Sources: Financial Times
Leaked data from Credit Suisse exposes the identities of over 30,000 of the bank's clients whose anonymous numbered Swiss bank accounts, which collectively held over $100 billion, had allowed them to keep their identities secret. Its clients included heads of state (such as king Abdullah II of Jordan), human rights abusers, drug traffickers, intelligence officials, and individuals under sanctions or involved in financial crimes such as tax evasion or corruption, among others. The secret data from Switzerland's second largest bank was leaked about 1 year ago to the German newspaper "Süddeutsche Zeitung" and was analyzed by the non-profit Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and 46 other news organizations, including "The New York Times", "Le Monde" and "The Guardian". 2022-02-20
Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis meets with the State Secretary of the Vatican, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, to mark 100 years of the restoration of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and the Holy See. The joint declaration, according to the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, called for the promotion of “peace and human rights, the worldwide abolition of the death penalty, the protection of minorities, and interreligious dialogue.” 2021-11-8
Voters in Switzerland elect the members of the country's Federal Assembly and Council. Provisional results show the Swiss People's Party retaining their plurality, and that the Green Party has become the fourth-largest party. 2019-10-20
Irish firm Smyths Toys agrees to buy 93 Toys R Us stores in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland plus four related online shops. 2018-04-21
Thirteen Catalan separatist politicians appear before the Spanish Supreme Court. Marta Rovira, who is "self-exiled" in Switzerland, does not attend. 2018-03-23
Two trains collide in Andermatt railway station in the Canton of Uri, Switzerland, injuring around 30 people. 2017-09-11
Voters in Switzerland go to the polls to vote in a number of referenda including a proposal for a basic income of 2,500 francs a month. 2016-06-5
Swiss National Bank reports a first half loss of 50 billion CHF as a result of the franc to euro peg removal earlier this year. 2015-07-31
2013 Neuhausen am Rheinfall train collision: Two trains collide and derail in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, injuring 17 people. 2013-01-10
An unnamed gunman, 33, kills 3 women and injures 2 men in the village of Daillon, Switzerland, opening fire from his apartment, and pursuing the attack in the street; he threatened police when they arrived and was shot and hospitalized (it is speculated this will renew debate about males retaining their arms after their mandated military service). [http:--www.chicagotribune.com-news-sns-rt-us-swiss-shootingbre90202z-20130102,0,1757932.story (Chicago Tribune)]date=August 2019 2013-01-2