Sources: ABC News
Three people are injured in a mass stabbing at a train station in Winterthur, Switzerland. The perpetrator is arrested and authorities declare the attack as an act of terrorism. 2026-05-28
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
Swiss professional motorcycle racer Jason Dupasquier dies following a collision with Ayumu Sasaki at a qualifying race for the 2021 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix in Scarperia e San Piero, Tuscany, Italy. 2021-05-30
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
A Swiss Boeing F-A-18 military jet crashes in France while on a training mission, injuring the pilot. The Swiss defense ministry has said it did not know what caused the accident. 2015-10-14
By 74% voters in Switzerland reject the proposal to reduce immigration from about 80,000 to 16,000 people a year. 2014-11-30
Rogue trader at Swiss bank UBS Kweku Adoboli is found guilty and is sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in the 2011 UBS rogue trader scandal. 2012-11-20
Switzerland's UBS reports that it has lost US$2 billion on unauthorised deals by Kweku Adoboli, one of its London-based traders. 2011-09-15
A small explosion occurs in the basement of a hotel in Davos, Switzerland, close to where the World Economic Forum is taking place. No one is injured and a boiler is blamed. 2011-01-27
Dario Cologna secures Switzerland's first ever Olympic cross-country gold medal and Norway delivers its poorest ever cross-country Olympic performance in the men's 15km freestyle cross-country competition 2010-02-15