Swiss Identity

Bomb forces Tunisian president to cancel Swiss visit

This content was published on Nov 24, 2015 Tunisia’s president Beji Caid Essebsi has cancelled his official visit to Switzerland this week due to a deadly bomb attack against a bus carrying members of Tunisia’s presidential guard in the capital Tunis on Tuesday.

Demographics

Swiss may soon pass football bank data to US

This content was published on Nov 24, 2015 Switzerland's justice office says it has agreed to a US request to provide bank documents as evidence in the ongoing corruption investigation into 14 football officials and businessmen on charges of bribery, money laundering and racketeering.

Culture

Swiss return two ancient cuneiform tablets to Iraq

This content was published on Nov 24, 2015 Swiss officials have handed over to the Iraqi Embassy in Bern two rare cuneiform tablets from ancient Mesopotamia which were illegally imported into Switzerland.

Demographics

Switzerland and US split criminal betting spoils

This content was published on Nov 24, 2015 Switzerland and the United States have shared CHF50 million ($49.1 million) in criminal assets resulting from illegal sports betting linked to the BetOnSports online business, the justice ministry announced on Tuesday.

History

One step closer to local burka ban

This content was published on Nov 24, 2015 In September 2013, voters in the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino approved a proposal to what’s been dubbed a “burka ban”. The parliament there gave the new law the green light on Monday. The ban has been problematic to implement however. Parliament has now agreed to create different laws that separate the regulation of burkas and…

Culture

Oldest Swiss polyphonic church bells restored

This content was published on Nov 23, 2015 Wettingen Abbey, formerly a Cistercian monastery in canton Aargau, doesn’t look as though it houses an imposing set of bells: only the four smallest bells hang under the narrow octagonal ridge turrets. The other four are found under the church roof in wooden bell cages. For the restoration, all eight bells were taken down and…