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 For the first since 1848, Switzerland's Supreme Court has ordered a revote in a referendum. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190411/swiss-supreme-court-orders-historic-revote-on-family-tax-breaks Thu, 11 Apr 2019 11:26:20 +0200 swiss-supreme-court-orders-historic-revote-on-family-tax-breaks Switzerland’s highest court has refused to recognize two Swiss gay men as the legitimate fathers of a four-year-old child who was born to a surrogate mother in the US. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150522/supreme-court Fri, 22 May 2015 12:36:26 +0200 supreme-court A decision by Switzerland’s supreme court that giving a Nazi salute may not always be a criminal act is being met with concern inside and outside the country’s borders. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140522/top-court-ruling-on-nazi-salute-raises-concerns Fri, 23 May 2014 00:06:00 +0200 top-court-ruling-on-nazi-salute-raises-concerns 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 Calling someone a "foreign pig" or "dirty asylum-seeker" is insulting but is not against Switzerland's anti-racism law, the country's top court said in a ruling released on Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140221/foreign-pig Fri, 21 Feb 2014 15:20:00 +0100 foreign-pig The canton of Zurich's high court sentenced a 28-year-old man to 12 years in jail for brutally torturing his infant daughter because he was convinced he was not the child’s father. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130701/man-jailed-12-years-for-torturing-infant-daughter Tue, 02 Jul 2013 00:48:00 +0200 man-jailed-12-years-for-torturing-infant-daughter Employers cannot use spy software to collect information about the computer activities of employees, Switzerland’s supreme court has ruled. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130131/tracking-computer-use-with-spyware-illegal-court Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:16:00 +0100 tracking-computer-use-with-spyware-illegal-court A Geneva court of appeal on Thursday cut to 20 years a life prison sentence against a man and woman — dubbed the “devil’s couple” by the media — for brutally murdering a pregnant woman. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130117/devils-couple-murderers-win-reduced-jail-term Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:51:00 +0100 devils-couple-murderers-win-reduced-jail-term A couple sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of a 20-year-old pregnant woman more than five years ago are seeking a reduced penalty in a Geneva court reviewing the case. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130115/couple-seeks-new-sentence-for-pregnant-woman-murder Tue, 15 Jan 2013 11:43:00 +0100 couple-seeks-new-sentence-for-pregnant-woman-murder