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November 2018 will see the centenary of the 1918 General Strike, a political event that brought Switzerland to the brink of civil war.
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The Swiss media landscape remains of high quality but an “alarmingly high” concentration is a real problem for democracy.
Swiss National Day: twinkling eyes and crackling fires
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On Swiss National Day, August 1, it is above all children who enjoy all the Chinese lanterns and fireworks. A look into the archives.
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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
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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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Roman Signer is best known for his exploding landscape performance pieces. His art is playful, full of humour and of brutal (yet quiet) poetry.
Art in a bomb shelter at the Fumetto comic festival
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An exhibition of comic art held in a nuclear fallout shelter in Lucerne takes the idea of underground comics to another level.
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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.
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2017 has seen a lot of movement – technologically, economically and socially. Swiss politics, however, has remained relatively calm.
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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…
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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
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Dizzying bridges, amazing mountain panoramas and the almost deserted streets of Zurich: this is how Switzerland was seen in the early days of tourism.
Should raw milk sales be banned or should consumers decide?
Swiss food regulations do not allow raw milk to be sold for direct consumption. However, a loophole allows 400 raw milk vending machines to do just that.
