The Local Switzerland

Glance around Switzerland: Jewish attacks, Swiss wine drinkers, viral railway video & child abuse

Fri, 23 Nov 2018 14:35:23 +0100

Our round up of stories you might have missed this week include attacks on Jewish institutions, a teacher who spent 70,000CHF of his own money on students, parents hitting children and Switzerland being among the world's biggest wine drinkers.

Brother-in-law arrested over murder of Swiss teacher

Thu, 20 Oct 2016 13:48:22 +0200

The brother-in-law of a Swiss teacher found dead in Ticino earlier this week has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

Schools forced to hire unqualified staff: survey

Mon, 13 Jun 2016 10:31:51 +0200

Many Swiss schools say they are having to resort to employing underqualified teachers owing to the lack of trained professionals.

Teacher fired over doggy daycare dilemma

Wed, 06 Apr 2016 11:25:59 +0200

A primary school in Bern has dismissed a popular teacher for continuing to bring her blind Jack Russell into class.

Outrage as teacher uses suicide case in physics lesson

Mon, 21 Mar 2016 12:24:02 +0100

Parents and students have reacted with shock and anger after a teacher decided to use suicide as an example in a physics lesson.

Released Swiss detainee arrives from Egypt

Wed, 01 May 2013 10:08:00 +0200

A 29-year-old Swiss teacher arrived back in Switzerland on Tuesday after being detained by authorities in Egypt for more than two weeks because of a name mixup.

Teacher plays strip poker with class

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 12:47:33 +0100

A school teacher known only as Peter C has been accused of playing strip poker with his 12- to 13-year-old pupils and instructing them to watch porn for homework.