Climate protester glues hand to podium during Swiss TV debate
A climate activist glued his hand to a TV presenter’s podium during a public election debate in centre of the Swiss city of Geneva on...
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Switzerland sent $3.6 bln of gold to Turkey in Jan, the most since at least 2012
Switzerland sent 58.3 tonnes of gold worth 3.3 billion Swiss francs ($3.6 billion) to Turkey in January, by far the most for any month in...
Switzerland contributes over €15 million to Cyprus
Switzerland will be contributing a total of over €15 million to Cyprus for cohesion projects, as part of a set of agreements between the two...
Interior Minister to sign agreement for €10 mln in Swiss aid over migrant flows
Interior Minister Nicos Nouris will on Monday sign an agreement in Switzerland, with the latter providing a financial contribution of €10 million to Cyprus for...
Fake energy-saving poster urges Swiss to inform on neighbours
Swiss authorities have launched an investigation into fake online images of posters calling on citizens to report neighbours for over-heating their homes, which one expert...
Newly-repatriated icon to be handed over to Archbishop in coming week
A 16th century church icon stolen from the Antifonitis church in the village of Kalograia in the Kyrenia district, which was discovered at an auction...
Swiss give cool reply to Ukraine call for seizing Russian assets
Switzerland has given a cool response to calls from Ukraine’s prime minister to use frozen assets of ultra-wealthy Russians to help fund his country’s $750...
Falling ice boulders kill two, hurt nine on Swiss Alp
Falling ice boulders killed two climbers and hurt nine more on a peak in southwestern Switzerland on Friday, prompting a major rescue operation, police said....
Fields of narcissus, or ‘May snow’, cover Swiss meadows
The meadows in the foothills of the Alps above the Swiss town of Montreux are covered in narcissus blooms. Locals refer to the flowers as...
Lex Netflix – Swiss to vote on streaming tax, European border agency
Swiss voters decide on Sunday whether to make global video streaming services support Swiss filmmakers and on spending more money on Europe’s Frontex border security...
