Swiss vote in favour of country’s Covid pass in referendum
Swiss voters on Sunday backed the government’s pandemic response plan by a bigger than expected majority in a referendum, paving the way for the continuation of exceptional measures to ...
Switzerland votes to make same-sex marriage legal by near two-thirds majority
Switzerland agreed to legalise civil marriage and the right to adopt children for same-sex couples by a nearly two-thirds majority in a referendum on Sunday, making it one of the ...
Spain reach Euro semi-finals with penalties win v Switzerland
Spain reached the Euro 2020 semi-finals on Friday after prevailing 3-1 in a nervy penalty shootout against dogged Switzerland who were reduced to ten men by a sending off but still ...
Swiss to launch Covid-19 certificates next week to ease travel
Switzerland will start distributing “COVID-19 certificates” next week to people who have been vaccinated, tested negative or recovered from infection as a way to ease travel in Europe, the government ...
Swiss agree to outlaw facial coverings in “burqa ban” vote
A far-right proposal to ban facial coverings in Switzerland won a narrow victory in a binding referendum on Sunday instigated by the same group that organised a 2009 ban on new ...
Swiss to vote on banning face veils in referendum criticised as Islamophobic
“Stop Extremism!” urges a red billboard in a quiet village outside Zurich above an image of a scowling woman wearing a black headscarf and face veil.
The billboard is part ...