Tim Guldimann, parliamentarian and former Swiss Ambassador to Germany.(Keystone) Independent media is of utmost importance for Swiss democracy, writes Tim Guldimann. For the social democrat parliamentarian and former Swiss ambassador to Germany, the initiative to do away with the radio and TV licenc...

Parliamentarian Claudio Zanetti is in favour of the 'No Billag' initiative.(Ex-press) Parliamentarian Claudio Zanetti represents the People’s Party on the board of the Organisation of Swiss Abroad (OSA). But while the OSA has come out against the ‘No Billag’ initiative, Zanetti supports it. Those wh...

IOC President Thomas Bach with representatives from South Korea andxa0North Korea's Olympic Committee President and sports minister Kim Il Guk (second from left) in Lausanne(Keystone) The Swiss-based Inte ational Olympic Committee (IOC) says the Korean peninsula has a brighter future due to the Nort...

Following the death of Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of Swedish fu iture retailer IKEA, a closer lookxa0at how his products influenced the way in which people live today in Switzerland.xa0(SRF/swissinfo.chexte al link)xa0For decades the Swedish businessman lived in Switzerland, where he benefited from...

Undocumented or not? Schools make no difference(Keystone) A group of right-leaning politicians in Switzerland is calling for schools to inform the authorities if they have illegal immigrants amongxa0their pupils. The move is causing conste ation, not only among teaching staff.The House of Representa...

Jean-Claude Biver believes inxa0facing the enemy head-on(Keystone) In a boardroom on a boat moored off Geneva’s Quai du Mont-Blanc, Jean-Claude Biver is explaining his first success in business, furiously thumping the table to punctuate his words.In the early 1980s, the luxury Swiss watch industry f...

caption-test no caption Over a thousand opponents of the "No Billag" initiative gathered at the parliament square on January 31(Keystone) The No Billag initiative, which seeks to abolish the licence fee used to finance public radio and television, is supported by a relatively small number of parties...

Peter Aeschlimann is the mayor ofxa0Trub, a small town in the Emmental region between Be and Luce e. In his auto repair shop he fixes everything from lawnmowers to trucks.xa0The 19th century Swiss novelist Jeremias Gotthelf would have loved this sunny afte oon in quiet and quaint Trub. The village i...

The UBS Optimus Foundation invested in a DIB to help girls attend school in rural India and improve educational performance(swissinfo.ch) Money to help lift the most-disadvantaged out of misery is drying up, while at the same time private investors are looking for new opportunities in a zero-interes...

Public broadcasting models around the world vary greatly in terms of funding models and gove ment influence.(swissinfo.ch) On March 4, Switzerland will decide on the future of its public service radio and TV. If voters tu out in favour of abolishing the licence fees that finance public broadcasters,...

Looted Nazi artefacts on display at the historical and folklore museum in St Gallen will be handed over to the true owners at the end of this month, and then auctioned at Sotheby's in London.xa0xa0(SRF/swissinfo.ch)xa0The two 17th century o amental silver and gold-plated ships were plundered from a ...

The 46th edition of the ‘Prix de Lausanne’ Inte ational Ballet Competition kicked off on Monday. This year, 74 young dancers from 16 countries are participating in the prestigious competition. The final will be held on February 3.xa0In this year’s edition, there are no Swiss participants. However, t...

Are Swiss-EU relations finally moving into the right lane?(Keystone) On Wednesday, the Swiss gove ment once again debated the potential institutional framework agreement between Switzerland and the European Union (EU). We look at the background to this controversial issue and its potential consequen...

Getting rid of rubbish isn't just a cosmetic issue: it's can be axa0serious strategic challenge forxa0city authorities.(Keystone) If you think Swiss streets are clean, meet the digital system that could make them even cleaner by counting and categorising different types of trash, paving the road for...

Should 'alte ative' treatments be included in health insurance coverage?(Keystone) Our healthcare series answering reader questions about the US and Switzerland is coming to a close. Here, our jou alists tackle some remaining questions about alte ative medicines, malpractice, antibiotics and more.Do...

'One is a lonely number': US president Donald Trump disembarking from Marine One in Davos.(Keystone) Almost every article published by swissinfo.ch containsxa0a percentage, an age, an amount of money or some other figure.xa0Here’s a round-up of the most interesting statistics to appear in the past w...

(PatitucciPhoto) Swiss photographerxa0Danxa0Patituccixa0took advantage of the moody, mild weather last week to capture this runner above misty Interlaken.It was day three of nonstop rain. We'd been in the office for too many consecutive hours building a new website when we realised we had pushed our...

(KEYSTONE/Lukas Lehmann) Here is a selection of stories we're looking ahead to in the week of January 29, 2018.xa0 (Keystone) TuesdayOne hundred years after the 'General Strike' that paralysed Switzerland and was put down violently, we look at the recent rise in labour unrest by talking to a union l...

The movie was shown at private screenings in cinema halls across the country(swissinfo.ch) The Swiss premieres of the Bollywood movie Padmaavat – based on a fictional tale involving a Hindu queen and a Muslim king – were sold out partly due to the threats and violence against the movie’s makers and ...

Hundreds of Christians protested in Delhi when a Catholic church was set on fire in 2014 just after the BJP party came to power(Keystone) Christian charities supported by foreign donors, including Swiss ones, are finding it increasingly difficult to operate in India due to administrative hurdles. Th...