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One person is found dead after floods in southern Switzerland.
2024-06-23

The National Council of Switzerland votes 151–29 to approve a ban on full-face coverings, such as burqas worn by a small minority of Muslim women. Violators of the ban could face a fine of up to 1,000 Swiss francs.
2023-10-29

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

The city of Geneva, Switzerland, sets its minimum wage to CHF23 (US$25) per hour per the results of a September referendum, becoming the highest in the world.
2020-11-1

Switzerland reports 2,823 new cases in the past 24 hours, the highest record number in a single day since the pandemic began, thus taking the total to 68,704 confirmed cases in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
2020-10-14

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

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

Forty one people are injured when a British tourist bus and four trucks are involved in a collision between Sempach and Sursee in Switzerland.
2015-09-4

Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic are hit by floods after days of heavy rain.
2013-06-2

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