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

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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Swiss secure shock win over Spain

Thursday, May 13th 2010, 14:11
related countries: Chile, Honduras, South Africa, Uruguay

Switzerland provide the first surprise result of the 2010 World Cup by beating 2008 European champions Spain 1-0 in Group H.
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Honduras 0-1 Chile

Thursday, May 13th 2010, 14:10
related countries: Chile, South Africa, Spain, Uruguay

Chile begin their World Cup campaign with a lively victory over Honduras.
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Abacha son in Swiss appeal

Monday, May 10th 2010, 9:58
related countries: Nigeria

Abba Abacha, son of Nigeria's ex-military ruler, launches an appeal against a Swiss court order to return $350m.
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Pushing limits

Monday, May 3rd 2010, 9:40

Swiss under pressure to ban heliskiing
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'Holocaust' tax dodger is jailed

Friday, April 23rd 2010, 22:46

A watchmaker who said he hid his earnings in a Swiss bank account because of his Holocaust legacy is jailed for tax evasion.
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Zardari faces Swiss court threat

Wednesday, March 31st 2010, 15:41
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan's anti-corruption agency says it is to ask Switzerland to reopen corruption cases against President Asif Zardari.
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Swiss bishops apologise for abuse

Wednesday, March 31st 2010, 15:17

Swiss Catholic bishops admit they underestimated the extent of sexual abuse committed by priests, and offer an apology.
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Gunmen hold up 'Swiss Las Vegas'

Sunday, March 28th 2010, 18:44

Masked gunmen storm a packed Swiss casino, escaping into France with a large sum of money, prosecutors say.
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EU and Libya lift bans on visas

Saturday, March 27th 2010, 22:46
related countries: Libya
related places: Tripoli

The EU and Libya lift bans on granting visas to each others' citizens, imposed during a row between Tripoli and Switzerland.
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Swiss offer to end ban on Libya

Thursday, March 25th 2010, 13:08
related countries: Libya

Switzerland offers to lift a travel ban on some Libyan citizens to ease tensions in a diplomatic row between the two countries.
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Nigerian dies in Swiss deportation

Friday, March 19th 2010, 11:27
related countries: Nigeria
related places: Zurich

Switzerland halts special flights to deport asylum seekers after a Nigerian man on hunger strike died at Zurich airport.
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HSBC admits huge Swiss data theft

Thursday, March 11th 2010, 18:02

About 24,000 clients of HSBC's private banking operation in Switzerland had personal details stolen, the bank admits.
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