Switzerland
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25 January 201224 heures Lausanne
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14 December 201121Die Zeit Hamburg
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Switzerland
Swiss voters seek the centre
24 October 20112PresseuropLe Temps -
Press review
Switzerland: “Welcome to the eurozone”
7 September 20111Presseurop -
Switzerland
Bank secrecy feels the squeeze
26 August 2011PresseuropLe Temps -
Switzerland
Fallout from the plunging euro
11 August 20114De Volkskrant Amsterdam -
Infrastructures
Holes in the great train network
6 July 20111La Stampa Turin -
17 June 20113Corriere della Sera Milan
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Political fiction
Onwards to Europe 2.0
30 May 20117Die Welt Berlin -
Switzerland
Voters keep assisted suicide alive
16 May 2011PresseuropNeue Zürcher Zeitung -
Austria
Goodbye to standby
6 April 20111PresseuropFalter -
Euthanasia
The taste for death
2 February 20113Wprost Warsaw -
Tourism
Chinese are the new Americans
25 January 2011La Repubblica Rome -
Democracy
It takes conflict to build a world
1 November 20101Berliner Zeitung Berlin -
27 October 2010PresseuropPúblico
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Exhibitions
Art – the bigger the better
20 October 2010De Standaard Brussels -
Switzerland
Light at end of longest rail tunnel
15 October 2010PresseuropLe Temps -
European of the Week
No downfall for Bruno Ganz
8 October 2010România libera Bucharest -
30 August 2010
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23 August 2010
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Switzerland
An embarrassment of Swiss
20 August 2010PresseuropTribune de Genève -
Editorial
Europe à la carte
20 August 2010Presseurop -
Immigration
France joins the heavy gang
19 August 20102Le Monde Paris -
17 August 2010
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Switzerland
Le Petit Suisse stuck in Europe’s rump
17 August 20101Le Figaro Paris -
13 August 2010PresseuropLibération
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23 July 2010
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22 July 20103PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza
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Switzerland / United States
Swiss reject Polanski extradition
13 July 2010PresseuropTages-Anzeiger -
Germany / Austria / Switzerland
Hey teacher, don’t leave our kids alone
24 June 20101PresseuropDie Presse -
EU-Libya
How Gadaffi blackmails Europe
15 June 20101Rue89 Paris -
31 March 2010
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Far Right in Europe (1)
Golden age of the new populists
20 March 20102Le Monde Paris -
Switzerland
Conservatives in illegal immigrant love-in
4 March 2010PresseuropTages-Anzeiger -
Switzerland / Libya
Europe supine as Gaddafi blackmails
23 February 2010PresseuropTages-Anzeiger -
Editorial
Invisible diplomacy
19 February 2010Presseurop -
17 February 2010PresseuropTribune de Genève
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16 February 2010
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Germany/Switzerland
Tax money has no smell
2 February 20101Der Spiegel Hamburg -
2 February 2010
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Tax evasion
Falciani strikes again
1 February 20101PresseuropFrankfurter Rundschau -
Visions of Europe (3)
Europe 2034
1 January 2010Fokus Stockholm -
Visions of Europe (2)
Saying “Adieu” to the continent
29 December 20097The Daily Telegraph London -
Switzerland
Intellectuals over-rule the people
21 December 2009PresseuropDie Presse -
Debate
National identity is...
11 December 20091Presseurop -
Religion
Is Islam good for Europe?
2 December 20091El Mundo Madrid -
Switzerland
Populism storms the minarets
30 November 20094Presseurop -
Literature
Kafka’s Trial in the dock
24 November 2009PresseuropDie Zeit -
Finance
Italy settles Swiss account
12 November 2009La Stampa Turin -
Germans in Switzerland
Taming the northern newcomers
26 October 2009Die Tageszeitung Berlin
The politicians of Europe love to flourish the flag of Community togetherness. But in their day-to-day politicking they give the lie to their supposed virtues. Die Zeit has compiled a cheat-sheet of national egotisms that are harming the Community. 
In the wake of months of debate on the soaring value of the Swiss franc, the Swiss National Bank (SNB) has decided to peg the country’s currency to the euro. At a time when the single currency is experiencing the darkest days in its history, the decision has prompted surprise and curiosity in Europe. 
