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 ...

Bolze is more than a just a language: it’s a cultural identity and a point of pride in the Basse-Ville of Fribourg. The Sarine River skirts the edge of Basse-Ville (lower town), dividing both the ...

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As the small Alpine country of 8.8 million people names its new members of both houses of parliament, here are five things to know about Switzerland: Switzerland has four official languages: German, ...

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 ...

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.

The directors of education of Switzerland's 26 cantons have failed to agree on a common policy for teaching languages in school. At a two-day meeting in Montreux, they disagreed on whether English or ...

DOMESTIC disputes can look a lot more clear when viewed from overseas. Take bilingual instruction – where immigrant parents, particularly Hispanics – are fighting the education establishment in ...

Switzerland have put in a string of impressive performances at Euro 2024, somewhat at odds with their quarterfinal opponents England. With the arguable exception of Spain, no team has looked more like ...