Officials are still piecing together what happened at the Salez train station in northeaste Switzerland when a man attacked a group of passengers, injuring several. One died of her injuries, as did the attacker (Keystone) The name of the person believed responsible for a deadly attack on train passe...

Could Swiss medical teaching go the way of the US? (Keystone) Switzerland has a high number of doctors per capita, so why does everyone think there’s a shortage? When you have two small children like I do, you are happy that you can get an appointment quickly with your local children’s doctor or gen...

Here are the stories we’re following the week of August 15.xa0 (Keystone) Monday Switzerland’s system of direct democracy is recognised for its involvement of citizens in decision-making – whether it’s a big issue like asylum policy, or a seemingly minor one like installing streetlights in a 250-per...

Khadem al-Qubaisixa0has been under investigation in Abu Dhabi for months, according to gove ment insiders (Keystone) Swiss criminal authorities are probing a well-connected former top Abu Dhabi finance official over an alleged inte ational conspiracy to embezzle money from Malaysia’s 1MDB wealth fun...

Surrein is the last Swiss village without streetlights (Keystone) Direct democracy kept the people of one Swiss alpine village in the dark for over 40 years. What made them finally see the light? There could be someone standing just in front of me, but if there is I can't see them. The night in the ...

(swissinfo.ch) As a Weste er, what's it like to live in Egypt or China? Two global citizens share their experiences and advice. Documentary maker Sandra Gysi splits her time between Switzerland and Egypt. She says Zurich is more efficient, but Cairo is the better place to go dancing. Meanwhile, Nikl...

More than one in ten Swiss lives abroad. The number has more than doubled since 1980. This graphic illustrates that the Swiss don’t like to stray too far from home. At the end of 2015, more than 760,000 Swiss lived abroad. People move around a lot these days and for many different reasons: tourism, ...

Aug 13, 2016 - 11:00To make a living, Roberto Donetta worked as a travelling photographer and seed salesman. His images captured scenes in the Blenio valley when people lived hand to mouth.Upon his death in 1932, Donetta left behind almost 5,000 glass plates of daily life in the isolated alpine vall...

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband, Philip, walking in the Swiss Alps on August 12 (Reuters) After a hectic first month in office, British Prime Minister Theresa May and her husband have begun a two-week hiking holiday in Switzerland. She is thus continuing a long tradition of Brit...

Each week cartoonist Marina Lutz takes a look at a big issue in the news in Switzerland. She has worked with different Swiss media as a caricaturist, including the Nebelspalter satirical magazine. Lutz has won several awards for her work, notably during the Fumetto inte ational cartoon festival.xa0C...

The Aletsch experience from high up on thexa0Moosfluh peak (Simon Bradley/swissinfo.ch) The mighty Aletsch Glacier is melting at an ever-quickening pace and could almost disappear by the end of this century. The shrinking field of ice is just one of a series of dramatic changes to the local region’s...

Switzerland is among the world leaders in recycling of glass and other material. But it also has a very high waste production proportional to its populationxa0 (Keystone) Switzerland needs an economy that is based on the sustainable use of natural resources. An initiative by the Green Party wants to...

A Swiss study has found that when the local authorities ask newcomers to Switzerland to a ‘welcome interview’ they have a better chance at fitting in to local communities. (SRF, swissinfo.ch) Every year, about 30,000 foreign nationals make canton Zurich their new home. For the cantonal authorities i...

Around 30% of doctors practising in Switzerland have foreign qualifications (Keystone) Universities have been announcing plans to boost the number of places to study medicine following the decision to inject millions more into medical training. But why is there such a shortage of doctors in Switzerl...

Wind power produces electricity even when demand is low (Keystone) Deep in a cave in the Swiss Alps, an innovative system that stores electricity as compressed air is being developed in a pilot project that is a world first.

Of the 119 cases of forced marriage involving minors this year in Switzerland, 26 were under the age of 16. (Keystone) Following the report by a specialist Swiss websi

What an Engadine workspace for digital nomads could look like (MiaEngiadina/Andrea Badrutt) This article on Switzerland you are about to read was actually w

The US makers of desert movie Pow Wow had to do three crowdfunding ventures to raise money for filming and editing (pardo.ch)

(Keystone) Swiss kids love Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka – but why aren’t they playing tennis? Or at least why is there not one Swiss male player aged 21 or under in the world top 500? Let's block ads! (Why?)

Aug 8, 2016 - 11:19The Japanese emperor has strongly indicated that he wants to retire, in a rare video address to the public on Monday. It’s put the Crown Prince Naruhito into the spotlight, a man who the Swiss already got to know back in 2014 when he paid a visit to Be .Akihito’s son came to Switz...