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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• January 7th 2010 – November 29th 2009
• November 29th 2009 – November 3rd 2009
• October 28th 2009 – September 30th 2009
• September 29th 2009 – July 30th 2009
• July 14th 2009 – April 18th 2009
• April 15th 2009 – February 26th 2009
• February 20th 2009 – January 19th 2009
• January 17th 2009 – October 9th 2008
• October 3rd 2008 – June 11th 2008
• June 7th 2008 – March 20th 2008
• February 24th 2008 – November 8th 2007
• November 1st 2007 – July 9th 2007
• June 15th 2007 – March 6th 2007
• February 14th 2007 – June 23rd 2006
• June 19th 2006 – February 14th 2006
• January 24th 2006 – November 16th 2005

Switzerland: news

Secrecy storm

Friday, February 20th 2009, 15:21

UBS deal puts Swiss banking privacy in jeopardy
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Brazilian woman 'invented attack'

Thursday, February 19th 2009, 17:03
related countries: Botswana
related places: Zurich

A Brazilian woman has admitted faking an attack by Swiss skinheads, according to prosecutors in Zurich.
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Doubts over Swiss attack claims

Friday, February 13th 2009, 16:36
related countries: Botswana
related places: Zurich

A Brazilian woman who said she miscarried twins after an alleged racist attack in Zurich was not pregnant, investigators say.
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Veteran crooner Aznavour to become Armenian envoy

Friday, February 13th 2009, 13:50
related countries: Armenia, France

The French singer, Charles Aznavour, agrees to become ambassador to Switzerland for his ancestral homeland of Armenia.
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Swiss 'race' attack stuns Brazil

Thursday, February 12th 2009, 21:53
related countries: Botswana, Brazil
related places: Zurich

Brazil summons the Swiss envoy over an alleged skinhead attack in Zurich on a pregnant Brazilian woman.
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Swiss to return 'Baby Doc' assets

Thursday, February 12th 2009, 20:21
related countries: Haiti
related places: Jean

Switzerland says it will return the assets of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier for use on development projects.
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Bad debts weigh on Credit Suisse

Wednesday, February 11th 2009, 9:42

Credit Suisse reports an annual loss of 8.2bn Swiss francs ($7bn), its worst to date, due to a fall in business and bad debt.
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Swiss to extend EU worker access

Sunday, February 8th 2009, 14:17
related countries: Bulgaria, Romania

The Swiss vote to extend access to workers from two new European Union member states, Romania and Bulgaria.
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Swiss votes on EU worker rights

Sunday, February 8th 2009, 11:43

Switzerland votes on whether to continue to allow in EU workers, and whether to extend that right to Romanians and Bulgarians.
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Swiss authorities to take action over rise in naked ramblers

Friday, January 30th 2009, 12:55

A local Swiss government plans to take action against a sudden and apparently unwelcome phenomenon - naked hikers.
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Davos starts in very gloomy mood

Wednesday, January 28th 2009, 9:23

Global leaders gathering for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland are in gloomy mood over the economic outlook.
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Trial for Swiss BMW 'blackmailer'

Wednesday, January 21st 2009, 16:34
related countries: Germany
related places: March

A Swiss man accused of blackmailing Germany's richest woman will stand trial in March, a court says.
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Bush shoe man 'not after asylum'

Monday, January 19th 2009, 13:20
related countries: Iraq

The brother of the Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at George W Bush tells the BBC he is not seeking asylum in Switzerland.
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Bush shoe man in Swiss asylum bid

Monday, January 19th 2009, 5:23
related countries: Iraq

The Iraqi who hurled his shoes at George W Bush is seeking asylum in Switzerland, a Swiss newspaper reports.
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January 7th 2010 – November 29th 2009November 29th 2009 – November 3rd 2009October 28th 2009 – September 30th 2009September 29th 2009 – July 30th 2009July 14th 2009 – April 18th 2009April 15th 2009 – February 26th 2009February 20th 2009 – January 19th 2009January 17th 2009 – October 9th 2008October 3rd 2008 – June 11th 2008June 7th 2008 – March 20th 2008February 24th 2008 – November 8th 2007November 1st 2007 – July 9th 2007June 15th 2007 – March 6th 2007February 14th 2007 – June 23rd 2006June 19th 2006 – February 14th 2006January 24th 2006 – November 16th 2005