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 Switzerland's largest party, the populist rightwing Swiss People's Party, is set for record results in Sunday's parliamentary election, with media projecting it will take a third of seats in the lower house. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151018/swiss-peoples-party-on-track-for-record-seats Sun, 18 Oct 2015 23:43:32 +0200 swiss-peoples-party-on-track-for-record-seats There is no contradiction between playing rock music on stage in nothing but a Borat-style thong, and being a candidate for Switzerland’s conservative Swiss People’s Party (SVP), an aspiring politician tells The Local. https://www.thelocal.ch/20151007/mp-hopeful-aims-to-shock-with-nude-rock-band Wed, 07 Oct 2015 11:14:24 +0200 mp-hopeful-aims-to-shock-with-nude-rock-band Markus Hürlimann has stepped down as the president of the right-wing Swiss People’s Party (SVP) in the canton of Zug following a sex scandal involving another politician, according to several reports. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150120/zug-party-president-quits-over-sex-scandal Tue, 20 Jan 2015 22:31:24 +0100 zug-party-president-quits-over-sex-scandal The masseuse for the Lenzburg football club, a second division team from the canton of Aargau, was fired following a sex scandal, a newspaper reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140915/football-club-fires-masseuse-over-sex-video Mon, 15 Sep 2014 23:12:00 +0200 football-club-fires-masseuse-over-sex-video The director of Basel’s public transport company has been forced to step down in a scandal over sexual harassment allegations. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131212/basel-transport-director-quits-over-sex-scandal Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:31:00 +0100 basel-transport-director-quits-over-sex-scandal A corruption scandal involving members of Zurich police department’s vice squad has mushroomed to implicate 11 officers, justice officials say. https://www.thelocal.ch/20131120/zurich-police-department-sex-scandal-mushrooms Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:30:00 +0100 zurich-police-department-sex-scandal-mushrooms