Why family support policies fail to gain traction in Switzerland
In Switzerland, women still shoulder the bulk of the housework – the reasons for this are complex. Keystone…
Switzerland’s emissions gap is larger than officially stated
Traffic around Zurich. Keystone / Gaetan Bally Switzerland’s climate emissions gap is significantly larger than officially reported, according…
Swiss direct democracy found to better reflect what citizens want
Clued into voters’ needs? Conferring in the Swiss parliament, December 2025. Keystone / Anthony Anex If parliament doesn’t…
Swiss finance under scrutiny over fossil fuels and climate impact
An aerial view of the Chevron El Segundo refinery, one of the largest petroleum processing facilities in California,…
Swiss immigration debate revives Brexit parallels
Nigel Farage, then leader of the anti-immigration, pro-Brexit UKIP party, stands in front of a campaign poster on…
Why Switzerland stopped short of formally sanctioning Ukraine
A visit to the Mariinsky Palace, the ceremonial residence of the Ukrainian President. Keystone / Anthony Anex Swiss…
Eight graphs on free movement and the Swiss economy
Over the past decade, net immigration of EU/EFTA nationals to Switzerland has amounted to around 400,000 people. Every…
How Switzerland supported Nepal in its long road to peace
Former Maoist rebels in a camp for former combatants in 2011. Their rehabilitation and reintegration into society was…
The dramatic freezing of Ferdinand Marcos’s assets in Switzerland
The wealth of Ferdinand Marcos and his wife Imelda was legendary. Here they are in a photograph taken…
Switzerland’s queer community fears rollback of LGBTIQ+ rights – SWI swissinfo.ch
The LGBTIQ community in Switzerland is concerned, partly because of international campaigns against trans people. Pictured: Pride 2024…