Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga told German-language Swiss radio on Saturday that although Switzerland needs foreign workers – areas like agriculture and care work could not do without them, for ...

Proficiency in a ‘local’ language (‘local’ being the key word here) is a requirement residence permits and, even more so, for ...

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Switzerland's 26 cantons could be obliged to continue teaching a second national language at primary level. The government intends to draft a bill to this effect. This regulation ...

For Simon König (name changed), buying a pair of glasses from an optician in Zurich's city center proved to be an unexpected challenge. The sales staffers, he found, didn't speak a word of German.

If former President Barack Obama can invent the Austrian language, then Sen. Cory Booker can invent the Swiss one. Mr. Booker’s awkward exchange on the campaign trail with a radio reporter in Cedar ...