... Print Reuse article xa0See in other languages: 3 See in other languages: 3 xa0Languages: 3 Leuthard addressingxa0the media following an extraordinary session of the seven-member gove ment on Thursday(Keystone) “Switzerland fulfils the conditions for recognition of stock market equivalence every ...

SNB chairman Thomas Jordan remains conservative amidst growing global economic optimism(Keystone) Sometimes its agonies grab world attention. Almost three years ago, in January 2015, the Swiss National Bank rattled global markets when it unexpectedly abandoned its official cap on the franc’s value a...

... Print comment Mountain rescue forces in front of the collapsed rock face.xa0 Helpers are searching through a completely destroyed house. After the catastrophe, the area looked like warzone.xa0 Clearing the area was complicated by the vast number of unexploded munitions.xa0 The train tracks in th...

An undisturbed pile of rocks can provide a habitat for a few species.(Flurin Bertschinger/Ex-Press/BAFU) Switzerland may have been quick to join the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversityexte al link in 1992, but it’s lost momentum over the past three decades. For example, participating c...

... Print comment Reuse article xa0See in another language: 1 See in another language: 1 xa0Languages: 1 laura g 1 Laura Gibilras swissinfo.ch: You were bo in Italy as a Swiss abroad. Does someone in your family come from Switzerland?Laura Gibilras: I was a Swiss abroad because my mother was bo and ...

... Print Reuse article (PatitucciPhoto) We started our day at the Turtmann Hut with headlamps on, negotiated crevasses on both the Brunegg and Turtmann glaciers, climbed 1700 meters to the summit of the Bisho , and finally skied some much deserved powder until reaching the Tracuit Hut, where perhap...

... Print Reuse article xa0See in other languages: 8 See in other languages: 8 xa0Languages: 8 More than 80% of the foreign population living in Switzerland is from another European country. Immigration from Germany, Italy and, to a lesser extent, France has a long history. Thexa0graphic below looks...

Besides adding an interesting layer of taste, tea also helps digest cheese(swissinfo.ch) The proof of the pudding lies in the eating. With this in mind, swissinfo.ch embarked on a gourment adventure of tasting several combinations of Swiss cheeses with Chinese, Japanese and Indian teas. At the Längg...

The entrance area of the library and documentation centre at the United Nations Palais des Nations building in Geneva(Imogen Foulkes) The UN Libraryexte al link is in Block B of the Palais, part of the original magnificent League of Nations building. I have worked here for more than ten years, but e...

... Print comment Embed code It tu s out it's not the beautiful views that take his breath away, but the intricate train timetables he finds on the platforms. Diccon explains why he loves them, and what happens to them in December.xa0(Diccon Bewes for swissinfo.ch) Neuer Inhalt Horizontal Line subsc...

... Print comment xa0See in other languages: 8 See in other languages: 8 xa0Languages: 8 On April 9, 1917, Lenin and his comrades set off from Zurich main railwayxa0station. A group of Russians gathered to heckle those on board, angry they had negotiated with the German enemy to secure their passage...

Embed code (To view video subtitles in English, click on the gear icon and tu captions "on"). Neuer Inhalt Horizontal Line subscription form Form for signing up for free newsletter. Sign up for our free newsletters and get the top stories delivered to your inbox. swissinfo EN The following content i...

Skiers enjoyedxa0early snow at Crans-Montana, canton Valais, on December 3(Keystone) For the second year in a row, the high-altitude resort of Saas-Fee is offering an 80% discount by marketing a cut-price crowd-funded season pass (CHF233) aimed at boosting domestic demand; so far it has sold over 77...

When the Fritschis arrived in the US, getting initial healthxa0coverage locally was difficultxa0and expensive, but also a necessity.(D. Fritschi) People who move their permanent residence to another country are no longer obligatedexte al link to take out basic health insurance in Switzerland, althou...

Sexual harassment at work is now being talked about in Switzerland(Keystone/Gaetan Bally) Although a gove ment commissioned study found that 28%exte al link of women in Switzerland experience sexual harassment over the course of their professional lives, rarely do these cases grab headlines in the s...

Embed code The production of artificial snow uses a lot of natural resources and energy.xa0Some ski resorts have been using a different technique to try and make artificial snow production more efficient in terms of both natural resources, and money.Gstaad, for example, is now using a snow depth mea...

Historicxa0scene: Tim Wilson proposes marriage to his partner in the Australian Parliament. Hexa0said yes.(Getty Images) In 1913, Canberra was founded as the capital in this region which expands over 2,300 square kilometres. This is where the federal gove ment of the country of 25 million people has...

... Print comment xa0See in other languages: 4 See in other languages: 4 xa0Languages: 4 Alpinexa0salamanders thrive inxa0karst areas and high mountain ravines. They are most commonly found in the Alps from elevations of 1,000 metres. (Imago) Mainly active at night, Alpine salamanders feed onxa0inse...

... Print comment Reuse article xa0See in other languages: 5 See in other languages: 5 xa0Languages: 5 The past 20 years have seen increased confrontation and more unstable alliances in the Swiss parliament(Keystone/Anthony Anex) The trend of a polarising Swiss political landscape has existed for ar...

Candy girls: an advert for Suchard chocolate from 1893(Apic/Getty Images) François-Louis Cailler(Nestlé) The $100 billion (CHF100xa0billion) global chocolate industry has certainly come a long way since the days, some 3,000 years ago, when inhabitants of central and southe America would gather aroun...