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Classes resume across French-speaking Switzerland

School resumes on Monday for most young people in French-speaking Switzerland

This content was published on Aug 17, 2026 Pupils in French-speaking Switzerland and canton Zurich return to school on Monday, while classes have already resumed in most German-speaking cantons.

Sandoz is expanding its generic medicines business

Pharma supply chains

Sandoz expands biosimilars business with Chinese biotech deal

This content was published on Aug 17, 2026 Sandoz has signed a multi-million-dollar agreement with Chinese biotech company Shanghai Henlius Biotech, stepping up its expansion in biosimilars, the generic versions of complex biological medicines.

Poetry of images: scene of Ghosts and Guests (1989), a long-forgotten work by Swiss film maker Isa Hesse-Rabinovitch. The festival screened two of her films restored by the Cinemathèque Suisse to great acclaim in Locarno.

Culture

Young voices, visual poetics and new money shape Locarno 2026

This content was published on Aug 16, 2026 The 2026 Locarno Film Festival paired coming-of-age stories with bold cinematic experimentation, while record industry attendance signalled growing private investment in independent film.

The Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Monastery of the Caves, is one of Ukraine's most important religious and cultural landmarks.

Foreign Affairs

Switzerland allocates CHF600,000 to restore Kyiv monastery

This content was published on Aug 16, 2026 Switzerland will provide CHF600,000 ($737,000) to help secure and restore the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, a historic 11th-century UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kyiv, Ukraine, damaged in a recent Russian air strike.

The Golden Leopard for the Romanian film "Nu e locul tau aici"

Culture

Florin Serban’s ‘You Don’t Belong Here’ wins Golden Leopard at Locarno

This content was published on Aug 16, 2026 The film Nu e locul tau aici [You Don’t Belong Here], by Romanian director Florin Serban, won the Golden Leopard, the top prize in the international competition, on Saturday at the 79th Locarno Film Festival.

Audrey Werro stormed to the 800-meter title by holding off Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson down the home straight at the European championships on Friday.

Switzerland’s Werro wins European 800m title

This content was published on Aug 15, 2026 Switzerland’s Audrey Werro held off Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson to win the 800 metres title at the European Athletics Championships in Birmingham on Friday.

Erotic thriller? Queer magical realism? "The Riverbank" challenges easy categorizations.

Culture

Brazil in Locarno: ‘The Riverbank’ sets Recife’s mangroves against the gospel of power

This content was published on Aug 15, 2026 Debut filmmakers Enock Carvalho and Matheus Farias turn a queer romance into a haunting exploration of faith, politics and Brazil’s cinematic margins.

Taking Mexico by storm: Cesaro celebrates the CMLL Grand Prix 2024.

Swiss Abroad Community

From Lucerne to La Catedral glory: the global rise of a Swiss wrestling icon

This content was published on Aug 15, 2026 Claudio Castagnoli built a global career in a sport that barely registers in Switzerland. He tells Swissinfo how a trip to Mexico sparked his passion for the ring.

A new school term that is likely to be disrupted by the strike

Education

Geneva strike to disrupt start of school year

This content was published on Aug 14, 2026 Start of new school term in Geneva likely to be disrupted by public sector strike.

Charlie Chaplin was probably the most famous target of the House UnAmerican Activities. His anti‑McCarthyism masterpiece, "A King in New York" (1957), made during his exile in the UK, follows a deposed European king in New York who becomes a reluctant celebrity. The film remained unreleased in the United States for 20 years.

Culture

Reds on the blacklist: Locarno revives Hollywood’s radical authors

This content was published on Aug 14, 2026 The film festival revives filmmakers silenced by anti-Communist persecution in a topical retrospective.

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