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The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elects former Swiss president Alain Berset as the Council's new Secretary General, succeeding Marija Pejčinović Burić.
2024-06-25

Six people are injured during a mass stabbing at a railway station in Zofingen, Switzerland. The suspect, who has suffered self-inflicted wounds, is detained. His motives are unknown.
2024-05-15

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

Switzerland reports its first case of the Lineage B.1.617 variant first detected in India.
2021-04-24

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

Les Hinton, who ran News International from 1997 to 2005 during which the hacking took place, resigns as CEO of News Corp's Dow Jones entity.
2011-07-15

Freedom Flotilla II: The Greek Coast Guard pursues with water cannons then boards the ship carrying activists from Belgium, Canada, Italy, Switzerland and Turkey after an unsuccessful attempt to leave Crete harbour.
2011-07-4

Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. is found guilty of misleading investors, and fined $6.7 million.
2011-01-21

The 2010 Millennium Technology Prize is awarded to Swiss solar innovator Michael Grätzel.
2010-06-9

Libya detains Irish nationals at its airport in Tripoli due to the escalation of a dispute between it and Switzerland which has led Libya to refuse anyone from the Schengen area, despite Ireland not being a member.
2010-02-16