Swiss leader's commute turns Twitter sensation
A photo showing Swiss President Didier Burkhalter waiting for a train at Neuchâtel station, alone and without bodyguards, made waves on Twitter on Thursday, receiving 800 retweets around the world. […]
Isis intent on ‘house of blood’: UN rights chief
Published: 08 Sep 2014 THELOCAL.CH The jihadist militants who have seized large swaths of Iraq and Syria are intent upon creating “a house of blood”, the UN’s new human rights […]
Isis intent on 'house of blood': UN rights chief
Published: 08 Sep 2014 THELOCAL.CH The jihadist militants who have seized large swaths of Iraq and Syria are intent upon creating “a house of blood”, the UN’s new human rights […]
Refugee policy – Syrian migrant who lost baby on train journey gets asylum
A Syrian woman who controversially experienced a miscarriage on a train sending her back to Italy through Switzerland has received asylum in Italy along with her family. In July, the family of Syrian migrants had been travelling on a train from Milan to Paris – which passes through Switzerland – […]
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM : Headscarves should remain allowed in passport photos, cabinet says
The Swiss cabinet has advised parliament not to adopt a motion from a rightwing parliamentarian to ban women from wearing headscarves in their passport photos. Oskar Freysinger of the Swiss […]
EU an UKRAINE: Swiss stance on Russia sanctions divide opinion
stance on Russia sanctions divides opinions By Peter Siegenthaler AUG 26, 2014 – 11:00 Swiss vegetables and cheese are more popular in Russia than ever as a result of Russian countersanctions against the European Union (Keystone) Switzerland’s decision not to join European Union sanctions against Russia has prompted mixed reactions […]
Swiss fast-track asylum process advances
SEP 3, 2014 – 18:00 The fast-track pilot project at the Juch asylum centre in Zurich this year has been a success, according to the federal authorities (Keystone) The Swiss cabinet has adopted a draft law concerning major reforms of its asylum procedure, such as dramatic cuts in the average […]
ONLINE SPACE FOR IDEAS: Arab-Swiss cultural exchange goes digital
It’s taken nearly a whole year of planning, but a new website by the Cairo branch of the Swiss Arts Council, Pro Helvetia, has started promoting cultural interaction between Egypt and Switzerland. A demonstration takes place in the middle of the night – but the protestors exude a magical aura […]
Humanity First Opens its First School in Mafraq, Jordan
HUMANITY FIRST has opened its first school in MAFRAQ, JORDAN with 75 Syrian Refugee children and 25 needy Jordanian children. We are starting this school in Kindergarten level and – […]
SWITZERLAND: BY THE NUMBERS: Young and jobless? The solution isn’t always university
By Duc-Quang Nguyen INFOSWISS.CH Over the last 20 years, the number of university graduates has been steadily rising all over the world. That’s true in Switzerland, too, although historically fewer people in the Alpine country have pursued higher education than elsewhere in Europe – and more are employed. What do […]
TAX EVASION: Expectations too high for Pakistan-Swiss talks
A delegation from Pakistan is currently in Switzerland to re-negotiate the double taxation agreement between the two countries. However, Pakistan is unlikely to gain access to information on its citizens’ illegal assets in Swiss banks anytime soon. The Pakistani delegation’s visit has been garnering a lot of attention in the […]
Switzerland: MOSQUE SHOOTING: Complaint filed against politician for Islamophobic tweet
The Islamic Central Council of Switzerland has filed charges against a Swiss politician for incitement to commit a crime after he appeared to welcome the recent shooting of a Muslim and called for more such shootings. Minutes after a man was shot to death in a mosque in northeastern Switzerland […]
Opinion: Switzerland, ICRC call for respect of humanitarian law
By Didier Burkhalter and Peter Maurer 150 years ago to the day, the first Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces […]
Switzerland: ASSISTED SUICIDE: Number of ‘suicide tourists’ goes up
AUG 21, 2014 – 00:30 A pilot study in the Journal of Medical Ethics has found that the number of so-called “suicide tourists” coming to Switzerland for assisted suicide services […]
Shoura member to speak at world science conference in Switzerland
A leading Swiss scientific foundation has chosen a female Saudi Shoura Council member to speak alongside international personalities at a conference highlighting the role of science in finding solutions to […]
SMALL ARMS SURVEY REPORT: Syrian rebels have stockpile of anti-aircraft weapons
By Veronica DeVore A just-released report from the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey shows that hundreds of portable anti-aircraft weapons are currently in the hands of rebel groups in Syria and […]
Robert Fisk: Jailed in Geneva – the colonel who stood up against Mubarak, but refused to spy for the Swiss His defence of Christian Copts made him a thorn in the side of Egypt’s regime. But when he fled, Colonel Ghanem found himself in an equally dangerous game.
By Robert Fisk, The Independent Note by the Editor: This article dates back to 2012, but as Colonel el-Ghanem appears to be still in jail in Geneva we are pulishing this article today. He is 54 but looks 70 – “like an Indian yogi with a long white beard,” as […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community on the World Wide Web
Source: ahmadiyya-islam.org | alislam.org ONLINE NETWORK Al Islam (International) Countries in Africa Mauritius (English) Tanzania (Swahili) Countries in Asia Bangladesh China India India (Gurmukhi, Punjabi) India (Malayalam) India (Tamil) Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Iran Pakistan Russia Saudi Arabia Turkey Uzbekistan Countries in Europe Albania Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria France Germany Greece Iceland Italy […]
SEEKING ASYLUM : Swiss lawyer targets possible Snowden visit
Former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden has asked a Swiss lawyer to explore the possibility of the United States fugitive coming to Switzerland. Snowden is currently holed up […]
PALESTINIAN CONFLICT: Swiss asked to boost Geneva Conventions in Gaza
The Swiss foreign ministry is holding exploratory talks for an international conference on the respect of humanitarian law in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian authorities. The ministry confirmed it received a letter from the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, urging Switzerland as a depository state of the Geneva Conventions […]