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On 1 January, 1942, a document was signed by 26 states, coining theterm "United Nations". The Declaration of the United Nations exteal linkpledged that their govements wouldcontinue fighting together against the Axis Powers. Swiss Public Television, RTS, takes a closer look at attempts to make historic documents like these available to a wider public. (RTS/swissinfo.ch) The Geneva archives are testament to efforts to establish peace through diplomacy.The League of Nations wasthe predecessor of the United Nations, and was the firstinteational organisation that set out to achieve world peace.The 26 years of the League's history are summed up in 15 million pages. These documents will soon be av...

A demonstratoris detained by police during a protest rallyin Moscowearlier this year.(Keystone / EPA / Maxim Shipenkov) The automatic exchange of tax information (AIE) between countries is generally seen as an effective way of cracking down on tax cheats. But what if a country uses the data to politically oppress its citizens? It’s a buin...

Here are the stories to look forward to on swissinfo.ch for the week begiing September 25, 2017. (Keystone) MondayWe’ll havereactions from the September 24 votes - 'no' to pension reform and 'yes' tofood security. What will political pundits say about launching another attempt to ensure there is enoughmoney in the state coffers to payfor...

While expats considered Switzerland’s leisure options, such as Zurich’s techno parade, to be average, they appreciated the country’s security and stability (Keystone) In expat heaven, safety levels are Swiss, leisure options are South African, teachers are Fiish and neighbours are Mexican. In expat hell, safety levels areSouth African, leisure options are Fiish,teachers are Mexicanand...

This content was published on September 9, 2017 11:00 AMSep 9, 2017 - 11:00A record number of visitors – 30,000 – tued out for the biaual science days hosted by the University of Zurich and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology ETH Zurich. Over the course of three days, some 300 researchers welcomed visitors at 60 stands, 40 lectures, and 14 workshops covering topics like health, robotics...

The Jungfraujoch monitoring station, home to several research projects, sits at 3,466 metres above sea level (© KEYSTONE / GAETAN BALLY) Swiss scientists recording greenhouse gas emissions from the Jungfraujoch Alpine station are working to have their data recognised by those enforcing the Par...

Daniel Gasteiger's blockchain startup Procivisrecently aounced that it is working with canton Schaffhausen to create a digital identity for citizens (Ester Unterfinger/swissinfo.ch) “Civic tech” activist Daniel Gasteiger is a former investment banker who wants to digitise Swiss govement. ...

Inteational polls rank Be as one of the safest capital cities to live in on the planet. swissinfo.ch found out what it means to feel secure there. The city, with its thriving economy and excellent infrastructure, seems to offer a great quality of life. People appear to be pretty relaxed about p...

The European Commission calculates European consumers would gain €500 million if geoblocking practices in e-commerce were lifted. (Keystone) Swiss consumers face a major obstacle in the form of geoblocking, often resulting in limited choice and higher prices than if they lived elsewhere in Eur...

Here's a selection of the stories we will be bringing you in the upcoming week. (swissinfo.ch) Monday & Tuesday With a Swiss delegation in Washington meeting with US President Trump’s administration about vocational training, we take a look at the Swiss and American apprenticeship ...

The pharma industry is relying more and more on data and technology. (Keystone) Big pharma companies are tuing to big data in an attempt to keep up with shifts in market demand.Swiss-based Novartis is no different. After many years building successful technology businesses, Jeremy Sohn neve...

"I'm an online warrior,"says 93-year-old Pierre Rom, and "I’m better at expressing myself in writing than out loud." (©Thomas Ke/swissinfo.ch) Pierre Romis a sprightly 93-year-old who has joined a movement of politically engaged young people.He is part of the “Army of comment-writers” tha...

Global warming naturally comes to mind as a topic for reflection while Switzerland swelters in a Europe-wide heatwave. To help inform our thinking about this, swissinfo.ch compiledmore than 150 years of Swiss temperature data in graphics. It illustrates both the changing climate and hotter temperat...

Unprecedented amounts of digital information, plusadvanced computing platforms to store and analyseit, bringopportunities to create value from big data – as well as certain dangers (Keystone) It’s a ubiquitous buzzword, but “big data” is about to bring a wealth of opportunities to Switzerla...

Flesh and bones meet machines in a bid to improve healthcare (Keystone) At the University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg 6,000 patients are waiting for a diagnosis of their rare conditions. In a good year, doctors can only diagnose 1,000 of them. A Zurich-developed artificial intelligence system it’s now using can diagnose baffling cases in days. Most patients have spent years bouncing from one doctor to another, building up huge dossiers of medical notes. Rare diseases typically take at least five years to correctly name, and sometimes up to 30, by which time it can be too late for effective treatment. “This is an inefficient, costly business,” Dr Jurgen Schafer, who heads the German u...

Distance leaing Katy Romy / Flurina Rothenberger “If young people have access to these tools, maybe they won’t drown trying to reach Europe,” said Benjamin Yao, an Ivorian teacher, interpreting the hope behind MOOCs, free online courses open to everyone. The dream is to offer better educational prospects to a generation of African students who were bo with and have grown up with the inteet. This hope was furthered by the recording of the first MOOC in sub-Saharan Africa, attended by swissinfo.ch, in the capital Yamoussoukro. Behind this project initiated by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausae (EPFL), lies the story of students who work tirelessly to succeed, despit...

If every byte of information on the inteet needs a physical location where it’s stored, one of the safest places to keep this data might be inside a Swiss mountain. (Carlo Pisani, swissinfo.ch) Around 80 kilometres from Zurich it is one of the largest Swiss military bunkers ever built. In 2011 the bunker was converted into a data centre that’s now run by the company Deltalis. Located close to one of Europe’s major inteet backbones – the cables ruing under the motorway between Milan and Zurich – it benefits from fast response times over the inteet, or low latency. Given Switzerland’s reputation for stability and relatively restrictive laws on data secrecy (the Swiss authorities are only allow...

Most buyers are attracted by low Chinese prices, even if they are aware the goods are likely counterfeits (swissinfo.ch) Chinese online retailers are targeting customers looking for a bargain in expensive Switzerland. More and more Swiss are being seduced by the unbeatable prices on offer. It is estimated that around 20,000 packages a day make their way to Switzerland from China. Electronics, textile and clothes, mobile phone and tablet cases, handbags, and counterfeits of all kinds are some of the products the Swiss like to order from China. While Swiss consumers are ecstatic the same caot be said of the country’s online vendors. “By choosing the unknown in this maer, there is always a ...

Rumours spread fast on social media, and finding out what's true or false can be difficult. At swissinfo.ch we've been testing out an automated way to do exactly this, as part of a project called Pheme. We also find out how our data joualist, Duc-Quang Nguyen, finds data sources in Switzerland, and how he tus them into articles. Do you want to know how joualists sort fact from fiction at swissinfo.ch? Get in touch with the producer of this programme, joualist Jo Fahyon twitter or on Facebook. Let's block ads! بخوانید...

Justice Minister Sommaruga (centre) and Economics Minister Schneider-Amma (right) during Friday's news conference in Be (Keystone) The Swiss cabinet has proposed to use a unilateral safeguard clause to curb immigration if it is unable to reach agreement with the European Union on limiting influxes of foreigners. The cabinet aounced the plans, despite opposition by Brussels, in order to implement the controversial rightwing initiative, approved by voters two years ago, to re-introduce quotas for EU citizens. Under the proposal to be submitted to parliament, Switzerland claims the right to limit free access to the labour market due to serious economic or social problems. Economics Minis...