Expertise: Education and apprenticeships, migration, politics, start-ups and innovation. Initials: vdv
A Swiss-American journalist mainly covering education, migration and youth issues - plus the occasional story on cheese, given her roots in Switzerland and Wisconsin. She also produces podcasts and works on the social media team.
Spanish reporter nabs top prize at Bern’s True Story Award
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Journalists based in Mexico, Germany and the United States won prizes at this year’s True Story Award, given in the Swiss capital on Friday night.
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SWI swissinfo.ch debates, which allow for discussion with our journalists and with our readers around the world, are now truly multi-lingual.
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The pandemic has shaken up the Swiss economy, but affected sectors differently. What future for Switzerland as a business and research location?
Swiss voters approve paternity leave, bury family tax breaks
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A two-week paternity leave passed with strong support, while more tax deductions for families with children failed at the ballot box.
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While better training has reduced incidents of racial profiling and violence among Swiss police, what goes on behind closed doors is troubling.
Why is Switzerland a target for cash truck heists?
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Western Switzerland has seen nearly a dozen violent money truck heists since 2006, and three since the beginning of this year.
‘Swiss farmers could make a lot more money selling to the US’
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The American ambassador to Switzerland believes the agricultural sector has evolved to make room for a potential US-Swiss free trade deal.
Fire at asylum seeker housing calls safety into question
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A tragic fire that killed several asylum seekers has highlighted Switzerland’s lack of a smoke alarm requirement and other safety challenges.
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A Swiss-Canadian chef and food blogger explains how she found her place in Switzerland through recipes from her mother’s homeland.
Canadian-Swiss chef trades grilled cheese for Gruyère
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When she moved to Switzerland, discovering the country’s cuisine helped dual citizen Andie Pilot feel at home in a place both foreign and familiar.
Ken Loach talks Brexit, Swiss wealth and a ‘new kind of poverty’
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British filmmaker Ken Loach shared how a working-class upbringing influenced him, his take on poverty and Brexit during a visit to Switzerland.
How do the Swiss deal with firearms? Your questions, answered
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Amid US gun law debates, we answer your questions about guns in Switzerland, including why a place thought to have so many has few mass shootings.
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Switzerland's Olympic team has exceeded the medal goal set for them at the Winter Games in PyeongChang. A look, in photos, at how they got there.
Swiss students, politicians work towards university access for refugees
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Lack of information and money are keeping qualified refugees in Switzerland from studying and launching careers. Students want to change that.
Businessman Browder interrogated at Swiss border amid Russian row
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Browder was in Geneva for a human rights summit where he called for Russian sanctions. Browder told swissinfo.ch that his passport was flagged at about 8 pm Geneva time on Monday when passing through an immigration checkpoint on his way back to the United Kingdom, where he lives. He said he was then pulled aside…
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“Some people from other countries trained for two years just for this competition,” says Irina Tuor, a young woman from eastern Switzerland, of the WorldSkills contest where she recently won a gold medal in her field. Tuor met competitors from China and Brazil, for example, who were laser-focused on learning and re-learning material they might…
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Should Switzerland take measures to support its struggling industries?
Industrial policies are back in fashion, not only in the United States but also in the EU. Should Switzerland, where various industries are struggling, draw inspiration from such policies?
