Are Swiss banks making the most of fintech's possibilities? (Keystone) Swiss banks and insurersxa0need to drop their dependence on tradition and adopt a disruptive mindset if the countryxa0is to challenge the world’s leading financial technology (fintech) players. That’s the view of John Hucker, Pre...

«Funky Claude» Nobs and Jean-Paul Marquis help fight the fire at Montreux Casino.xa0Blame it on Zappa. Montreux 1971. (©xa0Alain Bettex) Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Montreux Jazz Festival, the National Museum of Zurich has opened a memorabilia exhibition mainly focused on its founder, th...

Could the model of presumed consent put an end to the lack of organ donations in Switzerland? Following thexa0launch of a popular initiative, opinionsxa0are deeply divided. (Keystone) Every adult who dies should automatically become an organ donor:xa0that’s the idea behind a Swiss people’s initiativ...

The No Billag initiative would radically transform the Swiss media landscape (Keystone) On March 4, the Swiss will vote on getting rid of the compulsory radio and television licence fee. If they say yes, Switzerland will become the first country in Europe to abolish the bulk of its public-service br...

For many in the US and Switzerland, cost conce s and lack of understanding of the benefits of regular screenings and lifestyle changes are barriers toxa0 preventive medicine. (Keystone) Preventing or addressing an early-stage medical condition is a big piece of the health care puzzle. But the practi...

The largest bird in the Alps, the bearded vulture was exterminated in the 19th century and is a vulnerable species today.xa0 Starting in 1986, bearded vultures were reintroduced in Austria, Switzerland, Italy and France; now there are roughly 200 in the Alps, and the population is doing well. In Swi...

Avalanche observers lea how to check the profile of the snowpackxa0to see how it has changed over the winter and look for weak layers (swissinfo.ch) It may seem quite a leap from studying snowflakes with a magnifying glass to forecasting one of the greatest natural threats in the Alps, but the step ...

With numerous Michelin stars under his belt, Swiss cook Daniel Humm is the head chef and one of the owners of the best restaurant in the world, according to an influential 2017 ranking. He took his first steps towards becoming a professional chef at age 14, and now lives and works in the United Stat...

Playing to a vanished audience: Basel's Valentin Stocker celebrates. (Keystone) As the Swiss national team goes from strength to strength in preparing for the World Cup in Russia, we dig into the numbers toxa0explore the struggles of the domestic league. On the surface, Swiss football is enjoying so...

Watches on display at the SIHH fair last year (Keystone) When Fabienne Lupo, who runs the Salon Inte ational de la Haute Horlogerie watch fair in Geneva, says its ambition is “to become a kind of Davos of watchmaking”, this is not just an airy ambition of hers. By comparing SIHHexte al link, which o...

Many Swiss citizens prefer to sit and watch. Why isn't tu out in regular votes and elections not higher? ( Salvatore Vinci / 13 Photo) Switzerland is often regarded inte ationally as a model of functioning democracy. But a closer look shows that Swiss democracy is far from perfect. The “rule of all”...

Here is a selection of stories we're looking ahead to in the week of January 15, 2018. (Keystone) Tuesday The Swiss national football team has been doing well of late, but not much is known about the country’s Super League. We look at why, and consider whether the team is punching below or above its...

A section of the cathedral's dome showing Gallus taming a wood-bringing bear. (Keystone) After the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe was plunged into the Dark Ages. It might have fallen further had it not been for the epic efforts of a band of Irish monks. Take a walk through the vast courtyard of St...

Tama Vakeesan was bo in Switzerland to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka. This week she visits the 'Klipp und Klang' radio school. Thexa0students, who are refugees, conduct radio interviews with managers of various enterprisesxa0to find out what sort of skills they need for different types of work. They ...

An evolutionarily questionablexa0scene from the 1960 film of Swiss Family Robinson (imago) Johann David Wyss, who died exactly 200 years ago, wrote the most-translated Swiss book ever: Swiss Family Robinson. Yet, at home, both Wyss and his book remain practically invisible and firmly in the shadow o...

Claude Nobs plays harmonica on stage with Solomon Burke at the 39th Montreux Jazz Festival in July 2005 (Keystone) It is five years ago today that Claude Nobs, founder of Switzerland’s famous Montreux Jazz Festival, died suddenly at age 76.xa0 In this 2013 article, swissinfo.ch reported on his death...

Gondo used to be frequented by gold miners and cross-border smugglers, as immortalised by thexa0statue in the foreground. (Keystone) A new kind of mine is providing hope for a Swiss mountain village that has seen its share of misfortune over the years. Gondo, with 40 inhabitants, is no longer mining...

The cross-border Portes du Soleil ski region is a bargain for skiers looking for variety. (© KEYSTONE / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT) Where in the Swiss Alps do you get access to the most ski slopes for your money? We crunched the numbers and found there’s a reason you’re asked to pay more at Adelboden than...

Hush - silence: No talking about the funding of political parties in Switzerland (GraphicaArtis/Getty Images) Lack of transparency as regards the funding of parties andxa0political campaigns: this is one of the few weak points where Switzerland is criticised. “One doesn’t talk about money,” is a pro...

Here is a selection of stories we're looking ahead to in the week of January 8, 2018. (Keystone) Monday The trial of thirteen financiers accused of funnelling more than CH15 million to the Sri Lankan Tamil separatist group Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam (LTTE) will start at the Swiss Federal Crimin...