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After September’s vote on the electronic ID, many of you asked: “Why do the Swiss keep voting on the same issues?” 🗳️⁠ ⁠ Watch this video to find out!⁠ ⁠ And visit Swissinfo to learn more about how Swiss direct democracy works.⁠ ⁠ #SwissDemocracy #VoteSwitzerland #SwissPolitics #DirectDemocracy #SwissReferendum #SwitzerlandVotes #DemocracyInAction #SwissCitizens #Switzerland --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role...

Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/915097/open_sms) This week on Inside Geneva, we take the pulse of the United Nations as it turns 80. “Someone celebrating their 80th birthday cannot be expected to be in tip-top shape. The UN is an old lady,” says Corinne Momal-Vanian, executive director at the Kofi Annan Foundation. Some world leaders don’t have much time for the UN. “All I got from the UN was an escalator that stopped halfway...

Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/910414/open_sms) The search for the elixir of life has been going on since time immemorial – and Switzerland has played a key role. Although scientists have yet to come up with a winning formula, the Alpine nation has a booming market for treatments, pills and gadgets that claim to slow ageing and help us live healthier, longer lives. Visit SWI swissinfo.ch for more on this topic and a video on this story....

Storm Benjamin batters Switzerland, Brienz villagers seek permanent relocation and a curfew on Christmas lights sparks debate. Here are three stories from Switzerland this week. --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, interviews and videos visit swissinfo.ch or subscribe to our YouTube channel: Website:...

Should Inheritance Be Taxed to Fight Climate Change? 💰🌍 ⁠ A new initiative in Switzerland proposes a 50% inheritance tax on fortunes over CHF 50million, aiming to fund the country’s green transition and tackle the climate crisis.⁠ ⁠ Supporters say it’s about climate justice, arguing that the wealthiest individuals, with their larger carbon footprints, should contribute more to sustainable solutions. The tax could generate billions for climate action.⁠ ⁠ But critics, including the...

Send us a text (https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/915097/open_sms) On our Inside Geneva podcast this week, we ask: are other countries following Russia’s lead in cracking down on freedom of expression? “I feel as though I’m monitoring a repression handbook used by the Russian government against its own civil society and, unfortunately, this handbook has been copied by other leaders in some democratic countries,” says Mariana Katzarova, the UN...

Eighty years have passed since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In Japan, the post-war generation now makes up the majority of the population, raising the challenge of how to pass wartime memories on.⁠ ⁠ How do Japanese teenagers view nuclear weapons possession? ⁠ ⁠ Head over to Swissinfo to find out. ⁠ #Hiroshima #Nagasaki #NuclearWeapons #NuclearDisarmament #History⁠ #JapaneseHistory #Japan #Peace #Switzerland #Swiss --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the...

Neutrality in Switzerland: still relevant today? 🇨🇭🧀 And what does Swiss cheese have to do with it? Watch this video to find out and head over to SWI swissinfo.ch for more answers to your questions. --- swissinfo.ch is the international branch of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). Its role is to report on Switzerland and to provide a Swiss perspective on international events. For more articles, interviews and videos visit swissinfo.ch or subscribe to our YouTube channel:...

Switzerland’s Weirdest Votes 🇨🇭 Switzerland holds more referendums than any other country in the world and some of them are truly unique. Over the years, Swiss citizens have voted on everything from marriage laws that once restricted women’s rights, to whether farmers should be allowed to keep their cows’ horns, and even the maximum stake allowed in casinos. In this video, we take a closer look at some of the most bizarre votes in Swiss history. On September 28, the...

When Juliette found out her grandmother's mother was Swiss, she started building her family tree to find out exactly where the Vosti came from. She then set out on a journey to visit the place where her great-great-grandfather emigrated from: Gerra Verzasca. There she met her 8th cousins Linda and Remo who kindly shared more insight into their common family tree. Read all about their family reunion:...