The jihadists struck a restaurant opposite the four-star hotel where the attackers holed up. Photo: Issouf Sanogo/AFP Swiss and French among dead in Burkina Faso attack Published: 17 Jan 2016 18:39 GMT+01:00 The death toll in an attack by jihadists on a top hotel in Burkina Faso’s capital rose to […]
By JT – Feb 15,2016 – JORDAN TIMES AMMAN — The Royal Court on Monday denounced attempts by some media outlets and spokespersons of FIFA presidency candidates to promote false information about HRH Prince Ali’s campaign. In a statement, the Royal Court said rumours that Prince Ali’s campaign manager […]
By swissinfo.ch and agencies FEB 12, 2016 – 10:52 Asylum seekers outside a welcome centre for migrants in canton Vaud on February 11 (Keystone) An initiative to deport criminal foreigners will not result in more asylum seekers being sent home – the current law already authorises their expulsion for serious […]
FEB 14, 2016 – 18:38 Burkhalter (left) previously attended bilaterial meetings with Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January. (Keystone) The foreign ministry announced Sunday that Switzerland will represent the interests of Saudi Arabia in Iran, and those of Iran in Saudi […]
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman receives Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter and his delegation at the Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on Sunday. (SPA) ARAB NEWS Published — Sunday 14 February 2016 RIYADH: Switzerland has agreed to handle Saudi Arabia’s consular affairs in Iran, Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir […]
Prince Ali of Jordan at the Geneva Press Club on Thursday. Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP Published: 11 Feb 2016 15:35 GMT+01:00 Fifa presidential candidate Prince Ali bin al Hussein in Geneva condemned the tactics of his main election rivals on Thursday, raising ethical questions about their efforts to secure block support […]
DEVELOPMENT AID By Katy Romy FEB 12, 2016 – 11:00 How should Switzerland be helping developing nations? (Keystone) Switzerland is cutting international development spending, sparking protest from the political left and humanitarian organisations. While Europe is in the throes of a migration crisis, the effectiveness of aid is up for […]
IMMIGRATION SATIRE Müslüm: Integration through comedy By swissinfo.ch http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:41947798 EMBED CODE FEB 10, 2016 – 11:00 Swiss-Turkish comedian Müslüm is using humour to raise awareness of the issues surrounding immigration in a new television series. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) Swiss public television, SRF1, is airing new series this spring looking at the country’s […]
By Gaby Ochsenbein FEB 10, 2016 – 11:00 Opinions are divided over whether students should be allowed to pray in state schools (Keystone) The decision to make prayer rooms available for Muslims in two Swiss state schools is viewed by some as a pragmatic solution. Others believe prayer rooms have […]
Feb 09,2016 – JORDAN TIMES – Hasan Abu Nimah Not many observers were surprised by the quick collapse of the Syria peace talks last week. It would have been a bigger surprise if the Geneva talks, organised by UN special representative Staffan de Mistura, had lasted any longer, let alone accomplished […]
TENSIONS WITH TURKEY FEB 8, 2016 – 19:46 The last major incident between Kurdish and Turkish groups took place in Bern last September (Keystone) Authorities in Zurich broke up an unauthorised demonstration by a group of Kurdish activists with tear gas and rubber bullets on Monday. The group was protesting […]
WAR CRIMES FEB 8, 2016 – 21:58 Del Ponte has formerly served on tribunals related to atrocities in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia (Keystone) Carla Del Ponte, the Swiss special prosecutor who serves on the UN commission of inquiry on Syria, has said that she generally considers Russian intervention in […]
INTEGRATION By swissinfo.ch and agencies FEB 8, 2016 – 09:51 Not everyone is happy about advice given to asylum seekers on how to behave during the Lucerne carnival (Keystone) After the sex attacks in Cologne on New Year’s Eve, officials in Lucerne, where it is currently carnival season, last week […]
DATA By Duc-Quang Nguyen FEB 5, 2016 – SWISSINFO.CH The issue of immigration regularly features at the ballot box in Switzerland. On February 28 voters will decide whether to back a rightwing initiative to enforce the deportation of convicted foreigners. Who are the foreign residents living in the small alpine nation? […]
WESTERN RULES http://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:41927898 EMBED CODE FEB 3, 2016 – 11:00 It’s carnival season in Lucerne. The sex attacks in Cologne on New Year’s Eve have prompted the Lucerne officials to produce a leaflet informing asylum seekers about western behavioural norms. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) The Hirschpark asylum centre in Lucerne is keen on […]
ANTI-PEGIDA DEMO By swissinfo.ch and agencies FEB 3, 2016 – 21:36 Police and anti-fascist demonstrators outside Basel’s cantonal parliament (Keystone) Some 350 people gathered without permission in front of Basel cantonal parliament on Wednesday to protest against Germany’s anti-Islam PEGIDA movement. A sizeable and heavily armed police presence monitored the […]
150 YEARS OF EQUALITY When Swiss voters gave rights to Jews By Olivier Pauchard JAN 22, 2016 – swissinfo.ch Bern’s Jewish gymnastics club, 1935 (zvg) In January 1866, Jews living in Switzerland were granted the right to settle anywhere in the country. Uniquely in Europe, this measure first had to pass […]
BENOIT VIOLIER FEB 1, 2016 – swissinfo.h The world’s top chef, Benoit Violier, who ran the restaurant L’Hotel de Ville in Crissier near Lausanne, was found dead in his apartment […]
NEGOTIATING TABLE By Yasmine Kanouna in Geneva FEB 2, 2016 – 11:00 The start of the talks in Geneva was met with protests (Keystone) How do Syrians living in Switzerland view the peace talks taking place on their doorstep? swissinfo.ch asked five people what their hopes were for an outcome and […]
SECURITY By swissinfo.ch and agencies JAN 30, 2016 – 15:23 Swiss police outside the French consulate in Geneva on December 11, when four terrorist suspects were being hunted (Keystone) Switzerland has dropped an investigation of two men of Syrian origin arrested in Geneva last month over traces of explosives found […]