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An icefall kills two mountain climbers and injures nine others in the Alps of Valais, Switzerland.
2022-05-27

Switzerland says it has been informed that a female Swiss hostage has been killed in Mali by jihadist group Jama'at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin. The exact circumstances of the killing are still unclear, according to Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis.
2020-10-9

Germany closes its borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark and Luxembourg.
2020-03-15

An avalanche on Ben Nevis kills two French nationals and a Swiss national. A fourth climber is injured and is receiving treatment at a hospital in Glasgow.
2019-03-13

An avalanche in the Alps kills three skiers and injures two in Valais, Switzerland.
2018-05-1

Winter storm Eleanor moves from the British Isles to continental Europe with one dead in France as well as injuries and material losses in Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland.
2018-01-3

Swiss police in Geneva, following yesterday's CIA tip, arrest two Syrian nationals. Apparently, traces of explosives were found in their car. President Simonetta Sommaruga says, "There is currently no indication that there was a concrete attack planned."
2015-12-11

Voters in Switzerland go to the polls for a federal election. Results show the anti-immigration Swiss People's Party winning the election with at least 29.5% of the vote, a record election result for the nationalist party.
2015-10-18

Switzerland adopts European Union sanctions against Iran’s energy, nuclear and weapons sectors, but an 18-22 billion euro Swiss EGL gas contract with the National Iranian Gas Export Company has not been canceled.
2011-01-26

The Gotthard Base Tunnel in the Swiss Alps becomes the world's longest railway tunnel, as final breakthrough occurs on the east bore.
2010-10-15