The Local Switzerland 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 Basel to pay for armed security to protect Jewish institutions The Swiss canton of Basel-Stadt is to take on the costs of employing security personnel to protect its Jewish institutions. https://www.thelocal.ch/20181205/basel-to-pay-for-armed-security-to-protect-jewish-institutions Wed, 05 Dec 2018 23:11:06 +0100 basel-to-pay-for-armed-security-to-protect-jewish-institutions Survey claims one in four Swiss 'anti-Semitic' More than one in four Swiss residents are anti-Semitic, making Switzerland’s population one of the most anti-Jewish in Western Europe, according to an online report released this week by the Anti-Defamation League. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140514/one-in-four-swiss-anti-semitic-global-survey Wed, 14 May 2014 22:43:00 +0200 one-in-four-swiss-anti-semitic-global-survey Banks pay heirs of dormant Swiss accounts Swiss banks paid just over $6 million last year to the heirs of people who left dormant accounts under a system created after a scandal over money left by Jews during the Second World War. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130704/swiss-banks-pay-heirs-of-dormant-accounts Thu, 04 Jul 2013 18:12:00 +0200 swiss-banks-pay-heirs-of-dormant-accounts Swiss rejected fewer Jews, Nazi tracker says The number of Jews turned back by the Swiss at the border during the Second World War is far fewer than previously estimated, a French historian says. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130211/swiss-rejected-fewer-jews-than-estimated-historian Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:52:00 +0100 swiss-rejected-fewer-jews-than-estimated-historian