Sources: Reuters
Voters in Switzerland elect the members of the Federal Assembly. Results show that the right-wing Swiss People's Party becomes the largest parliamentary faction after the election, gaining nine seats compared to the previous election. 2023-10-22
An unusually strong and early heat wave increases temperatures above 40 C in Spain. Seville records a temperature of 41.0 C, beating its all-time high for May, while the hottest settlement, Andújar, ties the record with 42.3 C. Several settlements in France, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and western Austria beat all-time high records for the month. 2022-05-20
Switzerland's Federal Office of Public Health reports a record of 8,616 new infections in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 135,658. In addition, in the last two weeks, the positivity rate has risen from 14% to 32%, higher than the peak of 26% during the first wave. 2020-10-28
Switzerland confirms its first case of coronavirus: a case in Ticino, on the border with Italy. 2020-02-25
A bus crash in Zurich, Switzerland, kills one person and injures 44 others. 2018-12-16
David W. Goodall, an Australian scientist aged 104, announces his intention to travel assisted by Exit International to Switzerland to end his own life. Goodall is not terminally ill but says his quality of life has deteriorated with age. 2018-04-30
A small Swiss-owned plane crashes in the Portuguese village of Tires, west of Lisbon, killing at least five people. 2017-04-17
Swiss police in Geneva, following yesterday's CIA tip, arrest two Syrian nationals. Apparently, traces of explosives were found in their car. President Simonetta Sommaruga says, "There is currently no indication that there was a concrete attack planned." 2015-12-11
U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch announces criminal corruption charges against 16 FIFA officials in an indictment that expands Justice's May filing that indicted 14 officials associated with FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) and related sports marketing companies. At U.S. authorities request, Swiss police arrest two South American FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) officials at the five-star Baur au Lac hotel in Zürich, on suspicion of accepting "millions of dollars" in bribes. In addition, eight of the defendants indicted in May have pleaded guilty. 2015-12-3
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