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 A Swiss court has ruled against a company that fired a longtime employee after she began wearing the Muslim headscarf, marking one of the first such rulings in Switzerland, media reported on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20161023/swiss-court-rules-in-favour-of-woman-fired-over-headscarf Sun, 23 Oct 2016 15:27:37 +0200 swiss-court-rules-in-favour-of-woman-fired-over-headscarf A court in the canton of Saint Gallen has overturned a ban issued by a school on the right of a 13-year-old girl to wear an Islamic headscarf in the classroom. https://www.thelocal.ch/20141113/court-backs-right-for-schoolgirl-to-wear-scarf Thu, 13 Nov 2014 09:05:00 +0100 court-backs-right-for-schoolgirl-to-wear-scarf