In the early 2000s, after the right-wing populist Swiss People’s Party entered into ... this story or anything else you have seen on BBC Culture, head over to our Facebook page or message ...

At the call of midnight on December 31 of the year 2024, Switzerland has put in the practice of a new burqa ban, and in this way the question of freedom and culture freedom along with the ...

The group is one of dozens arguing that the easy availability of guns - some 2.3 million mostly military weapons in a country of less than 8 million people - is the reason why Switzerland has the ...

In the mahogany dining hall large orthodox families and young couples eat kosher pies from France – Switzerland has banned ... “I have nothing against these people, but they should conform ...

A CHF1 billion ($1 billion) budget has been earmarked to fund the culture ministry, the Swiss National Museum and the Pro Helvetia organisation that promotes Swiss art and culture. The funds are ...

Hundreds of people swimming in the same waterway as ... Swimming in the river, he explained, is a tradition deeply rooted in a Swiss culture that balances individual and collective responsibility.

Holten also rejects the idea that her advocacy of animal rights doubles as an attack on Swiss culture. “Many people think that I am attacking their traditions,” she told The Local.

Yet in the southernmost Swiss canton of Ticino, Italian language, culture, architecture and cuisine ... such an enticing destination, even for people from the German and French-speaking parts ...

Switzerland is a country that values lots of the critical aspects that Bitcoin offers to people. The small country in the middle of Europe encourages self sovereignty, privacy and financial literacy.