Green Parties Make Big Gains in Swiss Parliament
The Swiss went to the polls for parliamentary elections Sunday and while turnout was down, change was up as environmentalist parties made historic gains.
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Swiss Glaciers Shrink 10% in 5 Years: Study
Switzerland’s glaciers have lost a tenth of their volume in the past five years alone — a melting rate unmatched during observations stretching back more than a century, a study showed Tuesday.
Read moreSwitzerland, UAE Removed From European Tax Haven Lists
The European Union’s policy-making body said Thursday that it has removed the United Arab Emirates and Switzerland, among others, from its watch lists of countries seen as tax havens.
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Wildlife Meet Fights to Counter ‘Unprecedented’ Species Declines
Amid growing alarm over accelerating extinctions, a major international conference opened in Geneva Saturday aiming to tighten rules on trade in elephant ivory and other endangered animal and plant species.
Read more2 Climbers Die in Accident on Switzerland’s Matterhorn
Swiss police say two climbers have died in an accident on the upper reaches of the famed Matterhorn mountain.
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Swiss Air Force Team Apologizes for Fly-By in Wrong Place
The commander of the Swiss air force’s aerial display team has apologized after his unit performed a low-altitude pass over the wrong municipality
Read moreSemenya Lawyers: IAAF Ordered to Suspend Testosterone Rules
Caster Semenya’s lawyers say the Swiss supreme court has ordered track’s governing body to suspend its testosterone regulations.
Read moreUEFA Investigators Send Manchester City Case to Judges
Manchester City’s possible one-year ban from the Champions League is in the hands of a panel of independent judges.
Read moreAuthor Claims Kevin Costner Interfered With His Book
Author Bradley Birkenfeld sued Kevin Costner and cosmetics tycoon Leonard Lauder in federal court Thursday, claiming they tortiously interfered with publication of his book, “Lucifer’s Banker: The Untold Story of How I Destroyed Swiss Bank Secrecy.”
Read moreMore Than 90% of Glaciers in the Alps Could Be Gone by 2100
New research indicates that even if global warming isn’t as severe as scientists expect it will be, half the glaciers in the Alps will disappear by 2050 and two-thirds will be gone by 2100.
Read moreSwiss Say They Returned $365M to Brazil in Petrobras Probe
Swiss prosecutors say they have returned some $365 million to Brazil so far in funds seized during investigations related to Brazilian construction company Odebrecht and state-run oil giant Petrobras.
Read moreArt Dealer Can’t Sue Over Stigma From ISIS Report
After the Wall Street Journal published an article titled “Prominent Art Family Entangled in ISIS Antiquities-Looting Investigations,” the business of two brothers and long-time dealers took a predictable nosedive.
Read moreHackers Flock to Hunt for Cracks in Swiss E-Voting System
Swiss authorities are trumpeting the fact that more than 2,000 would-be hackers from around the world have taken up an invitation to try to find holes in Switzerland’s groundbreaking online voting system — and potentially earn tens of thousands of dollars if they succeed.
Read moreSwiss Museum Laments Facebook Ban of Images of Naked Statues
A Geneva art museum says Facebook has banned using images of a nearly-naked Venus statue and a nude, kneeling man that it had hoped to post on the social media platform to promote an upcoming exhibit.
Read moreWho’s the Daddy? Surprise in Swiss Orangutan Paternity Test
Basel Zoo in northwestern Switzerland said Thursday that a paternity test on a baby orangutan shows she wasn’t fathered by the male in her enclosure.
Read moreSwiss Reject Bids to Improve Food Quality, Protect Farmers
Swiss voters on Sunday roundly rejected two proposals aimed at protecting Swiss farmers and ensuring that food from both domestic and foreign producers is healthier, more environmentally sound and animal-friendly.
Read moreSpain Rejects Extraditing HSBC Whistleblower to Switzerland
A Spanish court on Tuesday rejected a request to extradite a former HSBC employee to serve a five-year prison sentence in Switzerland, where he was convicted for leaking a massive trove of bank data that led to tax evasion probes worldwide.
Read moreColorado Couple Seek to Reclaim Artifacts From Swiss
A Colorado couple sued the Swiss government in federal court Wednesday for seizing 18 Greek, Roman and Egyptian antiques sent to Geneva in February to be sold by their art dealer.
Read moreSwiss Federal Judge Clears Peru Captain to Play at World Cup
Peru captain Paolo Guerrero was cleared Thursday by a Swiss supreme court judge to play at the World Cup despite a doping ban.
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