Swiss Identity

10 cities moot national Expo idea

This content was published on Nov 4, 2016 Ten big Swiss cities have joined together to launch the idea of having a joint national exhibition, which would span the whole country.

Education

Court upholds denying permit to Islamic kindergarten

This content was published on Nov 4, 2016 In its ruling, the Federal Court supported the July 2015 verdict of a canton Zurich court, which had denied the “al Huda” Islamic foundation an operating permit for its kindergarten on the grounds that the teaching of religious and secular content would not be properly separated. The school planned to teach students that religious knowledge…

Demographics

Almost one in two Swiss residents considered overweight

This content was published on Nov 4, 2016 The survey from the Federal Health Office and the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office, entitled menuCH, found that 54% of respondents had a normal body mass index. Meanwhile, 44% are considered overweight and 2% – mostly women – are underweight. The body mass index is a standard measure of body fat percentage based on…

Demographics

Is Switzerland prepared for terrorism?

This content was published on Nov 4, 2016 More Swiss companies are insuring themselves again terrorism. But Switzerland itself doesn’t have a government solution for major damages.

Demographics

Supercars of son of Equatorial Guinea’s president seized

This content was published on Nov 3, 2016 The Swiss investigation into Obiang’s assets was opened in mid-October. “The Geneva public prosecutor confirms the opening ofcriminal proceedings against Teodorin Obiang. The latter isaccused of money laundering,” the prosecutor’s office said in an e-mailed statement to Reuters. “As part of the procedure, 11 vehicles were effectivelysequestered in the cargo area of Geneva airport on behalf…

Demographics

Chef organises festival against food waste

This content was published on Nov 3, 2016

Culture

Reports of death of minority language greatly exaggerated

This content was published on Nov 3, 2016 Tough times for Romansh, Switzerland’s least-spoken national language, with the Romansh chair at the University of Zurich under threat.

Demographics

Winterthur mosque raided after sermon ‘incited violence’

This content was published on Nov 2, 2016 Prosecutors have opened criminal proceedings against four people, including an Ethiopian Imam, who are suspected of inciting violence at the An’Nur mosque in Winterthur, north of Zuich. Police raided the mosque and searched three other premises on Wednesday morning. The Imam is accused of having called on worshippers to murder other Muslims who refused to…

Culture

Artists’ friendship in a museum

This content was published on Nov 2, 2016

Demographics

Court says remains of former Burundi king can stay in Geneva

This content was published on Nov 1, 2016 The Geneva Court of Justice ruled in favour of the ex-king’s niece, who had opposed the repatriation of the monarch’s remains. The king’s daughter, backed by the Burundi government, wanted to offer her father a state funeral. She asked her half-sister who lived in Geneva to dig up the ex-king’s remains in 2012 with a…

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