Syria peace talks set for January 22 in Geneva
GENEVA/NEW YORK — An international peace conference aimed at ending Syria’s civil war will be held on January 22, the first face-to-face talks between the government of President Bashar Assad […]
Swiss given top UN job for Palestinian refugees
wissinfo.ch and agencies November 21, 2013 – 11:03 Swiss diplomat Pierre Krähenbühl has been appointed commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near […]
To clear tests, student offers tutor £48,000 for 16 weeks
LONDON: Some tutor somewhere is about to get lucky. A wealthy foreign student at Cambridge University is offering a private tutor £48,000 (about Rs 48 lakh) for just 16 weeks […]
Switzerland: KICKING OUT CRIMINALS: Deportation initiative raises more legal questions
swissinfo.ch and agencies November 20, 2013 – 16:37 Cabinet has urged parliament to strike a clause in an initiative calling for the automatic deportation of foreigners found guilty of a […]
STUDENT LIFE – Quality of living makes Zurich a top student city
swissinfo.ch November 20, 2013 – 12:36 Zurich has tied for fifth place in a global ranking of the top 50 cities for students. The 2013 analysis by British ranking company […]
Peace Conference – Zurich 28th November, 2013
If you are in Zurich on 28th November, 2013, this is the place to be at 19.00 hours.
Picture of the day: The city of Chur in Switzerland under a sea of fog
What looks grey and depressing from below appears magical from above. Lights from the city of Chur in eastern Switzerland illuminate a blanket of fog under a full moon on […]
Mum fined in Zurich for circumcising infant son
An expat living in the canton of Zurich was fined 1,350 francs ($1,480) for circumcising her son without getting approval from the child’s father, 20 Minuten newspaper reported online on […]
World Economic Forum: Outlook on the Global Agenda 2014
The Outlook on the Global Agenda 2014 provides a top-of-mind perspective from the Global Agenda Councils on the challenges and opportunities of the coming 12–18 months. It offers a comprehensive […]
Nationwide vote Debate rages over ‘romantic’ family model
by Sonia Fenazzi, swissinfo.ch November 17, 2013 – 17:00 Should mothers work or stay at home? This question is being hotly debated in the run-up to a nationwide vote on families. At stake here, says one political scientist, is “an old romantic view”, which is out of touch with today’s […]
Swiss mediation : ‘The problems in Mali are nowhere near being solved’
by Samuel Jaberg, swissinfo.ch November 16, 2013 – 17:00 Two French journalists were murdered in Kidal, Mali, just as Switzerland’s new special envoy to the region was arriving to start […]
Switzerland: LIVING IN LIMBO: Illegal teens struggle to get permits and jobs
by Patricia Islas, swissinfo.ch November 14, 2013 – 11:00 The children of illegal immigrants in Switzerland attend school without realising that they’re not supposed to be living here. But when […]
Minaret in the sign of the rainbow – Mahmud Mosque in Zurich, Switzerland,shines in new colors.
The beautiful colors of the Zurich Mahmud Mosque is not due to a nightly Halloween action. It wants to show a sign. The Minaret of the first Mosque in Switzerland […]
PA receives results of Arafat’s death probe
A Swiss laboratory investigating the death of Yasser Arafat, the late leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, has submitted the results to the Palestinian Authority (PA). On Tuesday, the Swiss […]
NSA spying: “They have destroyed the system”
by Simon Bradley, swissinfo.ch October 30, 2013 – 15:24 The city of Geneva has been in the spotlight this week as part of the latest National Security Agency (NSA) spying […]
Switzerland: SVP Voters narrowly back immigration quotas: poll
A plan to reimpose immigration quotas in Switzerland and give existing residents an advantage in the job market could pass in a plebiscite next February, an opinion poll shows. Fifty-two […]
Kung fu instructors ‘Martial arts brought us together’
by Dahai Shao, swissinfo.ch October 20, 2013 – 11:00 Jumping across rooftops or chopping bricks in half – that’s cinema. But real-life kung fu, as the West refers to Chinese martial arts (it’s “wushu” in China), is so much more than that, as I discovered when I visited a martial […]
PRUNING THE FAMILY TREE : Unique skull find could rewrite the history books
by Scott Capper, swissinfo.ch October 17, 2013 – 20:00 Swiss and Georgian researchers have suggested that some of the earliest humans living 1.8 million years ago could all belong to […]
TOO MUCH, TOO YOUNG Helping Swiss youngsters avoid the debt trap
by Samuel Jaberg in Moutier, swissinfo.ch October 17, 2013 – 11:00 Seduced by adverts and special offers, Swiss youngsters are increasingly getting caught in debt traps. But the cantons appear to be taking the bull by the horns and targeting the problem with prevention courses in schools. Speaking to a […]