Sources: ABC News
A Swiss appeals court convicts Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan of rape and sexual coercion, sentencing Ramadan to three years in prison, with two years suspension. 2024-09-10
A court in Geneva, Switzerland, sentences Indian-born billionaire Prakash Hinduja and three of his family members to four years in prison for exploiting domestic workers at their villa in Cologny. 2024-06-21
Winter storm Eleanor moves from the British Isles to continental Europe with one dead in France as well as injuries and material losses in Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland. 2018-01-3
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
Syrian government airstrikes, and rockets from Islamist insurgents, hit many neighborhoods in Aleppo. Fatalities are reported on both sides of the city. This continued fighting threatens the truce and peace talks being held in Geneva, Switzerland. UN envoy Staffan de Mistura says he will meet the government delegation Monday, and will sit down with the main opposition High Negotiations Committee later in the week. 2016-04-16
A hot Air Balloon carrying an American family crashes killing one person and injures four in the Swiss town of Montbovon. 2013-08-6
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
Almost $1 billion linked to besieged Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and overthrown Egyptian and Tunisian leaders Hosni Mubarak and Zine El Abidine Ben Ali are found in Switzerland. Mubarak had previously denied having wealth in foreign bank accounts. 2011-05-2
Diamonds worth millions are stolen from the BaselWorld Watch and Jewellery Fair in Basel, Switzerland. 2011-03-30
Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, notorious for the banned "God Save the Queen" single, dies in Switzerland. 2010-04-8