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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Switzerland: news

Swiss wargame casts France as enemy

Monday, September 30th 2013, 14:02
related countries: France

The Swiss army has carried out a training exercise which simulated an attack by France, it emerges.
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VIDEO: Fox frustrating Swiss golfers

Friday, September 27th 2013, 2:02
related places: Verbier

Golfers at a course in Verbier in Switzerland have had an unusual interruption to their games.
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VIDEO: Rare 'Pink Star' diamond close-up

Wednesday, September 25th 2013, 16:28
related places: Geneva

A flawless 59.6-carat pink diamond is to be auctioned in the Swiss city of Geneva at a record asking price of $60m (£38m).
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Swiss vote to keep army conscription

Sunday, September 22nd 2013, 15:01

Switzerland votes to keep compulsory military service, exit polls suggest.
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N Korea angry at ski lift import ban

Saturday, August 24th 2013, 14:44
related countries: North Korea

North Korea reacts angrily to Switzerland's decision to block a deal to sell ski lifts for leader Kim Jong-un's pet ski resort project.
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McQuaid defiant despite setback

Wednesday, August 21st 2013, 17:26

Pat McQuaid seeks a third term as head of cycling's world governing body despite Swiss Cycling withdrawing its support.
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Swiss halt North Korea ski lift deal

Monday, August 19th 2013, 16:19
related countries: North Korea

Switzerland blocks a deal to sell ski lifts to North Korea, hampering leader Kim Jong-un's pet resort project.
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Swiss asylum seekers segregated

Monday, August 19th 2013, 14:09

Swiss towns keep asylum seekers at arm's length
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VIDEO: Swiss asylum rules 'akin to apartheid'

Monday, August 19th 2013, 5:14

Plans by local communities in Switzerland to ban asylum seekers from public places such as swimming pools, sports fields and playgrounds are proving controversial.
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Two held over assisted death claim

Sunday, August 18th 2013, 15:26

A man and a woman have been arrested over claims they could be planning to take a vulnerable pensioner to end his life at a clinic in Switzerland, say police.
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VIDEO: Alpine horn players set world record

Sunday, August 18th 2013, 6:14

More than 500 musicians have performed a concert on a Swiss mountainside to enter the record books for the largest ensemble playing the alpine horn.
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Swiss bank UBS bailout loan repaid

Friday, August 16th 2013, 11:04

Switzerland's central bank says a loan it granted to bail out troubled bank UBS five years ago has been repaid.
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VIDEO: Fireworks display lights up Geneva

Sunday, August 11th 2013, 16:36
related places: Geneva

Hundreds of thousands of people have turned out to see a huge fireworks display in the Swiss city of Geneva.
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Oprah 'suffers racism' in Zurich

Friday, August 9th 2013, 10:22
related countries: United States
related places: Zurich

US talk show host Oprah Winfrey says she was the victim of racism while shopping for handbags during a recent visit to Switzerland.
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Swiss to segregate asylum-seekers

Wednesday, August 7th 2013, 16:39

New restrictions on asylum seekers' movements spark controversy in Switzerland, with human rights groups saying they are racist.
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Swiss to launch anthem competition

Friday, August 2nd 2013, 13:03

Switzerland considers its national anthem too old-fashioned, so a new one will be chosen through a competition opening next year.
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VIDEO: 'Jetman' flies alongside US plane

Tuesday, July 30th 2013, 8:55
related countries: United States

A Swiss adventurer, known as 'Jetman', has made his first public flight in the United States.
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VIDEO: Investigators probe Swiss train crash

Tuesday, July 30th 2013, 6:35

At least one person has been killed and 35 injured in a collision between two trains in western Switzerland.
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Dozens hurt in Swiss train crash

Tuesday, July 30th 2013, 1:12

A driver is killed and at least 35 injured in a head-on collision between two trains at a local station in western Switzerland.
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'Pink panther' thief flees jail

Friday, July 26th 2013, 11:40
related countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina

Milan Poparic, a Bosnian member of the Pink Panther jewel theft gang, escapes a Swiss jail in a dramatic breakout.
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Federer suffers shock Swiss loss

Thursday, July 25th 2013, 17:35

Roger Federer's poor run of form continues as he loses to world number 55 Daniel Brands 6-3 6-4 at the Swiss Open.
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Credit Suisse weathers rough market

Thursday, July 25th 2013, 7:19

Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse sees quarterly profits rise 40% despite volatility in debt markets.
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UBS settles US mortgage litigation

Monday, July 22nd 2013, 8:23
related countries: United States

Swiss banking giant UBS says it has reached an agreement with US housing agencies to settle claims it had mis-sold mortgage investments.
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VIDEO: India jails six over Swiss tourist rape

Sunday, July 21st 2013, 7:51
related countries: India

An Indian court has sentenced six men to life in prison for the gang-rape of a Swiss tourist in March.
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India jails six over Swiss gang rape

Saturday, July 20th 2013, 14:54
related countries: India

A court in India sentences six men to life imprisonment over the gang rape of a Swiss tourist who was attacked while camping earlier this year.
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Rodriguez opens Montreux festival

Friday, July 5th 2013, 9:51
related countries: United States
related places: Montreux

US singer-songwriter Sixto "Sugar Man" Rodriguez opens the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland.
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VIDEO: Controversial trader Marc Rich dies

Wednesday, June 26th 2013, 21:16

Marc Rich, the trader controversially pardoned by former President Bill Clinton, has died in Switzerland.
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Controversial trader Marc Rich dies

Wednesday, June 26th 2013, 10:27

Marc Rich, the trader controversially pardoned by former President Bill Clinton, dies in Switzerland at the age of 78.
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VIDEO: Freak storm injures 39 in Switzerland

Friday, June 21st 2013, 13:17

Freak conditions in Switzerland have injured at least 39 people and caused major damage to property.
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VIDEO: Storm sends tents flying

Friday, June 21st 2013, 10:04

A gymnastics tournament in central Switzerland has been seriously affected by a storm involving 80 mph (130 kilometre per hour) winds, heavy rain and 2cm-wide hailstones.
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Swiss bill on bank secrecy rebuffed

Tuesday, June 18th 2013, 13:49
related countries: United States

The lower house of Switzerland's parliament refuses to discuss a bill that would allow Swiss banks to pass client information to the US tax authorities.
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VIDEO: Swiss dilemma over bank secrecy

Tuesday, June 18th 2013, 8:35
related countries: United States

As world leaders grapple with the thorny issue of tackling tax evasion at G8 talks, Switzerland is being pushed to pass legislation that would allow Swiss banks to pass client information to US tax authorities.
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Swiss back tighter asylum rules

Sunday, June 9th 2013, 14:15

Swiss voters overwhelmingly back a controversial move to tighten asylum restrictions amid a spike in the number of refugees in the country.
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