My name is David "Takashi" Favrod. I was born on July 2, 1982, in Kobe, Japan, to a Japanese mother and a Swiss father. When I was six months old, my parents decided to come and live in Vionnaz, a small village in the lower Valais.  [...]

The issue of immigration has been on the agenda of Swiss politics regularly over the past decade. But a political manifesto in 1919 already claimed Switzerland exclusively for the Swiss.  [...]

Jordan's Zaatari refugee camp is home to 170,000 people from Syria who have fled the fighting. While camps are the more visible part of the refugee crisis, the majority of refugees in Jordan live in towns and cities where they face different problems. Rents have tripled over the past six months as landlords cash in on the new demand for housing.  [...]

More and more train tickets are printed by computers; the traditional card ticket is today rarely used. The Aeschbacher company in Worb near Bern still cuts these and prints them with lead type.  [...]

If you close your eyes and think of Switzerland, what colours do you see? Maybe the white of snow, the yellow of the Post buses, or the red of geraniums? A new book created by Karen Ichters and Hadi Barkat offers a range of shades and hues.  [...]

There are more than 400 ongoing conflicts around the world, some of which have lasted decades and still seem unlikely to end. And even if they aren't on the front pages of your newspaper, they keep on causing death, pain and suffering.  [...]

Decades ago, Ascension processions were widespread in the Catholic regions of Switzerland. Today, only canton Lucerne continues the tradition. The biggest, oldest and most well-known procession is held in and around the town of Beromünster.  [...]

Ballenberg, the open-air museum on Lake Brienz, is celebrating its 35th anniversary. With up to 300,000 visitors a year and 100 historic buildings, Ballenberg is living witness to Switzerland’s rural past.  [...]

The top prize of Swiss Press Photo 2013 has been awarded to Laurent Gilliéron for his image of the 2012 bus accident in Sierre. Of the 28 people who died, 22 were Belgian children on holiday.  [...]

Swiss photographer Didier Ruef tailed officers from Geneva's central Pâquis district over 50 days.  [...]