News: Switzerland

We have started to collect the most important news related to Switzerland in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Switzerland – overview

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• 'Dirty money' sent back to Mexico – Cern lab goes 'colder than space'
• Clinic assists doctor's suicide – eBay Iraq relic auction stopped
• Emiratis jailed for raping youth – Football: Fifa begins Turkey probe
• Four guilty over Swiss air crash – Iran lodges US 'spying' protest
• Japanese film wins Locarno award – More cash is injected into banks
• More UBS sub-prime writedowns – Polanski awaits house arrest move
• Polanski facing more time in jail – Six killed in Swiss tunnel crash
• Smuggler's car found crawling with trapdoo... – Swiss admit US Polanski tip-off
• Swiss anger at Libyan 'reprisals' – Swiss company fires 'ill' worker over Face...
• Swiss court grants Polanski bail – Swiss Muslims open mosque doors
• Swiss order release of seized art – Swiss to return Mobutu millions
• Swiss to tackle 'suicide tourism' – Switzerland eases banking secrecy
• Switzerland goes into recession – Trial for Swiss BMW 'blackmailer'
• Trusted tool – US and UBS agree to end tax row
• US asks for Polanski extradition – Zurich allows anti-minaret poster

Switzerland: news

'Dirty money' sent back to Mexico

Wednesday, June 18th 2008, 22:39
related countries: Mexico

Swiss authorities are to return $74m from frozen accounts of a former Mexican president's brother to Mexico.
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Aborigines win battle over mine

Wednesday, December 17th 2008, 7:32
related countries: Australia

Aborigines from Australia's Northern Territory win a court battle to stop mining giant Xstrata expanding a zinc mine.
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Aid workers taken in Philippines

Thursday, January 15th 2009, 6:54
related countries: Italy, Philippines

Three aid workers, including an Italian and a Swiss national, are kidnapped in southern Philippines, says the Philippine Red Cross.
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Al-Qaeda releases Swiss hostage

Sunday, July 12th 2009, 13:47
related countries: Mali

A Swiss tourist held hostage for six months by al-Qaeda militants in Mali has been freed, Swiss and Malian officials say.
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All Swissair defendants cleared

Thursday, June 7th 2007, 8:30

All the former Swissair executives accused of mismanagement, fraud and false accounting are cleared.
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Atom expert rejects weapon 'lies'

Tuesday, June 17th 2008, 16:26
related countries: Pakistan

Disgraced Pakistani scientist AQ Khan denies giving blueprints for advanced nuclear warheads to Swiss smugglers.
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Axa buys Swiss rival Winterthur

Wednesday, June 14th 2006, 7:26
related places: Winterthur

European insurer Axa agrees to buy rival Winterthur for 7.9bn euros as it looks to expand in Europe and Asia.
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Bad debts weigh on Credit Suisse

Wednesday, February 11th 2009, 9:42

Credit Suisse reports an annual loss of 8.2bn Swiss francs ($7bn), its worst to date, due to a fall in business and bad debt.
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Blaze destroys Geneva synagogue

Thursday, May 24th 2007, 10:12
related places: Geneva

A fire ravages a synagogue in the city of Geneva, in what Swiss police suspect was an arson attack.
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Blue diamond fetches record price

Tuesday, May 12th 2009, 21:44
related places: Geneva

A blue diamond, smaller than a penny, sells for 10.5 million Swiss francs at auction in Geneva to an anonymous buyer.
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Brazilian woman 'invented attack'

Thursday, February 19th 2009, 17:03
related countries: Botswana
related places: Zurich

A Brazilian woman has admitted faking an attack by Swiss skinheads, according to prosecutors in Zurich.
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Bush shoe man 'not after asylum'

Monday, January 19th 2009, 13:20
related countries: Iraq

The brother of the Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at George W Bush tells the BBC he is not seeking asylum in Switzerland.
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Bush shoe man in Swiss asylum bid

Monday, January 19th 2009, 5:23
related countries: Iraq

The Iraqi who hurled his shoes at George W Bush is seeking asylum in Switzerland, a Swiss newspaper reports.
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Cern lab goes 'colder than space'

Friday, July 18th 2008, 19:07
related countries: France

A giant physics lab on the Swiss-French border is being cooled to a temperature lower than that of outer space.
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'Dirty money' sent back to Mexico – Cern lab goes 'colder than space'Clinic assists doctor's suicide – eBay Iraq relic auction stoppedEmiratis jailed for raping youth – Football: Fifa begins Turkey probeFour guilty over Swiss air crash – Iran lodges US 'spying' protestJapanese film wins Locarno award – More cash is injected into banksMore UBS sub-prime writedowns – Polanski awaits house arrest movePolanski facing more time in jail – Six killed in Swiss tunnel crashSmuggler's car found crawling with trapdoo... – Swiss admit US Polanski tip-offSwiss anger at Libyan 'reprisals' – Swiss company fires 'ill' worker over Face...Swiss court grants Polanski bail – Swiss Muslims open mosque doorsSwiss order release of seized art – Swiss to return Mobutu millionsSwiss to tackle 'suicide tourism' – Switzerland eases banking secrecySwitzerland goes into recession – Trial for Swiss BMW 'blackmailer'Trusted tool – US and UBS agree to end tax rowUS asks for Polanski extradition – Zurich allows anti-minaret poster