake their female teachers’ hands for religious reasons, have had their application for citizenship suspended. Shaking hands with the teacher before and after class […]
By Hind Joucka – Apr 18,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — Like going through pages of an old photo album with the narrative of a father to his children, Samir Jamal Al Din’s documentary “Iraqi Odyssey” travels through the past century to chronicle the history of a family and […]
Round the World flight Apr 14, 2016 – 17:47 Solar Impulse 2 during a maintenance flight over Hawaii in March 2016 (Keystone) The Swiss solar plane Solar Impulse 2 is now in ‘mission mode’ in anticipation of taking off for North America from Hawaii where it had been grounded […]
Working visit Justice minister defends asylum reforms as EU leader takes interest Apr 17, 2016 – 11:45 Sommaruga, left, and Asselborn, right, toured a new asylum centre in Zurich (Keystone) Europe has taken an interest in Switzerland’s asylum reforms, with a European Union leader examining the system which will […]
QUARTERLY FIGURES APR 14, 2016 – swissinfo.ch Heightened EU border security has reduced the flow of asylum seekers (Keystone) Asylum requests in Switzerland drastically declined in the first quarter of this year, with 45% fewer registered than at the end of 2015. Migration authorities attribute the slide to fewer people attempting […]
RADICALISATION Minister vaunts Swiss model to halt extremism By Simon Bradley, Geneva APR 8, 2016 – 14:22 Burkhalter and Ban see eye to eye on the issue of how to prevent violent extremism (Keystone) Switzerland’s federal structure and urban planning can help prevent the creation of ghettos and thus close […]
By Simon Bradley, Geneva APR 8, 2016 – Young activists set up tents outside the UN in Geneva last month to highlight the cost-of-living problems (@UNPAIDisUNSEEN) The plight of unpaid interns hit the headlines last year amid uproar over a United Nations intern living in a tent in Geneva. Seven […]
Academic and author Tariq Ramadan talks to MEE about terrorism, political Islam and what is going on in the Middle East and France Tariq Ramadan during at a conference earlier this year in Bordeaux,France (AFP) Hassina Mechaï Saturday 2 April 2016 Sometimes seen as an Islamic scholar, a theologian […]
NO STATUS http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:42046214 EMBED CODE APR 4, 2016 – 15:45 Sometimes asylum seekers go underground, as they have no hope of getting official refugee status. They’re known as “sans papiers” (without papers). (SRF/swissinfo.ch) Asylum is only granted to those who face persecution or imprisonment in their country of origin for […]
Source: Yahoo News GENEVA (AFP) – Male Muslim students at a school in northern Switzerland will no longer have to shake hands with their female teachers, following a ruling that […]
Source: Swissinfo.ch The interior ministry has announced its intention to elevate five complementary therapies including homeopathy to the same level as conventional medicine. Homeopathy, holistic medicine, herbal medicine, acupuncture and […]
Source: Swissinfo.ch Political and media debates on religion in Switzerland focus mainly on Muslims and Islam. But the country also has many people of Hindu, Jewish and Sikh faith. What […]