After 18 months of war in Ukraine, the massive sanctions against the Russian economy seem to be ineffective. Private jets and mansions, bank accounts and financial assets: in the hunt for oligarchs ...

Local dialects are for some is the language of childhood, of one's first emotions, few words that remain at the back of the ear. For others, it is a language in its own right, the Franco-Provençal, ...

Portrait of the Swiss navigator Alan Roura during his last preparations for the next Route du Rhum. In February 2017, he finished 12th for his first participation to the Vendée Globe. The event was ...

Distillers, collectors and lovers of absinthe tell us the thousand and one lives of absinthe, or Green Fairy, a spirit drink whose roots lie in the heart of Val-de-Travers Switzerland.The legendary ...

Portrait of Marco Crettenand, the last cow hoof carer from the canton of Valais, Switzerland, who looks after cows hoofs with shears and not with a grinder. He inherited this traditional method from ...

Portrait of a unique breed of cows made famous as early as 1917 by its fights in the Valais region of Switzerland. Once simply called "horned animals", they were so numerous at the foot of the Dent ...

Diana Fankhauser considers schwingen or panty wrestling a family affair. She's always been passionate about it as long as she can remember. Diana has followed in the footsteps of her two aunts, ...

The Grande Dixence is the world's highest dam. A 15-million ton behemoth built in the 1950s, thedam rises above more than 100 kilometres ofgalleries dug into the mountainside as far awayas the ...

52 x 4' - Helveticus revisits in 52 animated episodes the major events, founding myths, iconic characters, and symbols of Switzerland. Who prompted William Tell to shoot his famous arrow ? Why are ...

For some, patois is a language of childhood, of one's first emotions. For others, it is a language in its own right, the Franco-Provençal, and it must be defended at all costs as it is threatened, ...