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Mafia targets Switzerland for business

Despite the global economic downturn, business is booming for the Italian Mafia, with an estimated annual revenue of around €90 billion (SFr138 billion).

Swiss alarmed by surge in Somali piracy

With 30 per cent of Swiss-bound goods passing through the Gulf of Aden, the sharp rise in Somali pirate attacks is "alarming", warn the federal authorities.

Europe faces "disappointment" over Obama

Europe's euphoria at the election of Barack Obama as the next president of the United States may be dampened when he assumes power, a political expert warns.

Laser on Jungfraujoch gives CO2 clues

From the icy heights of the Bernese Alps, climatologists are using light in breakthrough ways to gather real-time data on how humans are affecting the environment.

Children's rights "have to be demanded"

Children living in the streets of poor countries are usually the products of complex social, political and economic problems, a child rights expert tells swissinfo.

Languages generate one tenth of Swiss GDP

Switzerland's multilingual heritage gives it a competitive advantage worth SFr46 billion ($38.15 billion), says a study presented in Bern this week.

Swiss voters ponder choices

Drug laws, pensions and planning permission are on the agenda for Swiss voters in the next exercise of direct democracy on November 30.

Zurich retail rent ranks with world's highest

Zurich's Bahnhofstrasse is still one of the most expensive in the world for renting store space, says a study released on Wednesday.

Switzerland and Turkey strive to improve ties

Swiss cabinet ministers have lined up to visit Turkey this year, signalling rapprochement after the issue of the Armenian massacre in particular had strained ties.

"Street racers must pay for what they do"

After an accident involving street racers in which an innocent woman died, the head of a road safety group tells swissinfo that a stronger line is needed.

Shiva's dance of life and death

Shiva is among the most important Hindu gods. At once terrible and benevolent, he is never more powerful than when he is dancing.

Elevating the minds of future architects

Many modern buildings are still not accessible to people with disabilities – a state of affairs that Swiss lift company Schindler is trying to change.

Swiss Quote
In Switzerland they had brotherly love, five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did they produce? The cuckoo clock. Orson Welles (The Third Man, 1949, Graham Greene)