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 President goes viral with sombre speech about laughter Johann Schneider-Ammann, the current president of Switzerland, has inadvertently become a cult sensation with his straight-laced delivery of a speech broadcast to promote laughing as beneficial for ill people. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160308/swiss-president-goes-viral-with-sombre-speech-about-laughter Tue, 08 Mar 2016 12:55:05 +0100 swiss-president-goes-viral-with-sombre-speech-about-laughter