One hundred percent Swiss, over-sized and hard-edged: that is how a sausage named after Switzerland’s controversial right-wing leader Christoph Blocher has been described.
The controversial former head of Switzerland’s right-wing Swiss People’s Party, Christoph Blocher is to step down from his role in the party leadership committee, the party announced on Monday.
UPDATED: A painting by Swiss artist Ferdinand Hodler which its Jewish owner was forced by the Nazis to sell in 1938 has turned up in the art collection of prominent Swiss politician Christoph Blocher.
Populist pontificator Christoph Blocher, known for his virulent campaigns against immigration, the European Union and Islam, is not running in Switzerland's upcoming elections, but remains the country's most talked-about politician.
Leading Swiss People’s Party (SVP) politician Christoph Blocher says he is ready to launch a new initiative to ensure that Switzerland applies immigration quotas.
The Swiss People’s Party (SVP) is resurgent in Switzerland after voters on Sunday narrowly backed its initiative to apply quotas to immigrants from the European Union.
The Swiss chapter of Amnesty International is using humour and satire in a new hard-hitting campaign to combat policies that toughen conditions for asylum seekers in Switzerland.
<p>In a video address recorded at his home and aired on Wednesday, ex-Swiss People's Party leader Christoph Blocher insisted he should be entitled to parliamentary immunity from prosecution.</p>
<p>A scandal that had threatened the standing of the Swiss central bank chief Philipp Hildebrand turned its focus Tuesday to a leading politician and critic of the banker.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-US">The Basler Zeitung has lost more than 1,000 subscribers in a single week after it was revealed that the paper is owned by the </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US">family of</span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-US"> far-right Swiss People's Party (SVP) deputy leader Christoph Blocher.</span></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span lang="EN-US">The far-right Swiss People’s Party (SVP) only has itself to blame for its failure to secure a second seat on the Federal Council , according to a near unanimous national press.</span></strong></p>
