The first snowflakes of the 2025/26 season close the Alpine passes and open the ski resorts
Winter peeks out over the Swiss Alps: alpine roads go into ‘hibernation’ and the first ski lifts open, with ticket prices slightly up and…
La macchina dispettosa – The mischievous machine
Max, the mischievous car by Zaira Sellerio, lives adventures filled with humor and nostalgia, teaching the value of friendship and freedom.…
NRP and federalism: strengthening cohesion between cities and the countryside
The Swiss New Regional Policy (NRP) aims for balanced development across urban, rural, and mountainous areas, reducing regional disparities…
EES Launches across Schengen for Extra-EU travelers
Fingerprints, facial recognition and electronic registration for extra-EU citizens: more security and short-stay monitoring
The swiss cat ladder phenomenon
Between architecture, animal welfare, and civic responsibility, the “cat ladders” tell a unique story of Swiss culture
September 28, 2025 a popular vote between innovation and tradition
September 28, 2025 will remain a historic day for Switzerland: the people cast their vote on important federal issues, while in several…
Specchio – Mirror
The poem expresses intense nostalgia and profound pain for loss, with evocative images such as “a heart heavy like a stone” and “winter in…
German-speaking Switzerland removes French from primary schools
Some German-speaking cantons are removing French from primary school to focus on English. But in the other linguistic regions the situation…
Il Profumo dell’Amore – The Scent of Love
The Scent of Love is a poetic prose that exalts the power of authentic love, contrasted with the transience of fleeting relationships.
Farewell to paper mail in Denmark
From 2026, a definitive stop to paper mail. Red mailboxes will also disappear, while Switzerland remains more cautious
ESAF 2025 Glarnerland
The ESAF 2025 Glarnerland in Mollis from 29 to 31 August will be the largest festival of Swiss Schwingen and Alpine culture, with 270…
L’ombra – The Shadow
The Shadow by Zaira Sellerio is a poem that explores with depth the feelings tied to lost love and enduring memory.
August 15, the peak of summer
On August 15, religious and civic traditions unite worldwide, celebrated under different names and meanings but connected by themes of…
The swiss art of multilingualism
Most Swiss people regularly use multiple languages, with English playing a prominent role alongside national languages.
August 1st Swiss Celebrate Homeland
On 1 August, Switzerland celebrates the birth of the Confederation in 1291 by uniting traditions, communities and the Swiss Psalm and is…
La casa dei sogni (o degli incubi) – The house of dreams (or nightmares)
A modern, ironic fable about the misadventures of a pensioner obsessed with saving, between fragile houses and life lessons.