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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• December 4th 2009 – November 25th 2009
• November 20th 2009 – October 14th 2009
• October 10th 2009 – September 13th 2009
• August 28th 2009 – June 7th 2009
• June 2nd 2009 – March 13th 2009
• March 12th 2009 – February 11th 2009
• February 8th 2009 – November 30th 2008
• November 29th 2008 – July 23rd 2008
• July 23rd 2008 – May 6th 2008
• May 3rd 2008 – December 24th 2007
• December 18th 2007 – September 20th 2007
• September 13th 2007 – April 12th 2007
• March 30th 2007 – October 19th 2006
• September 24th 2006 – May 18th 2006
• May 9th 2006 – November 16th 2005

Switzerland: news

Swiss citizenship system 'racist'

Thursday, September 13th 2007, 15:59

An official report into the process of naturalisation in Switzerland says the current system is discriminatory.
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Four guilty over Swiss air crash

Tuesday, September 4th 2007, 14:13

A Swiss court finds four employees of an air traffic control firm guilty over a mid-air collision in 2002.
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Japanese film wins Locarno award

Sunday, August 12th 2007, 9:01
related countries: Japan
related places: Locarno

Japanese film Ai No Yokan takes top prize in Locarno, as the public's award goes to UK comedy Death at a Funeral.
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Drug firm suffers India court blow

Monday, August 6th 2007, 11:40
related countries: India

An Indian court thwarts efforts by Swiss pharmaceuticals firm Novartis to obtain a new patent for a variation of the same drug.
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Swiss to return Mobutu millions

Tuesday, July 17th 2007, 17:10
related countries: Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Swiss will hand back a fraction of the $1bn thought stashed away by Congolese ex-leader Mobutu Sese Seko.
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Swiss recruits die in avalanche

Thursday, July 12th 2007, 14:04

An avalanche in central Switzerland kills six army recruits who were on a routine training exercise.
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Stolen watch haul found in France

Monday, July 9th 2007, 19:18
related countries: France

A valuable collection of Swiss watches is found in France shortly after being stolen from a museum in Switzerland.
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Huge Swiss tunnel opens in Alps

Friday, June 15th 2007, 10:05

Switzerland opens the world's longest rail tunnel on land - the 34km Loetschberg tunnel under the Alps.
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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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Iran lodges US 'spying' protest

Sunday, May 27th 2007, 20:56
related countries: Iran, United States

Iran protests to a Swiss intermediary over what it says is a US spy network operating within its borders.
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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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Swiss go on trial over air crash

Tuesday, May 15th 2007, 13:26

Eight air traffic controllers go on trial on manslaughter charges over a 2002 air crash that killed 71 people.
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Swiss bosses 'Europe's best paid'

Wednesday, April 18th 2007, 19:43

Swiss company directors are the best paid in Europe, getting more than twice the average, a survey claims.
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Thai king pardons Swiss man

Thursday, April 12th 2007, 16:58
related countries: Thailand

Thailand's revered king pardons a Swiss man who was jailed for 10 years for defacing images of him.
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