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 ...

Some 62 percent speak Swiss German dialects; around 23 percent speak French, chiefly in the west; eight percent speak Italian, mostly in the southern Ticino canton, and 0.5 percent speak Romansh. The ...

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 ...

A book entitled The Swiss Idiotikon - which is still not finished after nearly 150 years - might seem like a foolish enterprise. But despite its name, it is a work of immense scholarship. The title ...

For Simon König (name changed), buying a pair of glasses from an optician in Zurich's city center proved to be an unexpected challenge. The sales staffers, he found, didn't speak a word of German.

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, ...