Sources: Reuters
In a case concerning regulations requiring the South African athlete Caster Semenya to decrease her natural testosterone levels to be allowed to participate in the female category, the European Court of Human Rights finds that Switzerland violated her right to a fair hearing, requiring the case to be sent back to Swiss courts. 2025-07-10
Switzerland reopens its embassy in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, after closing it during the Gulf War in 1991. 2024-09-3
Israel's government agrees to ban all travel to Germany, Italy, Belgium, Hungary, Morocco, Portugal, Canada, Switzerland, Turkey, and the U.S. without special permission beginning on December 22 due to the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. 2021-12-20
Official results show that the "yes" campaign won and that same-sex marriage will be legalized in Switzerland. Results show 64.1% voting yes with 35.9% voting no. 2021-09-27
A bus crash in Zurich, Switzerland, kills one person and injures 44 others. 2018-12-16
By 74% voters in Switzerland reject the proposal to reduce immigration from about 80,000 to 16,000 people a year. 2014-11-30
In Switzerland, the people of Zurich vote to reject a ban on assisted suicide in the country, and also reject the restricting of assisted suicide to Zurich residents only. British pro-euthanasia group Dignity in Dying hails the result as a "brave decision". 2011-05-15
The Swiss Solar Impulse project's solar powered plane remains aloft for 24 hours, a record for a solar powered craft. 2010-07-8
Max Goeldi, the Swiss businessman at the centre of a long-running diplomatic row between Libya and Switzerland, is released from prison in Tripoli. 2010-06-10
The 2010 Millennium Technology Prize is awarded to Swiss solar innovator Michael Grätzel. 2010-06-9