Switzerland

Swiss Referendum Approves New Surveillance Law

A new referendum in Switzerland has approved a law on new surveillance powers for the intelligence agencies. The law would…

8 years ago

FIFA Corruption: US Sends Extradition Request to Switzerland

The US has asked Switzerland to extradite seven FIFA officials arrested on corruption charges in May, the Swiss authorities say.…

9 years ago

World Happiness Report 2015: Switzerland Is World’s Happiest Country

According to a new survey, Switzerland is the world's happiest country. The country of chocolates and clocks topped the third…

10 years ago

Vladimir Putin and Alina Kabaeva welcome third child in Switzerland, tabloid claims

As Russian President Vladimir Putin has not been seen in public lately, a Swiss tabloid claims that his alleged girlfriend…

10 years ago

Edward Snowden appeals for Switzerland asylum

Edward Snowden says he would love to get asylum in Switzerland. The fugitive US whistleblower was speaking via video link…

10 years ago

Switzerland and Italy hit by deadly landslides

Southern Switzerland and northern Italy have been hit by deadly landslides following days of torrential rain. Two women died when…

10 years ago

Swiss voters reject world’s highest minimum wage proposal

Voters in Switzerland have rejected a proposal to introduce what would have been the highest minimum wage in the world…

11 years ago

Swiss referendum on world’s highest minimum wage

Switzerland is voting in a referendum on whether to introduce what would be the highest minimum wage in the world.…

11 years ago

Gulnara Karimova: Switzerland probes Uzbek president’s daughter for money laundering

Swiss prosecutors have opened a money laundering investigation into Gulnara Karimova, the eldest daughter of Uzbekistan’s President Islam Karimov. The…

11 years ago

Switzerland declines to sign deal granting Croatians free access to employment market

Switzerland has declined to sign a proposed deal granting Croatians free access to the Swiss employment market. Croatia and Switzerland…

11 years ago

Swiss anti-immigration referendum result draws criticism from EU countries

The Swiss vote to bring back strict immigration quotas for Europeans draws criticism from France, Germany and Brussels. France and…

11 years ago

Swiss anti-immigration referendum results invalidate agreement with EU

Voters in Switzerland have narrowly backed a referendum proposal to bring back strict quotas for immigration from EU countries. Final…

11 years ago

Mikhail Khodorkovsky applies for Swiss visa

Mikhail Khodorkovsky has applied for a visa to travel to Switzerland, the Swiss foreign ministry says. A ministry’s spokesman said…

11 years ago

Oprah Winfrey sorry for blown up media response to Swiss racism row

Oprah Winfrey has said she is sorry for a "blown up" media response after she claimed she encountered racism in…

11 years ago

Switzerland to change national anthem in 2014

Switzerland considers changing its national anthem as being too old-fashioned, so a new one will be chosen through a competition.…

11 years ago

Switzerland: Two trains collision hurts at least 40 people in Granges-pres-Marnand

Two trains have collided in western Switzerland injuring at least 40 people have been injured, five of them seriously. The…

11 years ago

Belgium: day of national mourning to remember victims of the Switzerland coach crash

Belgium is holding a day of national mourning by coming to a standstill for a minute's silence at 11:00 a.m.…

13 years ago