Jun 25, 2016 - 14:48What to do when tensions burst or a crisis threatens? Or when adversaries won't give an inch? Often the key to finding a solution is exemplified in a piece of fu iture – the round table. Here is one big advantage: Everyone gathered around can talk to each other at eye level.They ...

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 ...

Britons have a long history in Switzerland, and now tens of thousands call it home xa0 (Keystone) British voters have opted to leave the European Union in one of the most momentous referendums the country has ever seen. What does that mean for Brits abroad? As of November 2014 there were 41,577 Brit...

Britain is Geneva’s fourth biggest economic partner, after France, Hong Kong and the United States (Keystone) As the shockwaves of the British leap in the dark and exit from the European Union continue to reverberate, businessmen and other observers reflect on the possible consequences for canton Ge...

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 ...

Johann Schneider-Ammann and EC President Jean-Claude Juncker will have plenty to talk about in the coming months (Keystone) Following the decision by the British people to leave the European Union, swissinfo.ch examines the potential economic consequences for Switzerland. Exchange rates The Swiss Na...

Swiss exporters are bracing themselves for another hike in the relative value of the franc (Keystone) Swiss stocks fell sharply and the franc rose in strength as news of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union reverberated around the markets. The key SMI index tumbled 5.3% on opening on Friday mo...

Britain has tu ed its back on the European Union (Keystone) Britain has entered uncharted waters after voting to leave the European Union. The pound has suffered one of its biggest one-day falls in history and the Swiss foreign ministry has set up a helpline for conce ed Swiss citizens and businesse...

Republican Presidential hopefuls were extinguished one by one as Donald Trump's campaign caught fire. Pictured at the Republican debate in Cleveland in August 2015 (l-r): Chris Christie, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Scott Walker, Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Mike Huckabee, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, and John Kasic...

"Look, another island!" (Marina Lutz) Britain’s referendum on Thursday on whether to leave or stay in the European Union is a first. For the first time since the 2009 EU Constitution came into force, a member state may make use of its exit clause. Under article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, “any member s...

British Prime Minister David Cameron gathering his thoughts in the Swiss resort of Davos on January 24 (Keystone) As the uncertainty grows over whether British voters will decide on June 23 to take their country out of the European Union, Swiss politicians and the media are trying to work out what a...

Experts say the Swiss can play a larger role in the global warming fight. (Keystone) Since the Swiss are responsible for only 0.1% of today’s global greenhouse gas emissions, Switzerland’s real contribution to the global warming fight may be the wealth and technology that it could contribute to help...

Meet the three athletes who are the Swiss army’s hopes at the Olympic Games in Rio this summer. (SRF/swissinfo.ch) Since 2010 the Swiss army has a special unit made up of eighteen professional sportsmen and women. Hired on a 50 per cent basis, their task is to train and to be successful. It’s all ab...

Swiss architects Herzog & de Meuron have built a new extension to their original Tate Mode design. In a rare interview, the duo spoke to Swiss public television about their work. (SRF/RTS, swissinfo.ch) In 2000, the Herzog & de Meuron architecture firm converted the former Bankside Power Station in ...

Swissquote is keen not to get its fingers bu ed again (Keystone) Banks and professional traders are lining up to take advantage of volatility created by Britain’s vote on EU membership. Amateur investors are also looking to cash in during the June 23 vote, but this has made some online platforms war...

The first Private Banking Day was held in Geneva on June 10, 2016. (Keystone) Swiss private banks are looking to capitalise on global banks' retreat from Southeast Asia, pushing deeper into the region as they seek to extend their range beyond Singapore to tap wealthy clients in less developed market...

A drawing of the October 3, 2013 tragedy by a Lampedusa school child. Three years after the migrant boat tragedy in Lampedusa, in which 366 people drowned, relatives are still trying to identify dead bodies to conduct a dignified burial. It’s a difficult but important process which is being supporte...

Here are the stories we’re following the week of June 20: (Keystone) Monday Almost three years after a shipwreck off the coast of Italy that killed 366 people fleeing conflict for better lives in Europe, the victims' families are still trying to identify the bodies so that they can hold a dignified ...

A strange creature called “Steinbockovich” has been spotted around Switzerland. His mission? Exploring the biology of the Alpine ibex, and the animal’s place in Swiss culture. The man behind this “manibex” is Boston artist Edward Monovich, who’s doing an interdisciplinary project with Zurich evoluti...

Bruno Weber (1931-2011) left behind a legacy of the largest sculpture park of any individual artist. swissinfo.ch took a look inside with his widow, Maria Anna Weber. The future of the Bruno Weber park outside Dietikon, near Zurich, is now secure. It’s pegged to become a listed heritage site about t...