Although it's not part of the eurozone, the Swiss Confederation is not immune to the storm that has overtaken the single currency. Beginning with the overvaluation of the Swiss franc, it has brought a rain of disaster for exports and tourism. 
The European Commission has identified ten rail infrastructure projects as a priority, aiming to facilitate the flow of passengers and merchandise, all the while accelerating European integration. An ambition that is facing political and public opposition. 
Germany is phasing out nuclear power and Italy has rejected its reintroduction. This about-face by two founding members of the European Union could encourage other member states to turn the nuclear page and to develop renewable energies. 
Forget the nation-state: Europe would be much better off if it were fundamentally reorganised – into powerful regions in the north and the Alps and picturesque bankrupts in the south 
Many Europeans are looking abroad for help to end their lives, while more and more countries are allowing euthanasia. Is the penchant for death winning the battle against the right to life? asks the Polish weekly Wprost. 
Buoyed by the emergence of China’s middle class, the growing wave of travelers from China could revitalise the European tourist industry. But businesses in the sector have yet to adapt to their new customers. 
Whether it’s against austerity packages, pension reforms or nuclear waste shipments, protests have overrun the streets of Europe. Has democracy reached the end of the line? No, says futurist Matthias Horx, it’s time for the political establishment to come down off their high horse and accept real participatory democracy. 
An immense inflatable mannequin, thousands of empty cans, a 17-metre high tower: several of the works currently on display in Belgium point to the trend for gigantism in contemporary art. 
Every year the European Film Academy honours a practitioner of the “seventh art” for the entirety of his or her past work. This year the lifetime achievement award goes to Swiss actor Bruno Ganz. 
Nicolas Sarkozy has put France squarely in Europe's extremist camp with his new hardline stance on security and immigration. But other countries have found far less confrontational answers to the same problems 
The Swiss are about to reveal their future stance in their increasingly fraught relations with Brussels. One thing is sure, they are not about to join the anytime soon 
Libya, the nerve centre of migration towards southern Europe, blows hot and cold with Europe. Now that Europeans are asking for his help in curbing immigration, the Libyan leader is dictating his terms and, as Rue89 puts it, "toying with their nerves". 
A number of European countries are seeing a renaissance of far right movements. While those in the East espouse Fascist ideologies, the Western brands target multiculturalism and Islam in particular. 
€2.5m for the names of 1500 Germans hiding money in Switzerland. The deal the German government might make with an informant has ignited a moral powder keg: can the state bend the law to suit its interests? 
Swedish essayist Kjell Albin Abrahamsson imagines that in 25 years every European country will be in the EU – except Turkey. Armed with a common energy policy and, at long last, a single voice – the EU will take the helm in international diplomacy. 
Furious with a £14 billion contribution to the bureaucrats of far-off Brussels, lagging behind Norway in GDP, some Englanders have had enough with the European project. Dreaming of the day when Britain becomes an offshore paradise for global investors, Tory MEP Daniel Hannan gives 10 reasons to leave the EU. 
The national identity debate started up by the French government – in sync with the referendum to ban new minarets in Switzerland – has caused no end of controversy. After all, admonishes the press, European societies have a proven penchant for turning against immigrants. 
The Swiss referendum on minarets has re-ignited the debate about Islam in Europe. While Muslim philosopher Tariq Ramadan stresses Muslims’ cultural contributions to Europe, journalist Arcadi Espada argues that religion is not a desirable calling card in Europe. 
The ban on building new minarets on mosques approved by Swiss voters on 29 November is an “in-your-face” attack on Muslim residents. But it also points up a socio-political problem that concerns every country on the continent, opines the European press. 
The tax amnesty Berlusconi’s government recently announced, with a view to repatriating hidden hoards in Swiss banks, is causing strife with Switzerland, which Rome accuses of abetting tax dodgers.
The German Finance Minister who has a hard line on tax havens is especially unpopular among the Swiss, and he is not alone. His compatriots who have chosen to live in Switzerland are often criticized for being too loud, too pushy, and too arrogant. A new “integration course” in Zürich is aiming to change all that.