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 23rd 2009 – November 29th 2009
• November 27th 2009 – October 21st 2009
• October 20th 2009 – September 28th 2009
• September 28th 2009 – June 29th 2009
• June 28th 2009 – April 9th 2009
• April 9th 2009 – February 13th 2009
• February 13th 2009 – December 17th 2008
• December 12th 2008 – September 25th 2008
• September 2nd 2008 – June 7th 2008
• June 1st 2008 – February 8th 2008
• January 22nd 2008 – October 22nd 2007
• October 19th 2007 – May 27th 2007
• May 24th 2007 – January 27th 2007
• January 26th 2007 – June 14th 2006
• June 13th 2006 – January 14th 2006
• December 18th 2005 – November 16th 2005

Switzerland: news

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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Solar boat makes Atlantic history

Friday, March 30th 2007, 9:57
related countries: Atlantic Ocean

A Swiss crew sail into history by completing the first solar-powered crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.
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Swiss man jailed for Thai insult

Thursday, March 29th 2007, 5:38
related countries: Thailand

A Swiss man who pleaded guilty to insulting the Thai king by spray-painting posters is jailed for 10 years.
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Swiss man admits Thai king insult

Monday, March 12th 2007, 8:02
related countries: Thailand

A Swiss man who drunkenly spray-painted portraits of the Thai king faces jail for insulting the monarch.
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Turk guilty in 'genocide' case

Friday, March 9th 2007, 11:31
related countries: Turkey

A Swiss court convicts a Turkish politician who denied that mass killings of Armenians in 1915 amounted to genocide.
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Swissair trial draws to a close

Friday, March 9th 2007, 7:03

Switzerland's biggest corporate trial, over the collapse of national carrier Swissair, winds up.
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Swiss shame over airline disgrace lingers

Thursday, March 8th 2007, 12:35

Imogen Foulkes finds that the Swiss people's love affair with the national airline, Swissair, has ended in humiliation.
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Swiss 'genocide' trial for Turk

Tuesday, March 6th 2007, 17:28
related countries: Turkey

A Swiss court prosecutes a Turkish politician for "genocide denial" over the killings of Armenians in Turkey in 1915.
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EU warning over Swiss tax rules

Wednesday, February 14th 2007, 12:23

The European Commission and Switzerland argue over tax breaks offered to Swiss-based firms.
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Swiss still braced for nuclear war

Saturday, February 10th 2007, 11:58

Imogen Foulkes says Switzerland is still preparing for nuclear war, 17 years after the Cold War ended.
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World trade talks set to restart

Saturday, January 27th 2007, 13:57

Trade ministers from some 30 countries agree that full-scale global trade talks should resume quickly.
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