Cluster: Swiss Identity

Homeless people in wealthy Switzerland share their stories

This content was published on Mar 18, 2024 More than 2,000 people live on the streets in Switzerland. How did they end up homeless? We asked them.

Culture

Film about deaf Kurdish boy wins Geneva film award

This content was published on Mar 17, 2024 "From the point of view of the politics of disability, this film is progressive and poignant," noted the jury about the film Name Me Lawand.

Demographics

Most e-cigarettes sold in Switzerland flout nicotine rules

This content was published on Mar 16, 2024 The vast majority of disposable electronic cigarettes sold in Switzerland exceed authorised liquid and nicotine levels.

Demographics

Tax debt study finds 16% of Swiss struggle to pay up

This content was published on Mar 16, 2024 Only 77% of Swiss manage to pay their taxes on time. Some Swiss take loans and fall into debt to settle their taxes. Others get extensions.

Students at a University of St Gallen lecture.

Education

Why university rankings are being given poor grades

This content was published on Mar 15, 2024 Students rely on rankings when choosing where to study. But universities are rejecting some ratings.

Demographics

Switzerland, an unsuspected hub for international cocaine trafficking

This content was published on Mar 15, 2024 Basel and its ports on the Rhine are one of the access points for cocaine arriving in the major Northern European seaports.

Housing

Locals driven out by luxury homes in Swiss mountains

This content was published on Mar 14, 2024 Rising property prices in Pontresina, a municipality next to the exclusive resort of St Moritz, are forcing residents to leave the valley.

family with rolling suitcases walk past the large blue board of flight schedules

Demographics

Security staff strikes at German airports to affect SWISS flights

This content was published on Mar 13, 2024 The strike announced at three German airports will impact SWISS: several aircraft will have to fly back to Switzerland from Germany without passengers.

Old Zurich university building with blue and white flags and a statue

Education

University of Zurich withdraws from international university ranking

This content was published on Mar 13, 2024 The University of Zurich is withdrawing from the university ranking published by the Times Higher Education magazine stating it creates "false incentives."

Demographics

Federal Court upholds acquittal in assisted suicide case

This content was published on Mar 13, 2024 In 2017, the vice president of EXIT Western Switzerland helped a healthy 86-year-old woman to commit suicide.

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