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SWI swissinfo.ch

Our partner organisation SWI swissinfo.ch reports daily from Switzerland on the topics of politics, the economy, culture, society, science and direct democracy.

The platform provides information in ten languages, and offers top multimedia stories and analysis in German, French, Italian and English, as well as in Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Arabic, Japanese and Russian.

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public-law news information platform of SRG SSR which was created from the former Swiss Radio International. It offers independent information from the fields of politics, the economy, culture, science and education as well as on direct democracy. Its target audience includes foreigners who are interested in Switzerland as well as Swiss abroad.

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SWI swissinfo.ch - a branch of Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SRG SSR Swiss perspectives in 10 languages

Swiss Abroad elect representatives online for first time

16. May 2025 - Swiss citizens in 50 countries used electronic voting for the first time to elect representatives to the Council of the Swiss Abroad for the 2025-2029…

Switzerland sees fewer weekend births as planned deliveries rise

16. May 2025 - As caesarean sections and planned births increase, so does predictability of timing: in Swiss hospitals in 2023, 16% of babies were born on Fridays,…

How are you, Switzerland? Let us know in our 2025 survey

15. May 2025 - Which everyday concerns weigh on your mind, and how do you feel about the big issues of our time? The Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC), SWI…

University of Zurich’s first gender medicine professor sparks interest

15. May 2025 - The new academic position, created a year ago, faced some hurdles in its first 12 months – but overall, the university is satisfied. For the past…

RaiseNow fundraising platform under fire for rejecting Swiss People’s Party

14. May 2025 - Last year's decision by RaiseNow, a Swiss online fundraising and payment platform, to refuse to offer payment solutions to the right-wing Swiss…

St Gallen weighs playground smoking ban to protect children

13. May 2025 - The city of Chur in southeastern Switzerland has led the way in smoke-free playgrounds; now a similar initiative is gaining ground in St Gallen in the…

Honesty over success: the true values of the Swiss population

12. May 2025 - What is most important to people in Switzerland and the Swiss Abroad to be satisfied in life? According to a survey by the Swiss Broadcasting…

‘Without immigration, more than a third of the Swiss population would disappear per generation’

12. May 2025 - Switzerland is a country of emigration, but at the same time it has a high level of immigration. This is typical of an open, globalised country, says…

The seven weirdest Swiss votes of all time

10. May 2025 - By far the most referendums in the world take place in Switzerland. So it’s no wonder that some are a bit odd, for example whether to ban absinthe,…

SWI swissinfo.ch – a branch of Swiss Broadcasting Corporation SRG SSR

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