by Urs Geiser, swissinfo.ch January 10, 2014 – 17:00 A proposal to re-introduce immigration quotas would fail to win a majority at the ballot box next month, according to an […]
by Jo Fahy, swissinfo.ch January 7, 2014 – 11:00 Faced with a rising number of asylum seekers, Switzerland wants to cut down the average application processing time to less than five months. swissinfo.ch looks at the success – and potential pitfalls – of speedier procedures elsewhere in Europe. Compared with […]
by Samuel Jaberg, swissinfo.ch January 3, 2014 – 11:00 Swiss authorities will need to use more than just economic arguments if they are to convince a majority of voters next February to keep borders open with the EU, says one migration expert. Three nationwide votes on immigration policy are set […]
Geneva is one of those cities that is on everyone’s must travel list; I know it was on mine before I finally visited. My mother and aunt lived there and attended college in a nearby city, Lausanne. Hearing their stories about this magical city made me want to visit, especially […]
swissinfo.ch and agencies December 28, 2013 – The United Nations General Assembly has agreed to allocate $18 million (CHF16 million) to proceed with the detailed planning of urgently needed repairs of its European headquarters in Geneva, the Palais des Nations. The renovation project, known as the Strategic Heritage Plan, includes […]
History: SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA Switzerland: In the 10th century, Arabs and Berbers from their Mediterranean Fraxinet base settled in the Valais for a few decades. They occupied the Great St. Bernard Pass and even managed to reach as far as St. Gallen to the north and Raetia in the east. Muslim […]
History: SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA Switzerland: In the 10th century, Arabs and Berbers from their Mediterranean Fraxinet base settled in the Valais for a few decades. They occupied the Great St. Bernard Pass and even managed to reach as far as St. Gallen to the north and Raetia in the east. Muslim […]
STORY SUMMARY The Swiss expert who examined samples of Yasser Arafat’s remains dismissed as a “political declaration” a statement Thursday by Russian researchers excluding radiation poisoning as the cause for the Palestinian leader’s death. Bochud criticised the Russians for not releasing their report. Some 60 samples were taken and divided […]
STORY SUMMARY The Swiss expert who examined samples of Yasser Arafat’s remains dismissed as a “political declaration” a statement Thursday by Russian researchers excluding radiation poisoning as the cause for the Palestinian leader’s death. Bochud criticised the Russians for not releasing their report. Some 60 samples were taken and divided […]
by Hugo Stamm on Tuesday the 17th December 2013 TAGESANZEIGER.CH The Christian churches are stuck in an identity crisis . Less than ten percent of the population regularly visit a church any more, not even half of the Swiss believe in a personal God, as represented by the Christian faith […]
“In Islam, the Holy Quran offers explicit direction to share resources beyond one’s requirements, and to care for the poor and those in need.” These are the words of His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan, Aga Khan IV and spiritual leader of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, upon receiving the […]
by Abdelhafidh Abdeleli, swissinfo.ch December 18, 2013 – 11:00 Iraq has seen a massive escalation in violence since April 2013, when 50 people were killed by Iraqi security forces at […]
by Abdelhafidh Abdeleli, swissinfo.ch December 18, 2013 – 11:00 Iraq has seen a massive escalation in violence since April 2013, when 50 people were killed by Iraqi security forces at […]
December 15, 2013 – 20:01 Foreigners seeking long-term residency in Switzerland could be issued with a so-called language passport as part of the approval process if new legislation on integration […]
by Abdelhafidh Abdeleli, swissinfo.ch December 11, 2013 – 17:00 Three years after the launch of of the government’s Migrant Friendly Hospitals project, questions have been raised about how health institutions […]
by Ariane Gigon in Zurich, swissinfo.ch December 9, 2013 – 11:00 Residents of villages in canton Zurich are putting morals before money by voting to return tax windfalls from commodities giant Glencore to the countries where they were generated, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Colombia. In […]
swissinfo.ch December 8, 2013 Bilateral accords between the European Union and Switzerland could be endangered if the Swiss people vote in favour of a controversial rightwing initiative to curb mass immigration, warns the European Union’s ambassador to Bern. In an interview with Swiss national television on Saturday evening, Richard Jones […]
swissinfo.ch and agencies December 5, 2013 – 14:22 Swiss experts have defended their conclusions that Yasser Arafat was possibly poisoned with polonium, contradicting analysis by French scientists that suggests other […]
swissinfo.ch and agencies December 4, 2013 – 18:23 Israel’s policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territory have come under unusually hard-hitting attack by the President of the International Committee of the […]
by Samuel Jaberg, swissinfo.ch December 3, 2013 – 11:00 Forty years after Japanese quartz watches brought the Swiss watch industry to its knees, the sector faces a new challenge in […]