News and Information on Switzerland in nine languages
You're in Shanghai visiting the Swiss pavilion, and you want to know what's happening in Switzerland right now? Visit the website of swissinfo.ch and find out what's making Swiss headlines!
swissinfo.ch is the nine-language (English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Japanese and Chinese) multimedia internet news and information platform about Switzerland, from Switzerland. It is aimed at Swiss people living abroad and anyone, anywhere in the world, with an interest in Switzerland.
Politics, business, the arts, science and technology, society, and sport are all presented in up-to-the-minute news, analyses, background reports and features – in words and pictures, and audio and video clips. What's more, multimedia dossiers and specials allow relevant topics to be dealt with in greater detail. For those who are entered on the Swiss electoral roll, swissinfo.ch also offers a series of referendum dossiers in Switzerland's national languages, enabling Swiss expatriates to make an informed choice when exercising their democratic rights. swissinfo.ch analyses major international events and developments from the Swiss perspective.
With a range of interactive online surveys, feedback and rating options, blogs and upload functions, swissinfo.ch actively encourages communication between its users and and reaches out to them at the personal level.
