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'AIR BRIDGE' FOR TOURISTS RESUMES IN SNOWBOUND SWISS TOWN
Air bridge for tourists resumes in snowbound Swiss town... READ MORE›
ALPS SNOW STRANDS THOUSANDS OF TOURISTS IN SWITZERLAND
Thousands of tourists have been left stranded after heavy snow in the Alps cut off towns and villages across Switzerland, France and Italy... READ MORE›
SNOW TRAPS 13,000 TOURISTS AT SWISS SKI RESORT ZERMATT
GENEVA - Heavy snowfall has trapped some 13,000 tourists at Zermatt, one of Switzerland's most popular ski resorts, officials said Tuesday... READ MORE›
STORM BATTERS EUROPE AND BRITISH ISLES, KILLING 1 AND INJURING 15
In all, the Interior Ministry said 15 people in France were injured, with four in serious condition, following accidents caused by high winds... READ MORE›
CREDIT SUISSE RISKS THIRD STRAIGHT LOSS ON TRUMP'S TAX OVERHAUL
The new tax bill means both Credit Suisse and UBS will have to book a loss, Andreas Brun, an analyst at Mirabaud, said by phone... READ MORE›
SEE IMAGES FROM LAKE GENEVA'S CHRISTMAS CUP SWIMMING RACE
More than 2,000 people jump into Switzerland's frigid Lake Geneva for the 79th annual Christmas cup Coupe de Noel, a 120 meter-long swimming competition complete with costumes... READ MORE›
WORLD'S STEEPEST FUNICULAR RAIL LINE TO OPEN IN SWITZERLAND
Schwyz-Stoos funicular, hailed as triumph of engineering, goes into service on Sunday... READ MORE›
SILENCED SWISS BELLS CAN RING AGAIN
A Swiss church can once again ring its bells throughout the night after a federal court overturned a legal decision to limit them to hourly peals... READ MORE›
ZURICH INSURANCE TO BUY ANZ'S LIFE INSURANCE BUSINESSES FOR 2.85 BILLION AUSTRALIAN DOLLARS
By John Revill Reuters - Zurich Insurance ZURN.S has agreed to buy ANZ's ANZ.AX OnePath Life insurance businesses for 2.85 billion Australian dollars ?1.60 billion ,... READ MORE›
UBS LEADS BLOCKCHAIN DATA REPORTING PILOT AHEAD OF NEW EU RULES
The project is getting market participants to collaborate using blockchain to improve regulatory reporting, Peter Stephens, head of blockchain at UBS, told Reuters... READ MORE›
PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS SOCIALIST BERSET AS NEXT SWISS PRESIDENT
In Switzerland's form of democracy, the president serves mainly as a "first among equals" in the Federal Council, and represents the country of about 8.2 million people abroad... READ MORE›
CHINA'S HNA GAVE 'UNTRUE' DETAILS DURING GATEGROUP TAKEOVER
VIENNA Reuters - Chinese conglomerate HNA 0521.HK gave partially untrue or incomplete information during the takeover of Gategroup, the Swiss Takeover Board said, but HNA... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 200 CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE MARK WORLD CHILDREN'S DAY IN GENEVA[1]
More than 200 children and young people mark World Children's Day in Geneva 1 - Chinadaily.com.cn... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 200 CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE MARK WORLD CHILDREN'S DAY IN GENEVA[1]
More than 200 children and young people mark World Children's Day in Geneva 1 - Chinadaily.com.cn... READ MORE›
SWISS REGULATOR FINDS JPMORGAN BROKE MONEY-LAUNDERING RULES
The court had been examining whether FINMA's previously undisclosed decision on JPMorgan could be made public, in a case first reported by the Handelszeitung paper... READ MORE›
VICTORIA'S VOLUNTARY ASSISTED DYING BILL LIKELY TO PASS WITH AMENDMENTS
The amendments and funding should secure enough support for the bill to pass the Upper House... READ MORE›
UK PATIENTS 'SUFFERING AS THEY CANNOT AFFORD ASSISTED DYING OVERSEAS'
The study by the campaign group Dignity in Dying says the UK is outsourcing death to Dignitas - the assisted dying organisation in Switzerland - which only the better off can afford... READ MORE›
