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SRF – “uniform reporting”

One-sided reporting on the US Ramstein Air Base in Germany

by Helmut Scheben*

(19 June 2026) The US base is a blessing for Germany, according to the news magazine “Echo der Zeit” published by Swiss public broadcasting agency SRF. The message sounds like a NATO press release.

Elon Musk and the Starlink antennas: Leuk could become a military target

by Remo Massat*

(19 June 2026) Remo Massat, editor-in-chief of the Walliser Zeitung, raises a valid yet hitherto largely overlooked question: What impact does Elon Musk’s Starlink project in Leuk have on Swiss neutrality?

“These young people aren’t celebrating together. They aren’t building anything. They aren’t defending any idea. They’re destroying.”

by Marie-Estelle Dupont,* France

(19 June 2026) (CH-S) France has long been familiar with violent riots following major events, even when, for example, a football match has ended in victory for the French team. Nationwide, 22,000 police officers were recently deployed; hundreds of rioters were arrested; and there was widespread damage to property and several injuries.

Middle East

Joint statement on humanitarian access in Gaza and the registration law affecting INGOs

Diplomatic statement, 8 June 2026

(19 June 2026) (CH-S) The humanitarian situation in the Palestinian Gaza Strip is dire. This is the assessment of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in Bern. In a joint statement with the foreign ministers of 19 countries, Switzerland has expressed its concern about the situation.

Torture programmes and missile attacks on hospitals in Gaza

Oxford surgeon Nick Maynard on Tucker Carlson

by Peter F. Mayer*

(12 June 2026) A leading British surgeon from the University of Oxford has, in a sensational interview with Tucker Carlson, described in detail what he witnessed with his own eyes in Gaza: the systematic destruction of the healthcare system, targeted shootings of children at food distribution points, and an institutionalised torture programme against Palestinian doctors. The West looks the other way – and funds the whole thing.

Digitisation in education has produced a generation with limited intellectual abilities

by Norbert Häring,* Germany

(12 June 2026) US schools are already spending ten times as much on digital learning software and hardware as they do on textbooks. Instead of increasing pupils’ academic achievement, as promised, it has actually declined. An analysis of PISA results confirms that academic achievement decreases as screen time at school increases.