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 Right-wing politician Andrea Glarner has offered to donate 2,000 Cervelat sausages to Swiss schoolchildren after their teachers asked parents to avoid bringing pork to an end-of-term picnic. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180706/cervelat-gate-andreas-glarner-swiss-sausages-pork-school-picnic Fri, 06 Jul 2018 15:04:10 +0200 cervelat-gate-andreas-glarner-swiss-sausages-pork-school-picnic Politicians with the conservative Swiss People’s Party believe school authorities in Basel have caved to religious minorities in their decision to take pork off the school lunch menu in the coming school year. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160622/anger-as-swiss-town-rolls-out-non-pork-school-lunches Wed, 22 Jun 2016 14:47:04 +0200 anger-as-swiss-town-rolls-out-non-pork-school-lunches Vegetarianism has yet to make major inroads with the Swiss population who in 2013 ate more meat than in the previous year, apparently brushing off concerns raised by horsemeat scandals, new figures show. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140328/swiss-residents-scoff-more-meat Fri, 28 Mar 2014 11:27:00 +0100 swiss-residents-scoff-more-meat A Swiss laboratory discovered traces of pork in seven out of twenty tests carried out on kebabs sold in several of the country's cities, say shocked local Muslim authorities. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130226/muslims-shocked-by-pork-in-swiss-kebabs Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:14:00 +0100 muslims-shocked-by-pork-in-swiss-kebabs