Sunday, July 21, 2024
Published: Sunday, Jul 21st 2024, 05:30
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Growing hatred among young people, a decline in irregular migration and a survey of centrist members about a possible merger with the GLP: this and more can be found in the Sunday newspapers. The headlines in unverified reports:
"SonntagsZeitung" / "Le Matin Dimanche":
Homophobia, Islamophobia and anti-Semitism have increased among young people in Switzerland, according to a survey. Researchers classified 26% of respondents as xenophobic, 15% as homophobic, 10% as anti-Muslim and 8% as anti-Semitic, according to the SonntagsZeitung newspaper. Compared to two years ago, the rate for all attitudes has risen by 49 to 66 percent. Experts attributed this to events such as the Hamas attack on October 7, but also to uncertain future prospects. The study was conducted by the University of Fribourg and Zurich University of Applied Sciences between May and June among over 1600 young people. The figures are representative for German-speaking and French-speaking Switzerland.
"NZZ am Sonntag":
The number of people entering Switzerland illegally has fallen sharply. Since the beginning of the year, border officials have apprehended 12,500 so-called illegal residents, as the "NZZ am Sonntag" wrote. The monthly figures for irregular migration are currently half as high as in previous years. Last year, over 50,000 illegal immigrants were stopped at the border. Because migration routes have shifted, there was hardly any irregular migration across the Austrian-Swiss border, for example, as a spokeswoman for the State Secretariat for Migration told the newspaper.
"NZZ am Sonntag":
The reorganization of the Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) has come at the expense of counter-terrorism and counter-espionage. Several cantonal police forces complained about "inadequate" investigations by the FIS, as the "NZZ am Sonntag" found out from a confidential survey. Operational areas of violent extremism were also affected, according to security circles. Staff had been detached for organizational work, FIS Director Christan Dussey wrote to the conference of police commanders in May. The FIS had "ensured its preventive services for the prevention of specific threats at all times despite the transformation", the service told the newspaper in response to an inquiry.
"SonntagsBlick":
The centrist party has asked its members about a possible merger with the GLP, among other things. The party wants to use a list of questions to find out what priorities the base wants to set in its strategic direction, as SonntagsBlick wrote. The results will form the basis for the future strategy, as a Mitte spokesperson said. It was also about the positioning in family policy and rapprochement with Europe. The opinion research institute gfs.bern was commissioned to conduct the survey. The survey will run until August 11.
"SonntagsBlick":
The Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia will end its activities in Venice from 2026. From next year, the foundation will limit its activities on site, as SonntagsBlick wrote. Residencies and artistic programs will be affected. Pro Helvetia resides in Palazzo Trevisan in the Italian city. The Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics is clarifying whether other offices have a need for the vacated space. The sale of the floor is also to be examined. This would mean that the Swiss consulate in Venice would have to find new premises.
"SonntagsZeitung" / "NZZ am Sonntag":
Eight percent of the 300 richest Swiss people have created their wealth themselves. This was the conclusion of a study by the Economic Research Center at ETH Zurich, according to the SonntagsZeitung newspaper. According to the study, around 80 percent of the money of the richest people comes from inheritances. 90 percent of the super-rich are men. According to the KOF, the proportion of women is more likely to fall than rise. A study by Marius Brülhart from the University of Lausanne looked at the social distribution of inheritances. The "NZZ am Sonntag" wrote that the disparity is large. Three quarters of heirs receive no more than 100,000 francs per inheritance. 1.5 percent of inheritances amounted to more than one million francs.
"SonntagsZeitung":
Investors and analysts have called for a change of personnel at Swatch Group. "A change at the top would be positive for the Group," said fund manager Georg von Wyss to the SonntagsZeitung newspaper. The BWM Value Investing fund manager criticized the watchmaker's boss, Nick Hayek, for not being prepared to make quick cuts when necessary. Voting rights advisors such as Ethos, Glass Lewis and ISS also called for the composition of the Board of Directors to be reconsidered. Criticism from analysts and investors is nothing new for the watch company. Hayek is not deterred by this and the falling share price, wrote the newspaper.
"NZZ am Sonntag":
The Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) has issued a warning about the Russian hacker group Callisto in a confidential report. The group is linked to the Russian secret service FBS, as the "NZZ am Sonntag" wrote based on the report. Callisto is primarily targeting NATO states. Due to the "openly pro-Ukrainian politicians and media representatives", Switzerland could also be targeted by the cyber criminals. The group has already attacked targets in this country. It also regularly abuses Switzerland's IT infrastructure and uses accounts of a Swiss email provider for phishing campaigns, the FIS wrote.
"SonntagsBlick":
Russia will "take into account Switzerland's progressive departure from neutrality". Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said this after a meeting with his Swiss counterpart Ignazio Cassis last week. Initially, Lavrov described the conversation as "interesting", wrote SonntagsBlick. A Kremlin spokesperson even criticized Switzerland as a "dishonest broker". The establishment of a NATO liaison office at the United Nations in Geneva is further proof of Switzerland's lack of neutrality. The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs did not wish to comment on this, as the newspaper wrote.
"NZZ am Sonntag":
The head of a center at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) is said to have demanded that employees list his name in publications. This was despite the fact that the director had made no significant contribution to it, as the "NZZ am Sonntag" wrote. The accusation was made by a former doctoral student. The ETH Board has received a supervisory complaint. It will examine whether and how the PSI is fulfilling its obligations. The "implicit rule" at the PSI Center is that the boss always acts as a co-author, according to former and current employees. The PSI Center is not an isolated case, the newspaper wrote. The practice used to be standard at other institutes as well.
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