EUROPEAN UNION PLAYS DOWN ON ONGOING CONFRONTATION WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OVER 'PRE-2020 ACTIONS'
The Paris Agreement, finalised in the French capital in 2015, is essentially the successor agreement to Kyoto Protocol... READ MORE›
ARRESTS MADE IN FRENCH, SWISS ANTI-TERRORISM RAIDS
Searches are still underway in the Paris suburbs and in southeastern France... READ MORE›
RUNAWAY GIRL BOARDED PLANE WITHOUT TICKET
Geneva Airport says it will reassess procedures after she dodged security checks to reach the plane... READ MORE›
EUTHANASIA BILL MAY HAVE TO BE AMENDED TO PASS VICTORIA'S UPPER HOUSE
Bruce Atkinson, Upper House president and Liberal MP Simon Ramsay both said they are undecided, with Mr Ramsay set to put forward amendments... READ MORE›
CHINA'S FIRST SWISS SCHOOL OPENS IN BEIJING
The Swiss School Beijing, the first in China supported by the Swiss government, officially opened on Monday... READ MORE›
BOY, 17, WOUNDS SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH AX IN SMALL NORTHERN SWISS TOWN
BERLIN - A 17-year-old boy apparently attacked and wounded several people with an ax in a small town in northeastern Switzerland on Sunday evening, police said... READ MORE›
INSURERS TO WORK WITH TECH FIRMS ON RISKS FROM DRONES, DRIVERLESS CARS
New risks are emerging, and existing risks are becoming more complex, the WEF report, written with consultants Oliver Wyman, said... READ MORE›
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MELTING GLACIER REVEALS BODIES OF COUPLE WHO DISAPPEARED 75 YEARS AGO
The bodies of a Swiss couple who disappeared 75 years ago in the Alps have been found at the edge of a melting glacier, local media reported... READ MORE›
8 PEOPLE HAVE SAME WEALTH AS WORLD'S POOREST HALF
Income inequality is so now lopsided that eight men now own the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of the world... READ MORE›
U.S. SLIPS TO SEVENTH BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD AFTER TRUMP ELECTION, SWITZERLAND TOPS THE LIST
The United States ranked lower than past years across multiple categories, including best for business, citizenship, adventure tourism, education, transparency and headquartering a corporation... READ MORE›
MELTING GLACIERS IN SWISS ALPS COULD REVEAL HUNDREDS OF MUMMIFIED CORPSES
Police in Valais expect the bodies of many more missing persons to emerge because of global warming... READ MORE›
COURT RULES SWISS MUSLIM GIRLS MUST ATTEND SWIM CLASS
Muslim Girls in Switzerland Must Attend Swim Classes With Boys, Court Says... READ MORE›
THIS IS WHERE THE WORLD'S HIGHEST-PAID EXPATS LIVE
Lifestyle, however, suffered for some upon moving to Asia as 30 percent of expats in Singapore and 50 percent in Hong Kong reported a decline in work-life balance... READ MORE›
ITALIAN LEADERS FATE AT STAKE AS COUNTRY VOTES IN REFERENDUM
Mr. Renzi has said he might resign if his reforms are rejected, a step that could provide yet another shock to an already unsteady European Union... READ MORE›
AMERICAN HIKER FALLS TO DEATH NEAR ICONIC SWISS MATTERHORN
The body of an American hiker who fell almost 500 feet in the Swiss Alps was found near Zermatt... READ MORE›
BARCLAYS PICKS DUBLIN AS POST-BREXIT EU HEADQUARTERS
Brexit Means Barclays Will Set Up Its EU Hub in Dublin... READ MORE›
ABB BUYS GE BUSINESS FOR $2.6 BILLION IN BET IT CAN BOOST MARGINS
And then afterwards, we will make this business bigger and better, said ABB Chief Executive Ulrich Spiesshofer... READ MORE›
WORLD'S LONGEST PEDESTRIAN SUSPENSION BRIDGE OPENS IN SWITZERLAND
Longest pedestrian suspension bridge in the world officially opens in Switzerland, connects two sections of a walking trail... READ MORE›
AT-A-GLANCE: COUNTRIES THAT HAVE BANNED FULL-FACE VEILS
