Sources: ABC News
The Swiss Federal Assembly elects Karin Keller-Sutter, currently a Federal Councillor, as President for 2025. 2024-12-11
Eight people in Austria and two others in Switzerland are killed by a series of avalanches. 2023-02-5
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
Switzerland recommends that people aged above 65 years old receive the booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine and should be done at least six months after they received their second dose. The booster dose for that age group will begin in mid-November. 2021-10-26
Swissmedic grants authorization for use of the Moderna vaccine in Switzerland, making it the second COVID-19 vaccine to be approved in the country. 2021-01-12
Two people are wounded after being stabbed at a store in Lugano, Switzerland. The attacker is a woman with ties to jihadist terrorism. The incident is being investigated as a terror attack. 2020-11-24
An avalanche on Ben Nevis kills two French nationals and a Swiss national. A fourth climber is injured and is receiving treatment at a hospital in Glasgow. 2019-03-13
By 74% voters in Switzerland reject the proposal to reduce immigration from about 80,000 to 16,000 people a year. 2014-11-30
Voters in Switzerland resoundingly reject a proposed law change that would have given that country the world's highest minimum wage. 2014-05-18
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision based in Basel, Switzerland, increases capital requirements for banks around the world to be introduced on 1 January 2015. 2010-09-13