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People in Switzerland spent CHF2.17 billion ($2.38 billion) on sporting goods last year. This was 1.5% less than in the previous year, according to Swisspo, the specialist agency for sporting goods in Switzerland. Online retail grew by 1% and accounted for 28% of sales, as Swisspo reported on Monday. In 2019 - before the Covid-19 pandemic – the share...
The International Committee of the Red Cross will not replace the UN Palestinian Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). "We already have enough to do without trying to replace other organisations," said ICRC Director Pierre Krähenbühl. "We have completely different mandates. The UNRWA receives its mandate from the UN General Assembly, the ICRC from the Geneva...
The Swiss Youth Hostel Association (AJS) has reported a record number of overnight stays in 2023. While Swiss guest proportions rose by 3.1 points from 2019, there was a minor decline for international guests. On the occasion of its 100th anniversary celebrations, the Swiss Youth Hostel Association (AJS) announced on Sunday that it had recorded a record...
Reports of racist incidents in Switzerland rose by almost a quarter in 2023, according to the annual report of the racism advice centres published on Thursday. Of the 876 recorded cases, the majority involved xenophobia and anti-Nazi racism, primarily occurring within school settings. The members of the network of advice centres for victims of racism...
The Swiss Evangelical Reformed Church intends to conduct a study on sexual abuse, and it submitted an application to the church parliament this week, said President Rita Famos in an interview on Sunday. “The investigation should reveal the locations and frequency of abuse,” said Famos, president of the Swiss Evangelical Reformed Church, in an interview...
A committee of the Swiss House of Representatives has approved a scheme to repatriate rejected Eritrean asylum seekers to Africa via a third country, such as Rwanda. Just this week, the British Parliament passed a similar bill—the so-called Rwanda bill. The House of Representatives’ relevant committee has approved the Radical-Liberal Party’s controversial...