Congo-Brazzaville In May 2015, Congo-Brazaville banned full-face veils in public places... READ MORE›
WORLD'S LONGEST PEDESTRIAN SUSPENSION BRIDGE OPENS IN THE SWISS ALPS
High and handsome amid beautiful Swiss scenery, the Charles Kuonen Suspension Bridge offers hikers a time-saving, jaw-dropping experience... READ MORE›
THE US IS THE WORLDS THIRD-BEST EQUITY MARKET SINCE 1900
Between 1900 and 2016, the world economy moved from telegraphy to smartphones, horse-drawn carriages to supercars and from letter press to Internet... READ MORE›
EIGHT PEOPLE HAVE SAME WEALTH AS HALF THE WORLD, OXFAM REVEALS AHEAD OF DAVOS
Each year we are misled by Oxfam's wealth statistics... READ MORE›
CAN EMMANUEL MACRON TEMPT BRITAIN BACK INTO THE EU? A REMAINER AND A LEAVER GIVE THEIR VIEW
Emmanuel Macron, the French President, has outlined a set of sweeping reforms which would turn the European Union into a two-tier bloc... READ MORE›
HURRICANE MARIA BRINGS DRUG MANUFACTURING TO A HALT IN PUERTO RICO
Hurricane Maria halts crucial drug manufacturing in Puerto Rico, may spur shortages... READ MORE›
CHINA'S XI TO PROMOTE GLOBALIZATION AT DAVOS, NOT 'WAR AND POVERTY'
Xi will attend the Davos forum on Jan. 17, part of a three-day state visit to Switzerland from Jan. 15 to 18... READ MORE›
PARALYSED DJ TAKES OWN LIFE IN SWISS CLINIC AGED 40
Fabiano Antoniani died at a euthanasia facility in Forch after reportedly triggering the lethal substance... READ MORE›
LOOKING FOR LOVE WILL COST YOU MORE IN ZURICH THAN ANYWHERE ELSE
Deutsche Bank's Jim Reid and Sukanto Chanda advised Zurich residents to choose their dates carefully, and marry young... READ MORE›
PLANE WITH RUSSIAN JOURNALISTS ON WAY TO PERU TRACKED BY SWISS FIGHTER JETS (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
At some point, Kolesnikov said that there were fears that the jets would attempt to force the Russian plane to land... READ MORE›
SWITZERLAND LANDSLIDE: ARE THE ALPS MELTING?
Before Wednesday's landslide, sensors on the Piz Cenaglo, high above the Bondasca valley, had already shown that the rock mass was moving... READ MORE›
SWISS PEDOPHILE ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING 80 BOYS IN THAILAND & PUSHING SOME INTO PROSTITUTION
The accused left Switzerland in 1991 to settle in Thailand, but returned to Switzerland in November of 2014... READ MORE›
SWITZERLAND'S AGE OF BANKING SECRECY COMING TO AN END
Switzerland has been the focus of debate on black money allegedly stashed by foreign residents behind its strong banking secrecy walls... READ MORE›
SWITZERLAND NOT SO NEUTRAL WITH CLINTON FOUNDATION DONATION
Hillary Clinton was secretary of state at the time of the donation -- and, after leaving the State Department, she went on to join the board of the Clinton Foundation... READ MORE›
HOW DAVOS BRINGS THE GLOBAL ELITE TOGETHER
In 1987 the organization was renamed the World Economic Forum, and its annual conference was well enough known to be referred to simply as Davos... READ MORE›
HOW DAVOS BRINGS THE GLOBAL ELITE TOGETHER
In 1987 the organization was renamed the World Economic Forum, and its annual conference was well enough known to be referred to simply as Davos... READ MORE›
SWITZERLAND'S LAVERTEZZO OVERRUN WITH TOURISTS AFTER VIDEO GOES VIRAL
Village dubbed the Maldives of Milan is being turned into an open air toilet, residents say... READ MORE›
GUNMAN WOUNDS 3 AT MUSLIM PRAYER CENTER IN ZURICH
Around 5 30 p.m., the gunman entered the prayer center, in a neighborhood known as Aussersihl, just south of the city's main train station... READ MORE›
CAN MODERN MAKEOVER SAVE SMALLEST SWISS VILLAGE?
For tourism director Elia Frapolli, a place to switch off completely, to escape from 21st-Century life, is precisely Corippo's attraction... READ MORE›