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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• October 30th 2012 – July 7th 2012
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• March 21st 2012 – February 11th 2012
• February 9th 2012 – November 25th 2011
• November 17th 2011 – September 21st 2011
• September 20th 2011 – June 5th 2011
• June 4th 2011 – March 23rd 2011
• March 21st 2011 – February 1st 2011
• January 27th 2011 – November 28th 2010
• November 27th 2010 – September 19th 2010
• September 14th 2010 – July 12th 2010
• July 8th 2010 – March 31st 2010
• March 31st 2010 – February 4th 2010
• February 3rd 2010 – November 25th 2009
• November 20th 2009 – September 28th 2009
• September 28th 2009 – April 25th 2009
• April 18th 2009 – February 8th 2009
• January 30th 2009 – August 12th 2008
• July 24th 2008 – February 24th 2008
• February 19th 2008 – August 6th 2007
• July 17th 2007 – October 19th 2006
• September 24th 2006 – January 14th 2006
• December 18th 2005 – November 16th 2005

Switzerland: news

Confusion over India rape inquiry

Sunday, March 17th 2013, 21:38
related countries: India

An Indian police official tells BBC News there have been no confessions over the gang rape of a Swiss tourist, contradicting earlier reports.
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VIDEO: Swiss woman 'gang-raped' in India

Sunday, March 17th 2013, 9:03
related countries: India

The Swiss government has called for a swift investigation into the alleged gang-rape of a Swiss tourist in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh
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VIDEO: Swiss woman 'gang-raped' in India

Saturday, March 16th 2013, 19:36
related countries: India

A Swiss woman has been gang-raped by a group of men in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police say.
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Swiss woman 'gang-raped' in India

Saturday, March 16th 2013, 17:13
related countries: India

A Swiss woman has been gang-raped by a group of men while camping in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, police say.
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Swiss back curbs on executive pay

Sunday, March 3rd 2013, 16:04

Swiss voters overwhelmingly back proposals to impose some of the world's strictest controls on executive pay, final referendum results show.
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Bucking the teen curfew in Switzerland

Friday, March 1st 2013, 1:13

The Swiss towns banning kids from being out late
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Will Swiss 'fat cats' be put on diets?

Friday, March 1st 2013, 0:03

Will Swiss 'fat cats' be put on diets?
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Third victim dies in Swiss shooting

Thursday, February 28th 2013, 15:41
related places: Lucerne

A person wounded by a gunman at a factory nearly the Swiss city of Lucerne dies of their injuries, bringing to three the number of victims of the killer, who also died.
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Kidnappers free Swiss woman in Yemen

Thursday, February 28th 2013, 14:50
related countries: Qatar, Yemen

A Swiss teacher is freed by her kidnappers in Yemen after nearly a year in captivity, following mediation by the Qatari government.
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VIDEO: Three dead in Swiss factory shooting

Wednesday, February 27th 2013, 22:26
related places: Lucerne

Three people have been killed and seven injured during a shooting at a factory near the Swiss city of Lucerne, police have said.
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Three dead in Swiss factory shooting

Wednesday, February 27th 2013, 16:06
related places: Lucerne

Three people are left dead and seven injured after a man opens fire at a wood processing factory near the Swiss city of Lucerne, police say.
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Novartis scraps payment to chairman

Tuesday, February 19th 2013, 10:37

Swiss drugs firm Novartis agrees with its departing chairman Daniel Vasella to scrap a scheme that could have paid him 72m Swiss francs over six years.
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Living with guns the Swiss way

Monday, February 11th 2013, 0:22

Can Switzerland teach the world how to live with guns?
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VIDEO: 'Ugly masks' chase winter away

Friday, February 8th 2013, 19:50
related places: Lucerne

The annual ugly masks carnival in the Swiss city of Lucerne is staged to scare the winter away and welcome spring.
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Credit Suisse to cut costs further

Thursday, February 7th 2013, 8:51

Swiss bank Credit Suisse is to cut costs further after its fourth quarter profits miss expectations.
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UBS sees big Libor-related losses

Tuesday, February 5th 2013, 10:23

Swiss bank UBS has reported losses of 1.9bn Swiss francs (£1.3bn; $2.08bn) for the last three months of 2012, as a result of fines over the Libor scandal.
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Swiss love affair with rail turns sour

Monday, February 4th 2013, 0:34

Why the Swiss are getting fed up with their trains
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Selling the Olympics to the Swiss

Friday, January 25th 2013, 0:05

Selling the Olympics to Swiss mountain voters
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IMF says fixing banking too slow

Wednesday, January 23rd 2013, 12:16

The financial industry still has a long way to go to fix itself, the IMF's deputy director general tells the annual meeting of the world's elite gathered in Davos, Switzerland.
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VIDEO: On the railway to the resort of Davos

Tuesday, January 22nd 2013, 16:15

The BBC's Nik Gowing has been covering the World Economic Forum for over 15 years, and gave this personal insight into his journey to the Swiss resort of Davos.
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Oxfam plea on global inequality

Saturday, January 19th 2013, 0:12
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK charity calls for a "global new deal to reverse decades of increasing inequality", ahead of next week's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
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Why cheese plants are full of holes

Friday, January 18th 2013, 3:56
related countries: United States

The holes in a Swiss cheese plants' leaves help them to avoid stress, according to a US scientist.
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Post modern: Assange parcel is art

Thursday, January 17th 2013, 16:31

Two Swiss artists have sent a parcel equipped with GPS and a camera to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange - and are logging its progress online.
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Saugy denies assisting Armstrong

Friday, January 11th 2013, 19:38

The head of Switzerland's doping analysis laboratory denies telling Lance Armstrong how to avoid being detected for the drug EPO.
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