Swissinfo opens video channel on YouTube

 Swissinfo is launching its own channel on YouTube, the best-known internet portal for online videos. The news portal, also known as Swiss Radio International (SRI), will mainly showcase Swiss peculiarities in its short films, such as hornussen, swinging and alpine hikes, as reported by SDA. At the moment, however, there are also contributions about a school exchange, the rebuilding of an old Grand Hotel and a night-time ghost walk through Zurich.Swissinfo is an SRG company and is intended to inform Swiss citizens abroad about events in their home country and to increase awareness of Switzerland abroad; it is published in nine languages.