Swiss ready to help Italy with migrant influx
Swiss Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga says Switzerland is ready to help Italy in coping with the influx of migrants to its shores. So far this year, more than 63,000 migrants […]
140 Days: The fast-track school term in an asylum centre (in Switzerland)
By Jo Fahy JUL 15, 2014 – 11:00 Children at a Zurich asylum centre don’t pack their rucksacks and head off to the local school each day like other kids […]
DRINKS AND MINORS : One in four attempts to buy alcohol underage succeeds
Although it’s become more difficult for minors to buy alcoholic beverages in Switzerland, one in four underage clients still succeeds in buying wine, beer or hard alcohol, according to an official survey. Access to alcohol for minors appears to have become more difficult in Switzerland over the past decade (Keystone) […]
Switzerland’s Muslim football heroes
World Bulletin / News Desk Despite crashing out of the World Cup on Tuesday, Switzerland’s national football team is currently ranked sixth in the world. Players such as Xherdan Shaqiri […]
Switzerland's Muslim football heroes
World Bulletin / News Desk Despite crashing out of the World Cup on Tuesday, Switzerland’s national football team is currently ranked sixth in the world. Players such as Xherdan Shaqiri […]
IMMIGRATION QUESTIONS : Swiss launch enquiry after Syrian stillbirth tragedy
Swiss border guards have been accused of failing to help a pregnant Syrian migrant sent back to Italy who later lost her child, according to Swiss public television SRF. The […]
New 'Iron Curtain' in Europe fights illegal migration
Normally Looser is stationed in St Gallen in eastern Switzerland. She applied for a rotation in the Swiss Frontex pool because she wanted to familiarise herself with the outermost boundaries […]
New ‘Iron Curtain’ in Europe fights illegal migration
Normally Looser is stationed in St Gallen in eastern Switzerland. She applied for a rotation in the Swiss Frontex pool because she wanted to familiarise herself with the outermost boundaries […]
Paternity test reveals ethical minefield
A decision by a chain of pharmacies to sell an over-the-counter DNA paternity test has provoked serious ethical concerns. Sun Store, which operates mainly in French-speaking Switzerland, has decided to sell the PATERtest in its larger stores. Although such do-it-yourself tests are available on the Internet, it is believed to […]
OPINION: Switzerland could improve its direct democracy
By Matthew Feldpausch Zipf SWISSINFO.CH JUN 27, 2014 Since the minaret ban in 2009, a consistent battle cry of red, white, and black has accompanied every major conservative initiative. The formula – outsiders, coated in black, imposing on Swiss prosperity – seems to work: conservative parties continue to dominate the […]
Swiss show off skills (and roots) in Brazil
By Samuel Jaberg Switzerland is the most multicultural of all the 32 teams taking part in the 2014 football World Cup in Brazil. But are players like Shaquiri and Rodriguez a sign of Swiss integration or are immigrants just bigger football fans? The name Haris Seferovic is now firmly lodged […]
Shaqiri treble sends Switzerland into last 16
MANAUS, Brazil: Switzerland powered into the World Cup knockout stages as Group E runners-up and will play Argentina for a quarter final berth after a superb Xherdan Shaqiri hat-trick gave […]
Switzerland: Grad opportunities: Teachers enjoying high pay and low unemployment
swissinfo.ch and agencies June 23, 2014 – 17:43 Among Switzerland’s university graduates, it seems that new teachers have the easiest time finding good jobs. Also, those with teacher education degrees earn more than their peers – including those with degrees from technology and applied science universities. Hardly any new teachers […]
NATURALISATION DEBATE: Parliament passes new Swiss citizenship law
by Jo Fahy with input from Armando Mombelli, swissinfo.ch June 20, 2014 – 09:35 Under new naturalisation law rubber stamped by parliament on Friday, foreigners will have to wait ten […]
Switzerland: Migration Data: More foreigners move to Switzerland
swissinfo.ch June 18, 2014 – 12:46 The number of foreigners living in Switzerland has risen by 3.3% over the past year and about 24% of Switzerland’s eight million people do […]
OUT OF COMA: Michael Schumacher moved to Swiss hospital
swissinfo.ch and agencies June 16, 2014 – 13:40 Former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher, who sustained severe head injuries in a skiing accident in December, is no longer in a […]
Official website of the World Cup: http://www.fifa.com/
FIFA CONGRESS 2014 Football as a catalyst for social change: no football without ethics and integrity Chaired by FIFA President Blatter, the 64th FIFA Congress convened in Sao Paulo on 10 and 11 June, on the eve of the Opening Match of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™. In his […]
NIGERIAN EXTREMISTS : Swiss add Boko Haram to sanctions list
swissinfo.ch and agencies June 8, 2014 – 16:35 Switzerland has added Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram to its sanctions list after the UN Security Council did so last month. The Islamic fundamentalists have connections to the terrorist network al-Qaeda. At the request of the Nigerian government, the UN Security Council […]
ICRC: Red Cross worker killed in Libya
swissinfo.ch and agencies June 4, 2014 – 16:51 The Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has confirmed that one of its delegates, a Swiss citizen, had been killed […]
HUMAN RIGHTS : ‘Nationality is just one part of our identity’
CLICK HERE FOR AUDIO REPORT: http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/multimedia/audios_podcast/Nationality_is_just_one_part_of_our_identity.html?cid=38695042 May 31, 2014 – 12:00 Anti-immigration sentiment has been sweeping across Europe if the latest European parliament election results are to be believed. But some specialists say we should accept migration as a fact of life rather than an exception. SOURCE: SWISSINFO.CH