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The center-right Macron-appointed Barnier government expresses a willingness to work with the far-right National Rally's proposals to strengthen French immigration and crime laws following the murder of a 19-year-old woman in Paris last week. The suspect, who was arrested in Geneva, Switzerland, is a Moroccan convicted rapist who was released from prison this month and was meant to be deported.
2024-09-25

The United States Department of Justice announces that the Swedish-Swiss corporation ABB has acceded to a US$315-million fine for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by extorting the South African state-owned public utility Eskom to secure government contracts from 2014 to 2017.
2022-12-2

Swiss newspaper "Neue Zürcher Zeitung" reports that Mossad was responsible for three bombings of German and Swiss firms in 1981 to try to halt Iranian and Pakistani development of nuclear weapons.
2022-01-2

Switzerland freezes Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's assets in the country. Lukashenko, his son Viktor, and 13 other officials will be banned from entering Switzerland following violent protests that occurred following the election.
2020-12-12

Switzerland announces that it will ban gatherings of more than 15 people and issues a nationwide obligation to wear masks in all indoor public places and public transport in order to combat the spread of COVID-19. The new restrictions will take effect tomorrow.
2020-10-18

The European Union warns Switzerland that it will lose access to its single market if it goes through with its plan to impose restrictions on the free movement of EU citizens. In a referendum held back on February 9, 2014, Swiss voters approved limiting the movement of economic migrants from the EU in the country. Current laws allow migrants to enter Switzerland without visas.
2016-07-3

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

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

Myanmar democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi returns to Europe after more than two decades for a European tour, including Norway, Switzerland, France, Ireland and Britain.
2012-06-13

The UK's Metropolitan Police arrest trader Kweku Adoboli after Swiss bank UBS says it lost $2bn (£1.3bn) as a result of unauthorised trading by a member of staff.
2011-09-15