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 Police in the Swiss city of Schaffhausen have defended their decision to fine a man who used the words “Allahu akbar” in public. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190110/man-fined-210-swiss-francs-for-saying-allahu-akbar Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:12:33 +0100 man-fined-210-swiss-francs-for-saying-allahu-akbar The organizers of a protest in Switzerland where some demonstrators held a banner urging the assassination of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not be charged, media reports said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170509/turkey-protest-organizers-wont-face-prosecution Tue, 09 May 2017 10:17:45 +0200 turkey-protest-organizers-wont-face-prosecution The Turkish community in Switzerland bucked the trend by voting against a reform to the Turkish constitution in Sunday’s referendum, according to news agencies. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170418/turks-in-switzerland-vote-no-in-erdogans-referendum Tue, 18 Apr 2017 11:22:12 +0200 turks-in-switzerland-vote-no-in-erdogans-referendum Swiss and Turkish authorities have opened separate probes into protesters in Bern who called for the assassination of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, local media in both countries reported on Monday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170328/switzerland-investigates-kurdish-rally-over-kill-erdogan-banners Tue, 28 Mar 2017 10:18:56 +0200 switzerland-investigates-kurdish-rally-over-kill-erdogan-banners Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu met with his Swiss counterpart Didier Burkhalter on Thursday after having to call off a campaign appearance amongst diaspora voters, in a bitter row between Ankara and Europe. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170324/freedom-of-expression-is-a-universal-value-switzerland-tells-turkey Fri, 24 Mar 2017 09:34:41 +0100 freedom-of-expression-is-a-universal-value-switzerland-tells-turkey The Swiss justice office has refused four requests by Turkey for judicial cooperation over comments posted on social media platforms about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that he deemed offensive. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170317/free-speech-justifies-insults-about-turkish-president-says-switzerland Fri, 17 Mar 2017 11:11:59 +0100 free-speech-justifies-insults-about-turkish-president-says-switzerland The Zurich-based tabloid Blick made Turkish television on Monday night when the country’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan held up an edition of the Swiss paper with the front-page headline ‘Vote no to Erdogan’s dictatorship’. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170314/turkey-hits-back-at-swiss-tabloid-for-article-calling-president-dictator Tue, 14 Mar 2017 11:50:24 +0100 turkey-hits-back-at-swiss-tabloid-for-article-calling-president-dictator Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu cancelled his planned visit to Switzerland on Sunday, despite his Swiss counterpart backing his right to come. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170313/turkey-cancels-swiss-rally-to-zurichs-great-relief Mon, 13 Mar 2017 09:48:37 +0100 turkey-cancels-swiss-rally-to-zurichs-great-relief Swiss police blocked a rally on Friday supporting a referendum in Turkey, amid uncertainty over whether the Turkish foreign minister would be allowed to host a similar event planned for Zurich this weekend. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170311/swiss-region-blocks-rally-by-turkish-politician Sat, 11 Mar 2017 11:10:44 +0100 swiss-region-blocks-rally-by-turkish-politician Switzerland on Thursday rejected a request from Zurich authorities to cancel a weekend visit by Turkey's foreign minister over security concerns, after several German regions blocked rallies backing a Turkish referendum. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170310/swiss-government-backs-visit-of-turkish-foreign-minister Fri, 10 Mar 2017 09:59:18 +0100 swiss-government-backs-visit-of-turkish-foreign-minister Zurich on Wednesday asked the Swiss government to cancel a planned visit by the Turkish foreign minister to the canton over security concerns, after several local authorities in Germany blocked rallies by Turkish ministers. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170309/zurich-wants-to-cancel-turkish-foreign-mininsters-swiss-visit Thu, 09 Mar 2017 09:26:55 +0100 zurich-wants-to-cancel-turkish-foreign-mininsters-swiss-visit The head of a private school in the Zurich area called the police after the school received threats on Facebook linked to the failed military coup in Turkey a week ago. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160722/zurich-school-threatened-over-links-to-erdogan-opponent Fri, 22 Jul 2016 12:41:09 +0200 zurich-school-threatened-over-links-to-erdogan-opponent Hundreds of Turks gathered outside the Turkish consulate in Zurich on Saturday night in support of Turkish democracy after the failed coup on Friday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20160718/turks-demonstrate-in-zurich-after-failed-putsch Mon, 18 Jul 2016 13:19:37 +0200 turks-demonstrate-in-zurich-after-failed-putsch A Geneva public prosecutor has ordered that a precious Roman-era sarcophagus be returned to Turkey five years after it was seized by customs in the Swiss canton. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150923/geneva-orders-roman Wed, 23 Sep 2015 22:39:59 +0200 geneva-orders-roman Argentina officials have detained a 19-year-old Swiss man after a skull was found in his luggage as he was preparing to board a plane to leave the country, according to media reports. https://www.thelocal.ch/20150112/swiss-teen-nabbed-in-argentina-with-stolen-skull Tue, 13 Jan 2015 00:09:00 +0100 swiss-teen-nabbed-in-argentina-with-stolen-skull The 23-year-old man implicated in the killing of three people and wounding of five others in Turkey last week is not Swiss, a newspaper in Switzerland reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140327/man-arrested-in-turkish-killings-not-swiss-reports Fri, 28 Mar 2014 00:08:00 +0100 man-arrested-in-turkish-killings-not-swiss-reports A 23-year-old Swiss citizen has admitted to killing a soldier in an attack last week in the centre of Turkey that left three people dead and five others wounded, Turkish media reported on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20140325/i-did-a-good-deed-by-killing-a-turkish-gendarme Tue, 25 Mar 2014 21:48:00 +0100 i-did-a-good-deed-by-killing-a-turkish-gendarme Swiss authorities have returned a pre-Columbian ceramic jug to Peru after police caught someone trying to sell it over the internet. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130713/swiss-returns-pre-columbian-treasure-to-peru Sat, 13 Jul 2013 13:48:00 +0200 swiss-returns-pre-columbian-treasure-to-peru A Swiss court on Friday slapped down a decision by the country's migration office to deny a Kurdish activist asylum, ruling there was still a real threat of torture and mistreatment in Turkey. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130607/swiss-court-backs-kurds-asylum-bid Sat, 08 Jun 2013 01:04:00 +0200 swiss-court-backs-kurds-asylum-bid A Swiss primary school teacher from the canton of Bern who went to Egypt for a holiday is being held there on suspicion of being a terrorist because of his name. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130425/egypt-holds-swiss-teacher-over-terrorist-name Thu, 25 Apr 2013 12:23:00 +0200 egypt-holds-swiss-teacher-over-terrorist-name