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Historic Swiss maternity hospital in France under threat

This photo of Elisabeth Eidenbenz is the most representative of her struggle. It is displayed in the entrance hall of the maternity hospital. But the town hall does not have the original.

This content was published on May 6, 2025 Swiss teacher Elisabeth Eidenbenz saved hundreds of women and children from certain death thanks to her maternity clinic. It is now threatened with closure.

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Switzerland Today

This content was published on May 5, 2025 Should politicians be expected to be consistent between their public claims and their private actions?

Picture of the day

This content was published on May 5, 2025 Voting at the Landsgemeinde on Sunday in Glarus. This open-air assembly, which takes place every year on the first Sunday in May, is the canton’s supreme legislative body and now exists only in cantons Glarus and Appenzell Inner Rhodes.

Swiss business backs multi-billion franc state savings plan

This content was published on May 5, 2025 Several Swiss business associations are backing the government's proposed multi-billion franc savings package.

Vegan sausages at a supermarket in Switzerland.

Food safety

Swiss court bans animal names for vegan meat substitutes

This content was published on May 5, 2025 Plant-based meat alternatives must no longer use names directly referencing animals, such as 'vegan chicken' or 'vegan pork'.

Swiss Politics

Swiss schools abroad threatened by government cuts

This content was published on May 5, 2025 The government's austerity measures are jeopardising Swiss schools abroad. The director of their umbrella organisation is worried.

Swiss democracy

The purest democracy? Visiting one of Switzerland’s historic open-air assemblies

This content was published on May 5, 2025 The annual “Landsgemeinde” in Glarus is like a folk festival, a party, and a crash-course in politics rolled into one. Is it democratically relevant?

Swiss Politics

Swiss foreign minister rejects mandatory referendum for EU deals

This content was published on May 4, 2025 Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis defended the government’s decision to make EU deals subject to an optional rather than a mandatory referendum.

Swiss Politics

Pro-choice and anti-abortion activists face off in Geneva

This content was published on May 4, 2025 Anti-abortion Christian groups held a silent prayer in front of the Geneva train station on Saturday, to the whistles and shouts of pro-choice demonstrators.

Swiss Abroad

The Week in Switzerland

This content was published on May 3, 2025 Welcome to our selection of some of the biggest – and most colourful – stories in Switzerland over the past seven days.

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