Swiss Identity

Homeschooling

This content was published on Jun 15, 2017 Close to 1,000 children are taught at home instead of going to regular school. Why? Find out here.

Me and my mum

This content was published on Jun 15, 2017 Tama Vakeesan was born in Switzerland to parents from Sri Lanka. She speaks with her mother who explains what it was like to leave her home country.

Parking clampdown in Zurich yields windfall

This content was published on Jun 15, 2017 Motorists were also caught unawares by the stricter approach to parking offences in 2016. It appears that many took the regular ten-minute period of “extra-time” on the parking meter for granted. “Offending motorists had increasingly perceived the additional time granted to them in Zurich as additional parking time,” the city authorities said in a statement.…

A thumb hovers over an iPhone screen showing the Swiss Maps app and Google Earth app.

Demographics

What’s the big deal about big data?

This content was published on Jun 15, 2017 Big data is about to bring a wealth of opportunities to Switzerland thanks to investments in research. Efforts are also underway to control the risks.

Two asylum seekers from Afghanistan stand beside a donkey.

Demographics

Swiss open homes to hiking asylum seekers

This content was published on Jun 14, 2017 On the first part of their discovery hike across Switzerland, two asylum seekers share their stories with their Swiss hosts.

Demographics

Ban on human ash disposal reinforced

This content was published on Jun 14, 2017 The discovery of 67 cremation urns in Lake Zurich made international headlines seven years ago. Divers from the lake rescue service came upon them in a spot near a Dignitas clinic. The canton outlawed the professional disposal of human remains five years after the discovery. Dignitas fought the order, arguing that it represented an unfair…

Culture

Open conflict about foreign language teaching averted

This content was published on Jun 14, 2017 Opponents of a coordinated approach to foreign language teaching at primary schools in Switzerland have suffered a setback.

Demographics

Who are the Swiss jihadists?

This content was published on Jun 12, 2017 What do jihadists who have returned from Syria to Switzerland have in common?

The last human right

This content was published on Jun 12, 2017 Assisted suicide has been legal in Switzerland for decades, in fact it’s even seen as the last human right.

Many sex workers in Switzerland still go unprotected

This content was published on Jun 12, 2017 Sex workers in Switzerland know about safe sex, yet many skip condoms for the sake of business, says a new study by the University of Lausanne.

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