Swiss Identity

First Swiss recipient of overseas Indian award felicitated

This content was published on Mar 26, 2019 Swiss citizen Rajendra Kumar Joshi has been awarded the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award, India’s highest award conferred on the Indian diaspora.

Culture

Swiss watchmaking presented for UNESCO recognition

This content was published on Mar 25, 2019 Swiss watch-making know-how spans craftsmanship from Geneva to Schaffhausen along the Jura mountain range that divides Switzerland from France. The manufacture of automatons and music boxes in the St. Croix region is also part of the package, the Federal Office of Culture said on Monday. Several craftspeople, companies, schools, museums and associations transmit these techniques…

Soldats suisses devant un manifestation de Tibétains

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How Switzerland lost and regained its Chinese ‘friend’

This content was published on Mar 25, 2019 Relations between Switzerland and China today are very close. Exactly 20 years ago things were very different.

Demographics

Thefts halved but fraud on the rise

This content was published on Mar 25, 2019 The number of registered thefts in Switzerland has nearly halved since 2012 but fraud is increasing. Violent crimes remain stable.

Illustration des Mörders und der zwei Frauen

History

‘Empress stabbed in the heart’

This content was published on Mar 25, 2019 In 1898 the Empress Elisabeth of Austria was killed in Geneva by an Italian anarchist - a dramatic case that aroused strong feelings around the world.

Cars racing at the Zurich E-Prix race in June 2018

Demographics

ABB FIA Formula E championship powers away after a slow start

This content was published on Mar 25, 2019 The Formula E founder says it is a “miracle” that the motorsport series survived after being on the brink of collapse.

Culture

Swiss church bringing more abuse cases before judiciary

This content was published on Mar 24, 2019 In 2017, a record number of cases – 65 incidents – were reported in Switzerland, according to the German-language newspaper. Of these, only ten were serious enough for the judiciary to act. Eight cases were reported by the church itself and the other two were investigated by prosecutors. The church declined to give details of the…

Culture

Swiss join protests against EU copyright reform

This content was published on Mar 24, 2019 More than 1,000 demonstrators marched in Switzerland’s biggest city against the copyright reforms which critics fear threaten freedom of speech, according to the Keystone-SDA news agency. The copyright directive, which is due for a final vote at the European Parliament next Tuesday, aims to modernize copyright laws so they are fit for the digital era. In…

Culture

What does Swiss security look like?

This content was published on Mar 23, 2019 Switzerland is one of the world's safest countries. But who should be protected from what, and what does this protection look like?

Culture

Swiss Film Award delivers victory to Russbach, Kofmel

This content was published on Mar 23, 2019 The debut films of Antoine Russbach and Anja Kofmel triumphed at the 2019 edition of the Swiss Film Awards ceremony, nabbing three awards each.

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