Le Matin. According to The Times, migrants in Britain who failed to improve their English would lose the chance to remain there as part of a drive to bring Muslim women into mainstream society. Speaking to the British newspaper Prime Minister David Cameron announced a £20 million fund for teaching female muslims to speak English. He wants to bring […]
Bern wants to ease Swiss refugee work rules
Le Matin. The Swiss minister of Justice Simonetta Sommaruga wants refugees better integrated into the Swiss job market. Under proposed changes the special 10% tax currently applied to those on certain refugee visas will go. In addition, procedures for employing refugees will be simplified. The Swiss Federal Council (Cabinet) will submit these proposals, designed to remove […]
Top 10 places where Swiss emigrate
There is no shortage of news on the number of foreigners living in Switzerland in local Swiss media. However, many Swiss also live abroad. In addition, some countries on the list receive significantly more Swiss than Switzerland receives of their citizens, as statistics released on 25 January 2016 show. In 2015 there were over 760,000 Swiss living beyond […]
Swiss People’s Party (UDC) leaders quit one after the other
Le Matin. Yesterday, Toni Brunner, president of the Swiss People’s Party (UDC/SVP), announced he would quit as the party’s president on 23 April 2016. Then today the Swiss newspaper SonntagsBlick, reported that Christoph Blocher also plans to resign from his post as one of the party’s several vice presidents at the same time as its president. Brunner, who described Blocher […]
Swiss vote to tighten asylum rules on track for June
Le Matin. Changes to the laws around asylum in Switzerland are currently working their way through Switzerland’s parliament. The Swiss Peoples Party (UDC / SVP) does not like some of the changes and has now collected enough signatures to launch a referendum against them. The controversial changes include free legal assistance and new powers that will […]
Number of asylum seekers up in Switzerland
Tribune de Genève. The number of people seeking refuge in Switzerland climbed in November compared to October according to the Swiss State Secretariat for Migration SEM. According to recent statistics, November arrivals increased to 5,691, 941 more than in October 2015. While the number from Eritrea dropped substantially, those from Syria and Afghanistan went up. […]
Why the Swiss need to value their foreigners
After being rejected by a number of Swiss newspapers, this article was published by swissinfo.ch, part of Switzerland’s national broadcaster, in December 2014 before being taken down six hours later. It was then published on 22 December 2014 on The Essential Edge. Swissinfo’s explanation for why it was taken down follows the article. Get the funds you need […]
The article no Swiss newspaper would publish. One year on.
In December last year, Le News’ former editor, the Swiss-American journalist Edward Girardet, wrote an article entitled “Why the Swiss need to value their foreigners”. After being rejected by a number of Swiss newspapers, it was published by swissinfo.ch, part of Switzerland’s national broadcaster, before being taken down six hours later. Le News interviewed Edward yesterday to challenge some […]
Paris Hilton wants to become Swiss
20 Minuten. Paris Hilton feels right at home in Switzerland. She even wants a Swiss passport. On 9 December 2015, Paris Hilton went in person to the Schindellegi commune office, in the canton of Schwyz, to announce her residency. Speaking to the newspaper Blick she said “I just love everything about this country…the people are so […]
UKIP leader Farage to meet Swiss People’s Party member in Bern
Tribune de Genève. Nigel Farage, the leader of the eurosceptic UK independence party (UKIP), will visit Bern this Friday. The former commodity broker and member of the European Union (EU) parliament, co-chairs the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group (EFDD) in Brussels. Farage and his EFDD colleagues will meet Yves Nidegger, a member of the Swiss People’s […]
