Swiss Abroad

Few veiled women fined in Ticino

This content was published on Feb 6, 2017 Six women have been fined since a so-called burka ban went into effect in the southern Swiss canton of Ticino last summer.

Swiss Politics

Pharmacists asked to inform on suspected bomb-builders

This content was published on Feb 6, 2017 If someone displays suspicious behaviour in a pharmacy, for example paying cash for an unusually large amount of certain substances, the member of staff has been asked to provide the authorities with as many details as possible. Chemicals such as nitrates and hydrogen peroxide are found in disinfectants, bleach, fertilisers or weed-killers and, in large…

Swiss Politics

Swiss prepare to vote on corporate tax unification

This content was published on Feb 6, 2017 It is not only Geneva's lakeside setting that multinational companies find idyllic.

Swiss Politics

‘America has changed’, says former US ambassador

This content was published on Feb 5, 2017 LeVine spoke to swissinfo.ch just before she left office in Bern on January 20, the day Trump was inaugurated as 45th US president. In that conversation she held back from criticising Trump directly, but in an interview with the SonntagsZeitung she clearly supports the crowds across the US and the world who are protesting against…

Swiss Politics

Officers found guilty over illegal shooting lessons

This content was published on Feb 3, 2017 Four officers have been have been fined and another acquitted on Friday in a trial over the misuse of army equipment for private gain.

Swiss Politics

Satirical Swiss Trump video goes viral. So viral

This content was published on Feb 3, 2017 Switzerland has jumped on board a late-night comedy trend, peddling its ideas of why the country could be an appealing place to Donald Trump.

Swiss Politics

Which weapons can be used in election campaigns?

This content was published on Feb 3, 2017 To win votes, facts are being distorted, figures fabricated, and images of political opponents manipulated. But what is actually permitted?

Swiss Politics

Automatic open door for Eritreans is shut

This content was published on Feb 2, 2017 A Swiss court has ruled that the nation’s policy toward Eritrean refugees needs tightening.

Swiss Politics

Checking “alternative facts” in a Swiss vote campaign

This content was published on Feb 2, 2017 Misinformation has been a recurring feature in the current battle for votes on highly charged issues like naturalisation and tax reforms.

Opinion

Swiss Politics

We need fairer corporate tax reforms

This content was published on Jan 31, 2017 Special tax regimes in Switzerland’s cantons should be abolished, argues Prisca Birrer-Heimo.

Page 757 of 1632

First … 755 756 757 758 759 … Last

Swiss Abroad

Popular Stories

Most Discussed

Swiss Abroad

More

Few veiled women fined in Ticino

More

Pharmacists asked to inform on suspected bomb-builders

More

Swiss prepare to vote on corporate tax unification

More

‘America has changed’, says former US ambassador

More

Officers found guilty over illegal shooting lessons

More

Satirical Swiss Trump video goes viral. So viral

More

Which weapons can be used in election campaigns?

More

Automatic open door for Eritreans is shut

More

Checking “alternative facts” in a Swiss vote campaign

More

We need fairer corporate tax reforms

Popular Stories

Most Discussed