https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Reigning Swiss champions, Basel football club (FCB) has rejected an approach about staging a Kanye West concert at their St. Jakob-Park arena. https://www.thelocal.ch/20260421/swiss-football-club-turns-down-kanye-west-concert-over-antisemitic-comments Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:04:24 +0200 swiss-football-club-turns-down-kanye-west-concert-over-antisemitic-comments A leader of Switzerland's Jewish community demanded "concrete" action Wednesday after the weekend stabbing of an Orthodox Jewish man, allegedly by a teenager pledging allegiance to the Islamic State group. https://www.thelocal.ch/20240306/swiss-jewish-group-demands-action-on-anti-semitism-after-stabbing Wed, 06 Mar 2024 09:53:55 +0100 swiss-jewish-group-demands-action-on-anti-semitism-after-stabbing The unidentified man was ‘critically injured’ in the attack late on Saturday, with a Swiss teen suspected of being the perpetrator arrested on site. The Swiss president also spoke out on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20240304/latest-what-do-we-know-about-the-stabbing-of-jewish-man-in-zurich Mon, 04 Mar 2024 15:43:55 +0100 latest-what-do-we-know-about-the-stabbing-of-jewish-man-in-zurich The Swiss federation of Jewish communities (SIG) has condemned a Swiss supreme court decision that making a Nazi salute in public is not necessarily contrary to the law in Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140530/swiss-jewish-group-condemns-hitler-salute-ruling Fri, 30 May 2014 11:57:00 +0200 swiss-jewish-group-condemns-hitler-salute-ruling A decision by Switzerland’s supreme court that giving a Nazi salute may not always be a criminal act is being met with concern inside and outside the country’s borders. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140522/top-court-ruling-on-nazi-salute-raises-concerns Fri, 23 May 2014 00:06:00 +0200 top-court-ruling-on-nazi-salute-raises-concerns French comedian Dieudonné M'bala M'bala on Monday answered Britain's decision to ban him from entry by giving Queen Elizabeth II his trademark Nazi-like salute during a show in Switzerland. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140204/dieudonn-stiff-arms-queen-at-swiss-concert Tue, 04 Feb 2014 10:13:00 +0100 dieudonn-stiff-arms-queen-at-swiss-concert Controversial French comic Dieudonné is set to perform in Switzerland this summer as part of a tour that faces being banned in much of France over concerns the entertainer’s routines are anti-Semitic. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140107/banned-french-comic-set-for-swiss-performances Tue, 07 Jan 2014 20:30:00 +0100 banned-french-comic-set-for-swiss-performances