The Local Switzerland

‘No older men or oral sex’: How Swiss brothels are responding to the coronavirus

Tue, 23 Jun 2020 12:58:19 +0200

Allowed to open for two weeks, Switzerland’s brothels have put in place a range of changes to minimise coronavirus transmission, including banning older men and ‘face services’.

Swiss public broadcaster refuses to air advert for sex toys advent calendar

Wed, 10 Oct 2018 14:25:04 +0200

Swiss public broadcaster SRF has denied an advertising slot to a company selling an advent calendar with sex toys.

New group campaigns to end Catholic church child abuse

Fri, 08 Jun 2018 11:09:11 +0200

Child abuse victims and human rights activists from 15 countries, including Switzerland, have launched a new pressure group to campaign against abuse by Catholic clerics.

Swiss researchers probe sex lives of 40,000 millennials

Tue, 27 Jun 2017 13:20:07 +0200

One in six young adults in Switzerland will receive a survey through the letterbox this week, filled with some rather personal questions.

Geneva hospital encourages ‘shy’ Swiss to talk about sex

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 12:56:37 +0100

Just in time for St Valentine’s day, the University Hospital of Geneva (HUG) has produced a cartoon-style brochure to encourage people to talk to their doctor about their sexual health.

Swiss court convicts man of rape after he removed condom during sex

Wed, 11 Jan 2017 12:50:42 +0100

A man has been convicted of rape by a court in Switzerland for having sex without a condom with a sexual partner who believed he was wearing one.

Signs lay down law and order for Basel prostitutes

Tue, 28 Jun 2016 13:38:08 +0200

New signs are sprouting up in Basel’s red light district designed to tell streetwalkers where they may legally tout for business.

Policeman exploits asylum seeker in sex-for-favours case

Thu, 10 Mar 2016 11:37:08 +0100

An ex-policeman who demanded sexual favours from an asylum seeker in exchange for promising to help him has been found guilty by a Swiss court.

Nudist couple in court for sex in front of their children

Wed, 02 Mar 2016 12:32:20 +0100

The couple, aged 50 and 61, is charged for "compromising the sexual integrity" of their two daughters.

Politician steps aside over nude selfies scandal

Mon, 18 Aug 2014 11:48:00 +0200

Federal MP for the canton of Aargau Geri Müller has stepped aside from his job as mayor of Baden as a scandal brews over his alleged sending of nude “selfies” from city hall to a woman friend.

Man who married step- daughter avoids prison

Thu, 19 Jun 2014 14:50:00 +0200

A man who had an affair with his under-age step-daughter and went on to marry her will undergo two years of therapy instead of prison, following a trial in Brugg in the canton of Aargau.

Ex-banker convicted on sex charge in Singapore

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:22:00 +0200

A Swiss former banker was found guilty on Tuesday of having sex with an underage Singaporean prostitute.

Thailand to extradite Swiss child molester

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:26:00 +0100

A 56-year-old man from St Gallen who abused his daughter and her friend over a period of years is to be extradited from Thailand.

Paedophile bus driver jailed for new sex crimes

Thu, 31 Jan 2013 23:02:00 +0100

Questions are being raised in Ticino about how a convicted paedophile, sentenced on Thursday to five years in jail for re-offending with new sex crimes against small girls, managed to get hired as the driver of a bus carrying young children.

Shell-shocked scientists dig up ancient turtle orgy

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 15:38:00 +0200

Swiss and German palaeontologists have dug up fossils of turtles literally caught in the act at a German site – the first time fossilised vertebrates having sex have ever been found.

'I'm a whore and proud of it'

Wed, 30 May 2012 18:23:56 +0200

Madame Lisa, the manager of the biggest brothel in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, has spoken out about the joy she derives from her profession in her newly published memoirs.

Swiss come last in global sex study

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:54:55 +0200

Despite being famed for their precision timing and accuracy, the Swiss are among the world's worst lovers, a study has found.

Swiss freed in Singapore callgirl scandal

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:57:00 +0200

A Swiss expatriate accused of having paid sex with a woman under the age of 18 was freed on bail on Friday and plans to plead not guilty, his lawyer said.

Swiss man charged in Singapore sex scandal

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 17:08:00 +0200

A scandal over an underage Singaporean prostitute widened on Wednesday after a Swiss man and a prominent Singaporean business figure were accused of being among her clients.

Peeping Tom filmed in girls' changing-rooms

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:53:00 +0200

A Peeping Tom has been caught out trying to film young girls getting changed in the cabins at the Alpamare water park in canton Schwiez.