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London?s Swiss Church looks to uncertain future
London?s Swiss Church community has celebrated its 250th anniversary with the necessary pomp and circumstance, but its concerns are firmly in the future, with the perspective of less funding from home more than likely.
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Prosecutor?s office goes after Syrians, Libyans
The Federal Prosecutor?s Office has opened criminal investigations into suspected money laundering activities by several people close to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and to former Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi.
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Former president defends Blocher
Former Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey has defended as ?normal? Christoph Blocher?s role in passing on to her details of the private banking transactions of then Swiss National Bank president Philipp Hildebrand last December.
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Jeff Koons, the bridge between high and low art
One of the most ambitious exhibitions to date on American neo-pop artist Jeff Koons is being presented at the Beyeler Foundation near Basel, bringing together many of his most iconic pieces.
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Innocence, beauty and sex
Jeff Koons is one of the world?s best-known living artists. The Beyeler Foundation exhibition focuses on three central series of his work: The New, Banality and Celebration. All represent crucial stages in the artist?s development.
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Koons and Hirst lose value despite major shows
Attention from major art institutions usually increases an artist?s value, but simultaneous shows of Jeff Koons in Basel and Damien Hirst in London are having the opposite effect. Alarmists believe a subprime crisis is in the making.
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The doctor will see you now
Bern's veterinary hospital doesn't just treat sick cats and dogs. It also has a section for wild animals, where wolves, lynx and their prey come for treatment.
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Faster, Higher, Stronger, Swisser!
The Olympic Games begin in London at the end of July and the House of Switzerland, a cultural centre set up in the capital to push all things Swiss, is hoping to attract 250,000 people.
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Swiss businesses catch up with social media
As Facebook, the world?s largest online social network, goes public, swissinfo.ch looks at whether Swiss companies are maximising the potential of social media and whether Facebook?s massive dominance should be cause for concern.
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