World Radio Switzerland

A strong majority—57.5 percent—of voters accepted the initiative Sunday to ban the construction of new minarets, a result that has sent shockwaves across the Swiss political landscape. The ...

Jack Turner’s tip of the week for wine lovers offers a way to add variety to your champagne order for Christmas, with a weekend break in the French countryside thrown in to boot.

It’s cheeky really. Who could even think of importing cheese into a country renown for its emmentaler, gruyère, and raclette? And British cheese at that! Well, it all began with true love. English expat ...

EU membership is back on the table for Switzerland. In a recent foreign policy report, the government said EU membership is a scenario that cannot be excluded in the future. In Bern, this created political shockwaves—and is breaking the taboo over whether Switzerland should join the EU. ...

Susan Flory’s guest is the famous current affairs illustrator Patrick Chappatte, whose pen-and-ink take on world has gathered a cult following, both in Switzerland - where his regular column in the Le Temps newspaper have become compulsory reading in Francophone areas - and abroad.

WRS reporter Alex Helmick tracks down Swiss groups in Afghanistan to find out what they are doing to help the people of this poverty-stricken and war-ravaged country:

The populist Geneva Citizen’s Movement party won nearly 15 percent of votes in thecantonal electionthis past weekend, mainly on the basis of its campaign against cross-border workers. That’s riled tempers on both sides of the issue—and the border. ...

Joining the ranks of science’s great, good and downright silly, Swiss pathology researcherStephan Bolligerhas been awarded the dubious distinction ofa prize at this year’s Ig Nobel awards. ...

With cellphones, laptops and the fast pace of modern day life, finding a quiet spot to relax is hard these days, unless you’re in the silent carriage of a Swiss train. Official quiet zones were installed six year ago on inter-city trains in response to customer demand. ...

Health insurance premiums are set to rise an average8.7 percent next year, the highest spike in seven years. Behind the nationwide figure lies significant disparities, though. Neuchâtel residents ...

Jack Turner discusses recent data showing Switzerland to be not only among the highest consumers of wine in the world, but also among the most discerning.

Swiss ornithologistsaround theJura mountains are celebrating the return of the golden eagle to the range, after it was driven out of the region 150 years ago by systematic poaching. The birds ...