Le Matin. Based on a study of 240,000 Swiss military conscripts between 2010 and 2015, what an individual does, where they live, their socio-economic status, and their political leaning correlates with whether they are deemed fit for the Swiss military forces. The study conducted by the University of Zurich, shows that trades people, farmers and […]
Knocking it all down: French property developers dictate Lake Geneva’s urban vision.
Special Investigative Report Part III: Early last year, the London Sunday Times ran a two-page spread on how Paris law and local governments are enabling ‘promoteurs’ – property developers – to destroy France’s historic village centres. Largely ignored by the local press, but shared on social media, this article triggered an extraordinary response among thousands […]
COMEDY: Ross Noble – ranked one of the world’s 100 greatest stand-ups
Brought to you by International Comedy Club. After sell-out runs in both the UK and Australia, award-winning comedy legend Ross Noble will be bringing his hit show Brain Dump to locations across Europe. Famed for being the comic master of surreal tangents, the British household name will be touring mainland Europe and Scandinavia this Spring […]
Paleo music festival announces 2017 line up
Nyon’s much awaited outdoor music festival recently announced this year’s lineup. The festival, which takes place from 18 to 23 July 2017 in a field outside the Swiss town of Nyon, will include artists such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Arcade Fire, Pixies, Midnight Oil, Jamiroquai, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Justice Live, Black M and […]
Four of the five women fined for wearing full veil since start of ban are Swiss
20 Minutes. On 1 July 2016, Ticino became the first Swiss canton to ban full veils or full covering of the face in public. Since then only six transgressions have been recorded by the canton’s police. Of the six, one was issued to a Saudi national who quickly paid the CHF 100 sum, said the […]
Woman fined for singing in the streets of Lausanne
20 Minutes. Walking through town listening to your favourite music and singing along to its tune is not something you would expect to end in court. For one 37 year old woman in Lausanne it did. On 1 June 2016, at around 6:30pm, the woman, singing to the tune “I feel good” by James Brown, was stopped […]
The number of solo parents rises in Switzerland with big variances across cantons
Between 2014 and 2015 the number of solo parents rose 11,500 (+5.6%) bringing the total to 218,000. Single parent families made up 6% of Swiss households in 2015, according to statistics released this week. The percentages vary significantly by canton. The cantons with the highest rates of of solo mums and dads are Geneva (8.7%), Neuchâtel (8.0%), […]
Most Swiss support EU agreements, says poll
20 Minutes. A large majority of Swiss (77%) polled think a stable relationship with the European Union (EU) is an economic necessity and that EU agreements should be maintained. 75% of the 2,500 surveyed by gfs.bern between 9 and 25 February 2017, believe that agreements with the EU are needed to ensure the Swiss economy has […]
Falling Swiss crime rate masks increases in some crimes
On 27 March 2017, the Swiss Statistics Office released 2016 crime statistics. The total number of crimes recorded by the police fell by nearly 20,000 or 4.1% compared to 2015. This brings the total decline since 2009 to 15%. Total recorded crimes in 2016 were around 468,000, far below the 553,000 recorded in 2009. While the total number of recorded crimes […]
Geneva’s shockingly high rate of car theft
Tribune de Genève. Once again Geneva wins the prize for the highest level of car theft in Switzerland. According to Zurich Insurance, Geneva leads by far. Vaud is a distant second. Zurich says there were 200 times more vehicle thefts in Geneva than in Zug in 2016. In addition, since 2014, the number of thefts […]
