The number of
newspapers
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Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports ...
in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
was 406 before
World War I
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.
It reduced to 257 in 1995.
The country was ranked fifteenth for 2014 in the yearly
Press Freedom Index
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published by
Reporters Without Borders
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and 8th in 2020.
List
Below is a list of
newspaper
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports a ...
s published in
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
.
German language
French language
Italian language
Romansh language
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Fegl Ufficial''
* ''
La Quotidiana
''La Quotidiana'' is the only Romansh daily newspaper. It is published by the Südostschweiz Mediengruppe and was founded in 1997 with support from the Romansh news agency Agentura da Novitads Rumantscha. The newspaper is based in Ilanz, previous ...
''
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Novitas''
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Posta Ladina
Posta may refer to:
Places
* Posta, Burrabazar, a neighbourhood in Kolkata
* Posta, Lazio, a ''comune'' (municipality), in the Province of Rieti in the Italian region Lazio
* Posta, Pirna, part of the town of Pirna in the Sächsische Schweiz, ...
''
Ottoman Turkish
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Mizan
Mizan ( ar, ميزان, lit=balance) is a concept in Quran, which has been described as "the principle of the middle path" and "the overarching divine principle for organizing our universe". Azizah Y. al-Hibri argues that ''Mizan'', as the "divine ...
''
Russian language
* ''
Business in Switzerland
Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (such as goods and services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for profit."
Having a business name does not separ ...
''
* ''
Nasha Gazeta.ch - Наша Газета.ch''
English language
Discontinued
* ''Gazette de Lausanne'' (1798-1991)
* ''Journal de Genève'' (1826-1991)
* ''Journal de Genève et Gazette de Lausanne'' (1991-1998)
* ''Le nouveau quotidien'' (1991-1998), see ''
Le temps
''Le Temps'' (literally "The Time") is a Swiss French-language daily newspaper published in Berliner format in Geneva by Le Temps SA. It is the sole nationwide French-language non-specialised daily newspaper of Switzerland. Since 2021, it has b ...
''
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Dimanche.ch
Ringier AG is a media group in Switzerland, founded in 1833 in Zofingen and based in Zürich. The current strategy is based not only on media but also on e-commerce and entertainment. It has a yearly income of approximately 1000 million CHF and ...
'' (1999-2003)
* ''
Metro
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Geography
* Metro (city), a city in Indonesia
* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
Public transport
* Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urba ...
'' (Swiss edition only, defunct in 2002)
* ''
Heute
''heute'' (; German for ''today'') is a television news program on the German channel ZDF. The main program is broadcast at 19:00, and includes news, with an emphasis on political news from Germany, Europe and the world, plus 'mixed' news from cu ...
'' (2006-2008)
* ''
.ch
.ch is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Switzerland in the Domain Name System of the Internet. Made available in 1987, only two years after .com, it is administered by SWITCH Information Technology Services.
The domain ''ch'', as ...
'' (2007-2009)
* ''
News
News is information about current events. This may be provided through many different Media (communication), media: word of mouth, printing, Mail, postal systems, broadcasting, Telecommunications, electronic communication, or through the tes ...
'' (2007-2009)
* ''
Le Matin Bleu'' (2005-2009)
* ''
Schweiz am Sonntag
The Swiss ''Schweiz am Sonntag'' () was a German-language weekly newspaper, published on Sundays with the main circulation areas being the Swiss Plateau and southeastern Switzerland.
History
In the autumn of 2007, the newspaper was founded by A ...
'' (2007-2017)
See also
*
List of magazines in Switzerland
The following is an incomplete list of current and defunct magazines published in Switzerland. They are published in German, French, Italian or other languages.
A
* '' Aero Revue''
* '' Annabelle''
* '' Animan''
* ''Art International''
B
* ...
List of Media in Switzerland
References
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Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
*
Newspapers
A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background.
Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports ...