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The United States Department of the Treasury formally labels Switzerland and Vietnam as currency manipulators, accusing them of intervening to limit the rise of their currencies against the U.S. dollar. Switzerland rejects the label.
2020-12-16

In a referendum, Switzerland rejects a proposal to abolish commercial nuclear power by 2029.
2016-11-27

Six people are injured by a knifeman who also set fire to a train at Salez, Switzerland.
2016-08-13

United Nations special envoy Staffan de Mistura says, assuming the ceasefire holds, he will reconvene formal peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday, March 7.
2016-02-26

Danny Al Baaj, Syria’s representative at the UN Human Rights Council, defects to Switzerland.
2012-08-13

The United Kingdom and France sign a deal to improve cooperation on nuclear energy.
2012-02-17

Italian MEP and diplomat Mario Borghezio is expelled and given a bloody nose during an attempt to access the Suvretta House luxury hotel hosting the Bilderberg Group's secretive annual conference in the Swiss resort of St. Moritz.
2011-06-12

Germany's ruling coalition led by Chancellor Angela Merkel pledges to end all nuclear power by 2022.
2011-05-30

Max Goeldi, the Swiss businessman at the centre of a long-running diplomatic row between Libya and Switzerland, is released from prison in Tripoli.
2010-06-10

Extreme weather across Europe leads to dozens of deaths, including at least 122 in Poland and at least 7 as a result of an avalanche in Switzerland.
2010-01-6