FOUNEX Many health and education experts feel that current regulations in Switzerland regarding electronic cigarettes do not go far enough, especially when it comes to protecting children under the age of 18. Last month, David Woods, headmaster at La Chataignerie international school in Founex (VD), sent a newsletter to parents warning about the easy availability […]
Absinthe: the Green Muse
GENEVA For centuries, poets and artists lauded the strong liqueur, known as the “green fairy”, for its inspirational powers, while authorities banned it as a cause of madness, murder and moral degeneracy. There should be no concerns, however, about the drink’s 21st-century comeback. Legal in Switzerland since 2005, it was sanctioned in European Union countries […]
The Roma – begging for an answer
The number of Roma in Switzerland has increased significantly since the 2004 adoption of the EU’s right of the free movement of persons. As in other European countries, the result has been a hostile reaction from local inhabitants disturbed by the uncommon sight of beggars on their streets. A study by the University of Zurich, […]
