Cluster: Swiss Identity

Swiss eye place on UNESCO executive board

This content was published on Oct 25, 2019 Home Affairs Minister Alain Berset, on a visit to Paris, has been lobbying for Switzerland to join the executive board of UNESCO.

A solar-powered sensors measure rockfalls close to the Aletsch Glacier in the southern Valais region

Education

Swiss research institutes to merge to combat climate change

This content was published on Oct 25, 2019 Two Swiss government institutes specialising in water, snow and forests will be merged to focus on climate change and sustainability.

Demographics

Aids specialist wins Swiss human rights award

This content was published on Oct 25, 2019 Ruedi Lüthy, a Swiss doctor who cares for HIV patients in Zimbabwe, has won an award from the International Society for Human Rights.

Demographics

Zurich residents take on real estate investor to keep their homes

This content was published on Oct 25, 2019 Long-time residents of a sprawling apartment complex will lose their homes if a planned renewal project goes ahead.

Demographics

How pension payments are making Swiss housing unaffordable

This content was published on Oct 25, 2019 Under pressure to invest, Swiss pension funds plough money into real estate. But renters are now fighting back with direct democracy.

Demographics

Young doctors boost use of e-medical records

This content was published on Oct 24, 2019 Half of all physicians in Switzerland practice in medical offices where records are entirely electronic, according to the latest statistics.

A sculpture of a woman by artist Ghezzi in Geneva

Demographics

Switzerland is one of best places to be a woman, says new research

This content was published on Oct 23, 2019 The Alpine nation placed second in a global ranking that assesses women's wellbeing and empowerment in the home and society more broadly.