Globus Riots: when the Swiss youth took to the streets
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Clashes between protestors and police in the centre of Zurich 55 years ago are seen as a watershed moment in recent Swiss history.
Swiss museum examines collection of Nazi-era art dealer
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"Taking stock means being accountable" - Bern's museum of fine arts is holding an exhibition on the controversial Gurlitt art collection.
How an experimental housing model pushed communal living to the limits
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A hundred years ago a Swiss 'Free Village' was seen as a testing ground for an ideological third way between socialism and capitalism.
Dictators’ funds in Switzerland – the biggest scandals
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From Marcos to Yanukovych via Mubarak, a rogues’ gallery of former leaders who have stashed their stolen cash in Switzerland.
Pioneering female designers finally take centre stage
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Overlooked or misunderstood, women designers' contributions often haven't received the attention they deserve. An exhibition wants to rectify this.
Swiss recognition of former Soviet republics took 15 minutes
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Documents from 1991 show that Switzerland swiftly recognised the new countries emerging out of the former Soviet Union. Now it's more complicated.
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Each year Switzerland publishes an official photograph of the cabinet. The style and tone of the image often reflect wider changes.
How the bubble house movement took hold in Switzerland
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From a flat extension to futuristic worlds, Swiss architects were swept up in the bubble architecture movement in the 1960s.
