#Switzerland

Migration procedures to be accelerated

According to preliminary counts, the proposal to amend Swiss legislation to speed up the procedure for considering applications for refugee status was approved at a referendum held last Sunday. 66.8%…

In handcuffs – and sent home?

The initiative of the Swiss People's Party (SVP) 'For the Effective Expulsion of Foreign Criminals' may be adopted by Swiss citizens on February 28, opinion poll data confirms. Under it…

How Switzerland is cleaned

Almost sterile cleanliness and practically perfect order – that is the image of Switzerland abroad, and it must be admitted, it is not far from reality. Anyone who comes here for the first time is…

Taste of Swiss Regions

Swiss cuisine is a potpourri of flavors from various countries. It combines the cuisines of its neighbors and creates its own gastronomy from them, using local ingredients as a base. There are only a…

Ukrainians to be reviewed again

According to Swiss law, foreigners who arrive in the country seeking asylum cannot count on social assistance if the migration authorities did not examine their case due to a procedural violation or…

To the Village to a Woman Farmer

Swiss farmers invite everyone to dine at their table. And also to chat over a glass of aperitif, get acquainted with local customs, take a walk around the farm. Tasty and interesting!

Where gnomes guard the gold

When the world-famous author of detective novels, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, decided to 'kill' his cunning hero Sherlock Holmes, for greater dramatic effect he moved the action from prim London to the…

Illegals in Switzerland face even tougher times

A 29-hour debate in the lower house of the Swiss parliament led to the adoption - by a slim majority (64 to 48) - of four amendments to the country's immigration legislation, known as the 'Foreigners…

Schools on Europe's Attic

Known writer and journalist Petr Weil in his book "The Genius of Place" compares Europe to "a large house with many rooms and annexes of different times, styles, for different purposes. Two rooms…

European banking Schengen. Switzerland rushed into the embrace of the European Union

The European Union and Switzerland have finally initialed nine cooperation agreements. According to Vremya Novostey, Switzerland bargained to retain its right to banking secrecy. But for this it will…

Switzerland stripped of banking secrecy

Switzerland bans face covering

A referendum was held in Switzerland on banning the wearing of face-covering clothing in public places, including Muslim women's garments – niqabs, paranjas and burqas. The introduction of these…