Tag: Swiss
Switzerland to Muslim Students: Shake Your Teacher’s Hand or Pay $5,000
25 May 2016
When two teenage Muslim students from Syria told their school in Switzerland that to shake their female teacher’s hand would violate their...
Media coverage related to immigrants and its effects on public opinion
March 19, 2014
The reactions of German media towards the result of the Swiss referendum were immense. Most comments by German media outcried their “shock”...
Three Lessons from Switzerland’s Immigration Referendum
February 24, 2014
BERLIN—On February 9, a small majority of Swiss voters approved a proposal by the right-wing populist Swiss People’s Party (SVP) to significantly...
Swiss referendum on immigration
February 12, 2014
According to Robert Misik, Xenophobia was just one of the reasons why 50.3% of those who voted in Switzerland's recent referendum on...
