[unable to retrieve full-text content]In this new series, swissinfo.ch picture editors choose an image highlighting a news event of the past seven days.

The cartoon of the week is a new series at swissinfo.ch. Cartoonist Marina Lutz 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.xa0Click through ...

Brexit – yes or no? If the United Kingdom were to leave the European Union, would it work out a series of bilateral agreements, similar to the ones between the EU and Switzerland? Some Brits believe Switzerland has benefited from the bilateral approach. The Swiss-EU treaties give Switzerland direct ...

Many German-speaking cantons prefer to teach English firstxa0 (Keystone) Will canton Zurich go down the controversial one-language route for pupils in primary schools, as in canton Thurgau? If so, would it be French or English? “We realised that for most primary school pupils lea ing two foreign lan...

An EU official hangs the Union Jack next to the European Union flag at the European Commission HQ in Brussels on 16 February, 2016 (Keystone) With a week to go before Britain votes whether or not to remain in the European Union, swissinfo.ch rounds up the arguments for and against and the multiple u...

While the eurozone struggles to manage public deficits, Switzerland has presented several plans to save every possible centimexa0 (Keystone) Public debt in non-EU Switzerland corresponds to barely 33% of gross domestic product (GDP), while the EU average is more than 85%. Yet almost every year the S...

Jun 15, 2016 - 13:13Europe’s premiere art fair for contemporary and mode works has been getting underway in Basel this week against the backdrop of an uncertain economic climate.Collectors at Art Basel, with an estimated CHF3.25 billion ($3.4 billion) of work on view, have been snatching up high-pri...

Stereotypes of India as a backward country are still prevalent, according to Prateek Khare whose job involves promoting the country as a destination for Swiss startups. In this article he explains what India has to offer to entrepreneurs.xa0 By Prateek Khare During my business trips to Switzerland a...

While the eurozone struggles to manage public deficits, Switzerland has presented several plans to save every possible centimexa0 (Keystone) Public debt in non-EU Switzerland corresponds to barely 33% of gross domestic product (GDP), while the EU average is more than 85%. Yet almost every year the S...

Jun 14, 2016 - 10:06“If it’s a woman’s will, everything will stand still”xa0was the slogan of the nationwide women’s strike 25 years ago that brought around half a million women out onto the streets.They were calling for more action, ten years after equality between men and women had been enshrined ...

The Swiss Pavilion with an installation by Swiss artist Pamela Rosenkranz entitled "Our Product". It is filled with a monochrome liquid matching a standardised northe European skin-tone. (Keystone) The appointment of Philipp Kaiser as curator of the Swiss pavilion for the 2017 Venice Art Biennale is...

Holding vigil after the shooting in Orlando (Keystone) Swiss politicians and media have expressed condemnation and shock over the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando in which a gunman opened fire, killing at least 50 people and wounding dozens. “Switzerland condemns in the strongest term...

Every year, Switzerland loses 800 to 900 dairy farms (Keystone) The surplus of milk in European markets, including Switzerland, has led to rock-bottom prices. Two dairy farmers explain how they have managed to survive. His dairy is one of the biggest and cutting-edge in Switzerland. His cows allow t...

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Here are the stories we’re following the week of June 13: (Keystone) Tuesday Twenty five years ago, 500,000 Swiss women took to the streets across the country to protest against inequality. Ten years after equality between men and women was written into the Swiss Constitution, they wanted action. Ha...

(Keystone) Let’s be honest, no one knows what’s going to happen if Britain votes on June 23xa0to leave the EU. But here’s some ‘informed speculation’ from a debate in Geneva on what it could mean for non-EU Switzerland. Sign up for our free newsletter and get the top stories delivered to your inbox....

The Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch site provides an outstanding example of the formation of the High Alps, including the most glaciated part of the mountain range and the largest glacier in Eurasia. (Keystone) The Aletsch Glacier is the longest in the Alps. (Reuters) La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle watchm...

Switzerland's Bosnia-bo manager Vladimir Petkovic with his multicultural squad at a photo shoot (Keystone) The Euro 2016 football championships kick off in Paris on Friday night and Switzerland are once again the most multicultural of the 24 teams taking part. Of the 23-man squad and manager, only n...

The cartoon of the week is a new series at swissinfo.ch. Cartoonist Marina Lutz 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.xa0Click through ...

Jun 10, 2016 - 12:24The prestigious Patrouille Suisse display team is a popular ambassador for Switzerland and its air force. On Thursday, the team suffered the first serious incident in its 52-year history, when two F-5 display jets collided near a Dutch air base.The mid-air collision occurred near...