Russia and China have just agreed on the construction of a gas pipeline, during a visit by Xi Jinping to Moscow. A sign that Russia, like other powers, is turning towards a country that intends to present itself as an alternative to the Western order.
Un «racisme systémique» sévirait en Suisse. C’est du moins l’avis de la Confédération, qui a publié un rapport sur le sujet. Selon Olivier Delacrétaz, rédacteur à «La Nation», les effets de ce postulat, qui ne repose sur aucune preuve, pourraient être contre-productifs.
In recent years, climate activists have regularly taken public space hostage. It doesn't seem to bother them that this form of action is having difficulty winning over the general public: by their own admission, they don't want to rally.
In search of international recognition for several years, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, freshly re-elected head of the Republic of Turkey, is leading his country down the path of an ambiguous foreign policy.
After two days of extraordinary session, Parliament has issued a symbolic rejection of the Federal Council's rescue plan for Crédit Suisse. This decision has no direct impact, but it does reveal certain issues, as pointed out by the press on Thursday.
Six environmental activists blocked the freeway in the canton of Uri on Good Friday. Altercations, traffic jams and police intervention - this is «non-violent» mobilization, when so many legal and effective tools exist, particularly in Switzerland.