There is nothing stopping Great Britain from becoming a second Switzerland, writes Sławomir Sierakowski. (Keystone) In Britain and throughout the West, we are witnessing the eclipse of the political mainstream. Politicians like Donald Trump in the US, Jarosław Kaczyński in Poland, or Marine Le Pen i...

Worried about the welfare of the rainforest and its people: Swiss activist Bruno Manser Basel author Ruedi Suter slogged his way across leech-filled mud and other exhausting terrain trying to retrace the steps of the late Swiss rainforest activist Bruno Manser – whose disappearance and presumed deat...

The Statue of Liberty has been welcoming immigrants to New York since 1886. A poem inscribed in the statue's base says: "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yea ing to be free..." (Keystone) By Courtney Morfing I’ve always considered myself an American “liberal”. Now, having lived in ...

An awkward day for British Prime Minister David Cameron, in Brusselsxa0for the first post-Brexit EU meeting (Keystone) Post-Brexit Britain is likely to opt for a Swiss-style solution – rather than a Norwegian model – to oversee relations with the European Union. The Swiss path should offer greater f...

Kim Jong-un has ruled North Korea since 2011 (Keystone) A former neighbour has identified the house where North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is likely to have lived during his time in Switzerland. It’s in a suburb of the capital Be , where a group of people from the North Korean diplomatic mission kept...

Moral Rearmament founder Frank Buchman (right) with Konrad Adenauer, first Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (1960) (Initiatives of Change) The Caux Initiatives of Change Foundation, formerly Moral Rearmament, is celebrating its 70th anniversary. swissinfo.ch looks at an inte ational eva...

Pictet's headquarters in Geneva (Keystone) When pitching for wealthy Asian entrepreneurs as clients, it helps if your bank has your family name on its front door. That at least is the experience of Nicolas Pictet, who heads Asian subsidiaries at the Swiss private bank named after his 19th-century fo...

An awkward day for British Prime Minister David Cameron, in Brusselsxa0for the first post-Brexit EU meeting (Keystone) Post-Brexit Britain is likely to opt for a Swiss-style solution – rather than a Norwegian model – to oversee relations with the European Union. The Swiss path should offer greater f...

Sharon helps other people to come out as transgender (swissinfo.ch) Sharon was about 50 when she knew. There was no moment where it just ‘clicked’, but she started to become aware that what she felt “had something to do with transgenderism”. Ten years on, she’s helping others going through a sex cha...

An awkward day for British Prime Minister David Cameron, in Brusselsxa0for the first post-Brexit EU meeting (Keystone) Post-Brexit Britain is likely to opt for a Swiss-style solution – rather than a Norwegian model – to oversee relations with the European Union. The Swiss path should offer greater f...

Swiss scientists are worried the Brexit vote will impact their access to the EU research programme Horizon 2020. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) Switzerland now enjoys partial rather than full participation in the programme, because the Swiss public voted in February 2014 to curb immigration from Europe. In retu...

Regulations can be lethal for banks, finds UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti. (KEYSTONE/Ennio Leanza) Up to 30% of Swiss banks will be smothered to death under the weight of increasingly draconian regulations within the next five years, UBS bank’s chief executive Sergio Ermotti has wa ed at a financial industr...

The Mont Terri Rock Laboratory celebrated its 20th anniversary on May 19. (Keystone) A special type of clay found beneath Swiss soil could solve the dilemma of what to do with the thousands of cubic metres of waste that will remain after Switzerland’s five nuclear power plants shut down. If you join...

Sharon helps other people to come out as transgender (swissinfo.ch) Sharon was about 50 when she knew. There was no moment where it just ‘clicked’, but she started to become aware that what she felt “had something to do with transgenderism”. Ten years on, she’s helping others going through a sex cha...

When a request for asylum is rejected, the applicant is supposed to leave the country straight away. Not everybody does, and there are vast differences in how the cantons deal with this.xa0(SRF/swissinfo.ch) In Renens in canton Vaud, around 100 rejected asylum seekers have been camping for months. W...

Britain has tu ed its back on the European Union (Keystone) Britain has decided to leave the European Union. The immediate effects for Switzerland include a strengthening franc, Swiss National Bank intervention and a gove ment helpline for conce ed citizens and businesses. In the long term, sorting ...

The outcome of the Brexit ballot has launched a new debate around the world about the merits and risks of citizens' participation in a decision-making process The decision by the British electorate to leave the European Union has created a worldwide discussion on the limits and potential of the refe...

The Mont Terri Rock Laboratory celebrated its 20th anniversary on May 19. (Keystone) A special type of clay found beneath Swiss soil could solve the dilemma of what to do with the thousands of cubic metres of waste that will remain after Switzerland’s five nuclear power plants shut down. If you join...

Depending on the source quoted, between 30 million and 50 million homosexual men and women live in China. (©Patrick Zachmann / Magnum Photos) A book showcasing the lives and loves of 70-year-old Swiss lesbians in the second half of the 20th century could soon be published in Chinese and may encourag...

We visit a group of asylum seekers living on the Rigi mountain, one of Switzerland's most iconic tourist destinations, to find out what life is like for them.xa0 Below is a gallery of photos from the day, when the group of men mostly from Afghanistan, Iran and Sri Lanka prepared a programme for memb...