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FILM: FJORD ***1/2 – was this film worthy of its Palme ...
21 August 2026 FJORD ***1/2 (vo Norwegian, English, Romanian) The question is: w...
Swiss tourist jailed for insulting Bali’s sacred day of...
A court in Bali has sentenced a Swiss tourist to a year in prison for insulting ...
Swiss teachers’ unions say schools are ill-equipped for...
Many children return to school next week. Switzerland’s sweltering summer has re...
Rejection of wage protection measures risks Swiss-EU deal
With parliament due to debate Switzerland’s package of agreements with the Europ...
Federal Council opposes initiative to curb fossil-fuel ...
This week, the Federal Council said it opposes the popular initiative “For a sus...
Federal government sets new rules on 30km/h zones
At parliament’s request, the Federal Council said on Wednesday that, from Octobe...
Switzerland is attracting fewer immigrants—and losing m...
Almost 40,000 foreign permanent residents left Switzerland in the first half of ...
Swiss public-transport fares to rise by less than expected
Swiss public-transport fares will rise by an average of 3.6% in December 2026, l...
Swiss home battery sales are booming. The maths still d...
Switzerland’s residential battery market is growing fast. Around half of new pho...
Swiss Liberal Greens want less polluting cigarette filters
Around 1,000 tonnes of cigarette butts are discarded on the ground in Switzerlan...
Switzerland’s neutrality campaign kicks off ahead of Se...
Supporters of the “Safeguard Swiss Neutrality” initiative launched their campaig...
FILM: LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL with its openness to the pu...
7 August 2026 Two brilliant festivals, one after the other, celebrating the arts...
How a tiny battery forced an emergency landing
On July 27th 2026 a routine Swiss flight from Zurich to New York was forced to m...
Switzerland’s bloodiest divide no longer seen as its gr...
Asked recently which conflict had historically posed the greatest threat to nati...
How the Big Mac Index overstates the Swiss franc’s stre...
For 40 years, The Economist has indulged in what it refers to as “burgernomics”:...
Mental illness remains the leading cause of disability-...
The number of people receiving vocational-rehabilitation support through Switzer...
