FIFA Chief Sepp Blatter Faces Criminal Investigation in Switzerland

Staff / Truthdig Sep 25, 2015 The president of the international soccer governing body is being investigated for “suspicion of criminal mismanagement and suspicion of misappropriation” of funds, Switzerland’s office of the attorney general announced Friday. The criminal case against him is another key development in a series of investigations that began in May with the arrest of 14 top soccer and marketing officials as they gathered for FIFA’s annual congress. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Just How ‘Socially Advanced’ Is the U.S.? You Might Be Surprised

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Apr 10, 2015 The Social Progress Index has published the latest global data on quality of life, and America's "We're No. 1" crowd isn't left with much to shout about. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Swiss Turn Down World’s Highest Minimum Wage

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2014 Swiss voters rejected a proposal Sunday to introduce the world's highest minimum wage, which would have guaranteed every worker in one of the priciest nations at least $25 an hour. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Door Closed

Olle Johansson, Cagle Cartoons, Sweden Feb 18, 2014 Dig deeper

Swiss Immigration Policy

Martin Sutovec, Cagle Cartoons, Slovakia Feb 12, 2014 Dig deeper

Western Europe’s Growing Resistance to Immigration

William Pfaff / Truthdig Feb 12, 2014 The immigration problem in Europe seems, to me, real but ill-understood. Switzerland is completely untypical, and comparisons with immigration in the United States are totally misleading. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Switzerland Votes to Narrow Immigration Pipeline From EU Countries

Staff / Truthdig Feb 10, 2014 That old saw about Swiss independence could in part explain Switzerland's vote, held Sunday, in favor of tightening restrictions on immigration into the country from European Union member nations. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Syrian Peace Talks Get Tense in Opening Session

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2014 Given that the international coalition, spearheaded by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, that convened in Switzerland on Wednesday for an emergency diplomatic intervention on the crisis in Syria carried a strong message underscoring the need for regime change, it's not surprising that things got a little heated in the opening session. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Blurring Mandela and Neo-Liberalism

By Danny Schechter Dec 15, 2013 Rather than tell how global corporations and banks pressured the Mandela government to keep economic power where it was during apartheid, Andrew Ross Sorkin and The New York Times claimed the South African hero saw "the light" at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.Rather than tell how Mandela was pressured to keep economic power where it was during apartheid, The New York Times claimed the South African hero saw "the light" at the World Economic Forum. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Europe Weighs Capping CEO Income as Wall Street Continues to Run Amok

Staff / Truthdig Nov 19, 2013 The Swiss are considering limiting the compensation of chief executive officers to a 12:1 ratio, but Americans can't even get banksters to reveal the comparison of their pay to the average salary; Germany wants to impose a financial transactions tax; meanwhile, in London the per-capita income is 90 percent higher than in the rest of Britain. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Zurich’s Safe Sex Shacks

Staff / Truthdig Aug 21, 2013 In response to the increase in women being coerced into the sex trade, the Swiss city has designed alarm-equipped wooden sheds in which prostitutes can practice their trade more safely. The shacks, dubbed “drive-in sex boxes” by locals, were put forth in an initiative that was approved by voters in 2012. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sustainable Living Challenges the Swiss

By Paul Brown, Climate News Network May 28, 2013 An experiment to see whether citizens of one of the world's richest countries could live sustainably by drastically reducing their energy consumption has found that very few could meet the challenge. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )