Swiss Identity

Online games spell trouble for Swiss gambling addicts

This content was published on Oct 8, 2019 When it comes to gambling, nearly 3% of the Swiss population is either addicted or at risk of addiction.

Quatre soldats au repos sur un vieille gravure.

History

Homesick for the mountains

This content was published on Oct 8, 2019 Two hundred years ago, homesickness was thought to be a typically Swiss affliction, triggered by ‘Kuhreihen’, old herdsmen’s songs.

Investigation opened against Lucerne imam

This content was published on Oct 8, 2019 The Office of the Attorney General of Lucerne has opened an investigation into an Iraqi imam at a mosque in the town of Kriens.

Culture

Top winners include Cate Blanchett and Sound of Metal

This content was published on Oct 6, 2019 Sound of Metal by Darius Marder (US) has taken the top prize for an international feature film at the 15th Zurich Film Festival.

Demographics

Bank scandal, base jumping and rip-offs

This content was published on Oct 5, 2019 Almost every article published by swissinfo.ch contains a percentage, an age, an amount of money or some other figure worth noting.

Culture

Switzerland as seen by the eye in the sky

This content was published on Oct 5, 2019 Switzerland, when seen from above, opens up new perspectives – “tools for reflection”, as Swiss photographer Georg Gerster put it.

Education

Swiss teachers: well-paid but stressed

This content was published on Oct 5, 2019 October 5 is World Teachers’ Day. In honour of this, we have rounded up five top facts about teachers in Switzerland.

The back of the new museum overlooks the railway tracks

Culture

Lausanne’s long-awaited art museum opens in a train depot

This content was published on Oct 4, 2019 A major art museum in Switzerland’s fourth-largest city is the first step in a vast project rethinking art’s role in a fast-moving world.

Female hand holding phone with MeToo written on screen

Demographics

Switzerland boosts aid for sexual violence survivors

This content was published on Oct 3, 2019 Switzerland is boosting support for sexual violence survivors.

Demographics

Swiss warned against online love traps

This content was published on Oct 3, 2019 Switzerland’s police and crime prevention agency on Thursday launched a campaign warning the public against fraudulent love on the internet. The country documented more than 16,000 online love scams in 2018. The campaign offers advice on how to recognise and deal with a “love scam”. How do love scams work? Fake profiles are created on social media and platforms…

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