IN CONVERSATION WITH LARISSA M. BIELER
"Switzerland has strong global interrelationships: it shapes foreign countries, it exercises influence, it depends on foreign countries – journalistically we have to position ourselves more strongly"
"We aim to present the real Switzerland to a Chinese audience. This involves looking into all sides of the widest range of topics. We cover Switzerland from within Switzerland."
Dahai Shao
Head of the Chinese Department
SWI Highlights 2017
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The Facebook-backed digital currency project formerly known as Libra, now called Diem, says it is shifting operations from...
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#Switzerland's foreign minister issues statement on the violence in #Israel and the #OPT https://t.co/gg2aysoBab
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A Swiss and an American have died on #Everest in the season's first casualties on the world's highest mountain, expedition...
12:35 13.05.2021
A proposed change to the law in Switzerland will presume the deceased wanted to be a donor unless they explicitly said otherwise...
12:15 13.05.2021
What word can you make up combining 'Switzerland' and 'Sustainable'? The tourist industry hopes it's more than just a game....
11:10 13.05.2021
THE OSA ANDSWI SWISSINFO.CH
A summary byAriane Rustichelli,Director of the OSA
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The tooth fairy would have loved this fish
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The digital archives aim to capture the look and feel of Venice over the ages.
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Reads like a spy story. Credit Suisse launches inquiry into the bank’s decision to hire private investigators to follow a high-flying executive who defected to UBS.
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Communities across the United States are taking another look at the potential offered by vocational training.
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More than 100 Swiss companies are based in the Greater Chicago region.
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The drug tests on patients carried out by Swiss psychiatrist Roland Kuhn had a greater magnitude than initially assumed.
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“Our world needs more technological progress and less ideology,” Ueli Maurer told world leaders and activists.
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Four Swiss actors have joined the European Union’s €15 million research project around quantum communications networks. The OPENQKD project will test use cases for Quantum Key Distribution data security.
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Swiss buildings, responsible for a quarter of carbon dioxide emissions, will have to become more sustainable, the Senators voted.
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Why opponents of a new Swiss law on digital IDs are challenging a parliamentary decision.
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SOCIAL MEDIA ATSWI SWISSINFO.CHin 2017
no trivia here!
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Covid-19: WHO really calls the shots?
How much do we really know about the World Health Organization – the agency that Covid-19 has thrust into the spotlight? Its job it is to promote universal ...
How much do we really know about the World Health Organization – the agency that Covid-19 has thrust into the spotlight? Its job it is to promote universal ...
A nightclub in an isolated Swiss town
Before Juliane and Nici opened Cult, young people in the eastern Swiss town of Scuol had to drive for miles – even across the border into Austria – for a bit of ...
Before Juliane and Nici opened Cult, young people in the eastern Swiss town of Scuol had to drive for miles – even across the border into Austria – for a bit of ...
Switzerland's four languages
The Swiss are known for their multilingualism. The proportion of polyglots has increased slightly since 2014, according to a new report from the Federal ...
The Swiss are known for their multilingualism. The proportion of polyglots has increased slightly since 2014, according to a new report from the Federal ...
A Swiss Rifle Club in America
Swiss rifles were coveted during the American revolutionary and civil wars. Today they're used for fun by the Swiss Rifle Club of Minneapolis. In the late 1980s, ...
Swiss rifles were coveted during the American revolutionary and civil wars. Today they're used for fun by the Swiss Rifle Club of Minneapolis. In the late 1980s, ...
Why the rock band Queen loves Montreux
The quiet lakeside town of Montreux has become a mecca for Queen fans. They make pilgrimages here each year to leave messages at Freddie Mercury's ...
The quiet lakeside town of Montreux has become a mecca for Queen fans. They make pilgrimages here each year to leave messages at Freddie Mercury's ...
What is it like to work in Switzerland?
Switzerland has a strong economy, low inflation, low national debt and a low unemployment rate. It's hard to believe that only a few generations ago, Switzerland ...
Switzerland has a strong economy, low inflation, low national debt and a low unemployment rate. It's hard to believe that only a few generations ago, Switzerland ...
The Alptransit project - Lötschberg, Gotthard and Monte Ceneri tunnels through the Alps
The Lötschberg, Gotthard base and Monte Ceneri base tunnels make up the Alpine rail link project. The idea to dig the three tunnels under the Swiss Alps was ...
The Lötschberg, Gotthard base and Monte Ceneri base tunnels make up the Alpine rail link project. The idea to dig the three tunnels under the Swiss Alps was ...
Nuns: powerful women of the Middle Ages
The Middle Ages were a rough time for women. They were considered inferior to men, and very few were educated. Convents offered them opportunities that ...
The Middle Ages were a rough time for women. They were considered inferior to men, and very few were educated. Convents offered them opportunities that ...
Why is Switzerland one of the most expensive countries?
Everybody seems to agree, Switzerland is one of the most expensive countries in the world, but why is that? The anecdotal evidence is there, and in the press, ...
Everybody seems to agree, Switzerland is one of the most expensive countries in the world, but why is that? The anecdotal evidence is there, and in the press, ...
How does asylum work in Switzerland
Switzerland has a humanitarian tradition and deals with relatively more asylum requests than other European countries, given the size of the population.
Switzerland has a humanitarian tradition and deals with relatively more asylum requests than other European countries, given the size of the population.
