Sources: Swiss Info
Five people are found dead near the ski resort of Zermatt in Valais, Switzerland, following an avalanche. 2025-05-25
At least four people are killed and two others are missing after landslides and torrential floods in Ticino and Valais, Switzerland. 2024-06-30
Swiss multinational mining company Glencore agrees to pay the Democratic Republic of the Congo $180 million to settle corruption claims dating from 2007 to 2018. Glencore has admitted to bribing African officials in order to secure "improper business advantages", including in the DRC. 2022-12-5
Voters in Switzerland approve three measures in a referendum. These measures will require streaming services to invest 4% of their revenue in Switzerland into domestic filmmaking; allow the government to increase the Swiss contribution in Frontex, the EU border agency; and change the default system of organ donation from explicit to presumed consent. 2022-05-15
Israel's government agrees to ban all travel to Germany, Italy, Belgium, Hungary, Morocco, Portugal, Canada, Switzerland, Turkey, and the U.S. without special permission beginning on December 22 due to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. 2021-12-20
Official results show that the "yes" campaign won and that same-sex marriage will be legalized in Switzerland. Results show 64.1% voting yes with 35.9% voting no. 2021-09-27
In a referendum, Switzerland rejects a proposal to abolish commercial nuclear power by 2029. 2016-11-27
One person is killed and fourteen people injured in an explosion in the Swiss city of Yverdon-les-Bains. 2011-10-25
The world's largest food group, Nestlé SA, opens a new production unit in Konolfingen, Switzerland, and its CEO affirms that the company is committed to its home country, despite problems created by the unusually strong Swiss franc against the euro. 2011-09-1
Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, notorious for the banned "God Save the Queen" single, dies in Switzerland. 2010-04-8