Marguerite Meyer

Switzerland’s oldest cookbook whets modern appetites

This content was published on Jan 16, 2019 What once fed the clergy of the diocese can now be served in your own kitchen.

Swiss president chosen as ‘Sign of the Year’ by deaf society

This content was published on Nov 22, 2018 The Swiss Sign of the Year pokes gentle fun at Alain Berset.

Soldaten und Maschinengewehre auf dem Bürgersteig

Capitulation before revolution

This content was published on Oct 29, 2018 November 2018 will see the centenary of the 1918 General Strike, a political event that brought Switzerland to the brink of civil war.

A social experiment gets opposites talking

This content was published on Oct 25, 2018 On a fine Sunday in October people with very different opinions met on blind dates. An algorithm chose the pairs.

Frau schaut auf leuchtenden Computer-Bildschirm mit Facebook

Swiss media stuck in negative spiral

This content was published on Oct 22, 2018 The Swiss media landscape remains of high quality but an “alarmingly high” concentration is a real problem for democracy.

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Swiss National Day: twinkling eyes and crackling fires

This content was published on Aug 1, 2018 On Swiss National Day, August 1, it is above all children who enjoy all the Chinese lanterns and fireworks. A look into the archives.

Man kneeling over a hole in a field where water is illegally pulled.

A Swiss engineer in the Hezbollah Valley

This content was published on May 30, 2018 Lucas Beck works on a Swiss water project in the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon. swissinfo.ch shadowed the expert of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit.

Swiss humanitarian aid unit: rapid response experts for crisis zones

This content was published on May 30, 2018 Whether it is water specialists or mediators, Switzerland has some 700 experts who can be deployed in humanitarian crises all over the world.

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‘Explosive’ Swiss artist Roman Signer turns 80

This content was published on May 18, 2018 Roman Signer is best known for his exploding landscape performance pieces. His art is playful, full of humour and of brutal (yet quiet) poetry.

Zurich sex fair: the banality of erotica

This content was published on Apr 27, 2018 The Extasia erotic fair in Zurich attracts thousands of people, but not everyone is stocking up on whips and vibrators.

Art in a bomb shelter at the Fumetto comic festival

This content was published on Apr 18, 2018 An exhibition of comic art held in a nuclear fallout shelter in Lucerne takes the idea of underground comics to another level.

Who makes up the in-crowd at WEF?

This content was published on Jan 24, 2018 The issues discussed at the World Economic Forum may seem to reflect the topics of our time, but a look at the guest list shows little has changed.

Switzerland in motion: 2017 in review

This content was published on Dec 29, 2017 2017 has seen a lot of movement – technologically, economically and socially. Swiss politics, however, has remained relatively calm.

Most young Swiss keep informed online

This content was published on Oct 23, 2017 They are strong, they are dominant, they have money – and they are located outside the Swiss sphere of influence: the internet giants or “tech intermediaries”. They are social media platforms, especially Facebook and Google, that no longer merely serve as a means of keeping in touch with family and friends. In Switzerland, the generation…

Fact check: the case for and against licence fees

This content was published on Oct 11, 2017 We checked the claims of politicians from the for and against camps in the debate about broadcasting licence fees.

Cow and farmer stroll with sun-light breaking through a cloud sprinkled sky

Capturing the beauty of Swiss farming

This content was published on Oct 2, 2017 More than 15,000 pictures were sent in to the agricultural photo competition Agrimage.ch. Here are some of the winners.

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The lightning election of Ignazio Cassis

This content was published on Sep 20, 2017 Every election of a Swiss cabinet minister actually begins in the bars of Bern – the night before.

Pensions: ‘If nothing changes, the young will pay twice’

This content was published on Aug 23, 2017 Interior Minister Alain Berset talks pension reforms with swissinfo.ch's editor-in-chief Larissa M Bieler.

When the train conductor still whistled

This content was published on Jul 12, 2017 Teeming crowds in light-filled halls, a lonely attendant’s hut in a field – a look into the distant past of Swiss railway travel.

The breathtaking photos that showed Switzerland to the world

This content was published on Jul 7, 2017 Dizzying bridges, amazing mountain panoramas and the almost deserted streets of Zurich: this is how Switzerland was seen in the early days of tourism.