Tue, 6 Jan 2009 - Female medical careers need booster

Women make up the majority of medical students but find it hard to reach the upper echelons of the profession, a review has found.

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Mon, 5 Jan 2009 - Einstein tops list of leading Swiss

A man who was born German and died American has just been named the most significant Swiss of all time.

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Sat, 3 Jan 2009 - Swiss youth believe in politics

Young people growing up today will inherit a range of problems, some old, some new. But it's a challenge they cannot avoid.

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Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - Seriously ill youth more prone to bad habits

Chronically ill adolescents are more likely than their healthy peers to take up unsavoury habits such as drug use and vandalism, Swiss researchers have found.

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Mon, 5 Jan 2009 - Air strikes stretch Gaza hospitals to limits

A weekend of Israeli air strikes has left Gaza hospitals in a state of chaos, the Swiss-run International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says.

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Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - Competition among charities harms the cause

The trend for foreign aid organisations to target the Swiss donations market is putting pressure on local charities, a fundraising expert has warned.

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Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - Swiss tsunami survivors still have nightmares

Exactly four years ago on Friday a huge wave hit countries surrounding the Indian Ocean leaving a trail of desolation.

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Fri, 26 Dec 2008 - Adieu, tschüss, ciao...

Taxes once again made plenty of Swiss headlines in 2008, but so did Benjamin Franklin's other certainty: death.

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Tue, 30 Dec 2008 - "Christmas is a really tragic story"

The harsh reality of the first Christmas is repeated in many places in different ways, Franciscan monk Brother Benno Kehl tells swissinfo.

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Wed, 24 Dec 2008 - Pastor puts his faith in online church

With up to 10,000 downloads of his sermons per week, the pastor of Switzerland's only online church has reason to celebrate this Christmas.

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