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.

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• November 27th 2013 – August 19th 2013
• August 18th 2013 – June 7th 2013
• June 3rd 2013 – March 3rd 2013
• March 1st 2013 – January 3rd 2013
• January 3rd 2013 – October 13th 2012
• October 13th 2012 – May 15th 2012
• May 11th 2012 – March 16th 2012
• March 15th 2012 – January 19th 2012
• January 19th 2012 – October 25th 2011
• October 24th 2011 – August 17th 2011
• August 17th 2011 – May 3rd 2011
• April 29th 2011 – February 10th 2011
• February 10th 2011 – December 28th 2010
• December 24th 2010 – October 15th 2010
• October 15th 2010 – July 27th 2010
• July 23rd 2010 – May 13th 2010
• May 13th 2010 – February 15th 2010
• February 13th 2010 – November 29th 2009
• November 27th 2009 – September 30th 2009
• September 29th 2009 – May 1st 2009
• April 27th 2009 – February 8th 2009
• February 8th 2009 – August 12th 2008
• July 24th 2008 – February 19th 2008
• February 8th 2008 – July 12th 2007
• July 9th 2007 – September 16th 2006
• August 27th 2006 – November 16th 2005

Switzerland: news

One killed as Swiss train derails

Friday, July 23rd 2010, 22:33

At least one person is killed and more than 40 others are injured as a tourist train derails in the Swiss Alps.
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Credit Suisse profits hit $1.5bn

Thursday, July 22nd 2010, 6:14

Swiss bank Credit Suisse reports higher-than-expected profits of 1.6 billion Swiss francs for the three months to the end of June.
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Swiss bank to lift lid on Kafka papers

Monday, July 19th 2010, 8:53
related places: Zurich

Safe deposit boxes believed to contain manuscripts and drawings by the late author Franz Kafka are due to be opened at a bank in Zurich.
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Polanski makes public appearance

Saturday, July 17th 2010, 21:55
related countries: United States

Filmmaker Roman Polanski makes his first public appearance since Switzerland refused to extradite him to the US.
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Credit Suisse offices are raided

Wednesday, July 14th 2010, 11:31
related countries: Germany

German prosecutors have raided 13 branches of the Swiss bank Credit Suisse in connection with a probe into tax fraud.
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US criticises Swiss ruling on Polanski

Tuesday, July 13th 2010, 4:51
related countries: United States
related places: California

The US criticises Switzerland's decision not to extradite filmmaker Roman Polanski, who faces sex charges in California.
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Swiss reject Polanski extradition

Monday, July 12th 2010, 20:27
related countries: United States

Swiss authorities decide not to extradite director Roman Polanski to the US to face sentencing for a case dating back to 1977.
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Solar plane's night test success

Thursday, July 8th 2010, 17:44

An experimental plane powered by solar cells successfully completes a 26-hour flight and lands safely in Switzerland.
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Tour de France stage five - as it happened

Thursday, July 8th 2010, 10:23
related countries: France
related places: Epernay, Montargis

Switzerland's Fabian Cancellara is in the yellow jersey as the Tour moves from Epernay to an expected sprint finish in Montargis.
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Suicide watch

Friday, July 2nd 2010, 11:42

Swiss law-change plan puts Dignitas under pressure
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Solar night flight is postponed

Thursday, July 1st 2010, 6:11

A technical problem postpones Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg's bid to fly a solar-powered plane through the night.
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Swiss graffiti man faces caning

Friday, June 25th 2010, 13:32
related countries: Singapore

A Swiss man is sentenced to three strokes of a cane and five months in jail for spray-painting graffiti on a train in Singapore.
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Spain goalkeeper challenged by lover on live TV

Thursday, June 17th 2010, 13:08
related countries: Spain

The TV reporter girlfriend of Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas demanded he explain a blunder which lost them their match against Switzerland, live on TV.
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Chad frees abducted aid worker

Wednesday, June 16th 2010, 9:07
related countries: Chad, United Kingdom

A Swiss aid worker in Chad kidnapped 10 days ago has been freed, UK charity Oxfam tells the BBC.
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Swiss MPs back tax evasion deal

Tuesday, June 15th 2010, 9:46
related countries: United States

Switzerland's parliament has voted to approve a deal to provide the US with information on tax evasion.
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Swiss man home from Libyan prison

Sunday, June 13th 2010, 23:58
related countries: Libya

Swiss businessman Max Goeldi, at the centre of a long-running row, arrives back home after being released from a Libyan jail.
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Libya 'frees Swiss businessman'

Friday, June 11th 2010, 7:52
related countries: Libya

Swiss businessman Max Goeldi, at the centre of a long-running row, is released from jail in Libya, his lawyer says.
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Top prize for Swiss solar pioneer

Wednesday, June 9th 2010, 17:45

The inventor of a low-cost solar cell that could create electricity generating windows has won the Millennium Technology Prize.
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Swiss MPs reject UBS-US tax deal

Tuesday, June 8th 2010, 12:23
related countries: United States

Switzerland's parliament votes down a deal to allow banking giant UBS to disclose account details to US tax authorities.
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Trafigura toxic waste trial opens

Tuesday, June 1st 2010, 17:47
related countries: Netherlands

Dutch prosecutors accuse multi-national oil trading firm Trafigura of illegally exporting hazardous waste to Ivory Coast in 2006.
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Swiss naked hiker wins court battle

Friday, May 28th 2010, 17:18

A Swiss man who had been fined for naked rambling in Switzerland's Appenzell canton wins his appeal.
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Spain win sets up Portugal clash

Thursday, May 13th 2010, 15:53
related countries: Honduras, Spain

European champions Spain finish top of Group H and will face Portugal in the last 16 after a securing qualification with a 2-1 win over resilient 10-man Chile - who also go through and will now face Brazil.
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Villa double puts Spain back on track

Thursday, May 13th 2010, 14:34
related countries: Honduras, Spain

David Villa scores twice as Spain beat Honduras 2-0 in Group H to earn their first win at the 2010 World Cup and boost their hopes of reaching the knockout stages.
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Chile overcome 10-man Switzerland

Thursday, May 13th 2010, 14:33
related countries: Honduras, Spain

Chile leave it late to see off the battling 10 men of Switzerland in a Group H game in Port Elizabeth.
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Portugal hammer seven past N Korea

Thursday, May 13th 2010, 14:31
related countries: Chile, Honduras, North Korea, Spain

Portugal thump World Cup minnows North Korea 7-0 in Cape Town to get their World Cup campaign back on track.
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