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

Much is written about Switzerland's four official languages -- French, Swiss German, Romansh and Italian -- but few American travelers know who speaks what where. It's no wonder, since three of the ...

EUROPE Is the home of the idea that people who see themselves as a nation should have a country. And very often those countries have seen themselves linguistically: France is the home of those who ...

Language is something people use on a day to day basis, and it is incorporated in many different modalities, including but not limited to: oral, signed, written, imagery, and other representations.

CHUR, Switzerland — The people of this corner of Switzerland are arguing whether language is a matter of the heart or the pocketbook. Depending on whom you talk to in the steep, alpine enclaves of ...

Undeterred by the pandemic, the wheels of Switzerland’s film production machine kept on spinning in 2021, churning out the meticulously made multicultural co-productions the country is known for that ...