Geneva-based political cartoonist Patrick Chapatte and Swiss investigative journalist Anne-Frederique Widmann got together and organised an exhibition of artworks created by death-row prisoners called Windows on death row. This unique art exhibition was inaugurated in Los Angeles last October. Death-row inmates from all over the US share their daily lives on death row and the reality […]
5 films that will change the way you feel about refugees
Some people flee their homes for a better life. Others do it for survival. The five films below bring to life the unimaginable savagery and tragedy of life in some parts of the world. These five are a small selection of those showing at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights in Geneva, running from 4 to […]
Geneva’s Left wants 1% of salaries to pay for dentistry
20 Minutes. Geneva’s Ensemble à gauche and Socialist parties want to see compulsory dental care and presented a proposal to Geneva’s parliament in mid-February. On Monday Geneva’s labour party (Parti du travail) launched a cantonal initiative for the same thing. The plan would be funded by compulsory salary deductions of 1%. Half of this would be categorised as […]
Geneva car show 2016. What’s under the cover?
On 3 March 2016, the rubber hits the stage at the Geneva car show. The show runs until 13 March. Tickets are CHF 16 per adult, reduced to CHF 8 after 4pm. The show is at Palexpo, next to Geneva airport. There are too many cars to mention them all so here are videos of two of the […]
Making foreigners feel unwelcome in Switzerland. It was worse in the 1970s.
A documentary, called The Schwarzenbach Years (Les Années Schwarzenbach), recounts Swiss disdain for foreigners in the 1970s. Clear parallels can be seen between then and now. The film will be shown at the International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights in Geneva on 9 March 2016 at 14:30. Last weekend Last Sunday, close to 59% of Swiss voters rejected […]
Swiss GDP pick-up beats forecast
Brought to you by Investec Switzerland. The Swiss economy returned to growth at the end of last year as it fought off the impact of a currency shock that had threatened to push the country into a recession. Gross domestic product rose 0.4 percent in the three months through December, after contracting 0.1 percent in the […]
Why Zurich beats Geneva on quality of life
Mercer, a consulting firm, recently published it’s 2016 quality of life ranking of 230 cities around the world. Both Zurich and Geneva made the global top ten. But what puts Zurich second, six places ahead of Geneva at number eight? The survey is used by multinational companies to compensate employees fairly when placing them on international […]
No relief for Swiss renters despite falling interest rates
Every three months the rate of interest used to set Swiss rents is reviewed. If it goes down some renters have the right to request a decrease in rent. Unlike on 2 June 2015, when it was reduced from 2.00% to 1.75%, giving many a chance to reduce their rent, on 2 March 2016, it was left at 1.75% […]
After the vote the UDC poster with the black and white sheep gets a makeover
As the Swiss referendum to automatically expel foreign criminals looks set to fail the hashtag #happysheeps has sprung up on Twitter. Here is a selection of Tweets: Quand Twitter se moque de la défaite de l’#UDC #CHvote #UDC > Tous les #happysheeps https://t.co/68pQzov0Pa pic.twitter.com/osLumuPC7T — Le Matin (@Lematinch) 28 février 2016 Résultats acruels du #CHvote […]
Counting the votes. Swiss vote results 28 February 2016.
The votes have been counted. The Swiss Statistics Office charts below show results by canton and district. To display the percentage results for a canton or district click on it. The charts can be switched from canton to district by clicking on the dropdown menu in the top right of each chart. The initiatives to […]
