It has long been the final destination for terminally ill patients who want to end their lives, offering what many consider to be a dignified way out of their suffering.
The United States has formally asked Switzerland to extradite film director Roman Polanski, Swiss authorities said Friday.
The United States has formally asked Switzerland to extradite film director Roman Polanski, Swiss authorities said Friday.
Switzerland's largest city has permitted the use of controversial posters which call for a ban on the construction of minarets on mosques in the European country.
Filmmaker Roman Polanski, arrested in Switzerland over the weekend, will fight extradition to the United States where he faces sentencing for having sex with a 13-year-old girl, his California lawyers said Monday.
Defending champion Russia got the win it wanted and the tough match it needed with a 4-2 victory over Switzerland on Tuesday at the ice hockey world championship.
Melting glaciers in the Alps may prompt Italy and Switzerland to redraw their borders near the Matterhorn, according to parliamentary draft legislation being readied in Rome.
Switzerland's part-time soldiers could lose their famous right to store their weapons at home.
Police have launched an investigation after a young disabled sportsman traveled to Switzerland to commit suicide, UK media report.
Gaddafi shuts off the oil after his son and daughter-in-law are questioned for beating servants
It has long been the final destination for terminally ill patients who want to end their lives, offering what many consider to be a dignified way out of their suffering.
The United States has formally asked Switzerland to extradite film director Roman Polanski, Swiss authorities said Friday.
The United States has formally asked Switzerland to extradite film director Roman Polanski, Swiss authorities said Friday.
Switzerland's largest city has permitted the use of controversial posters which call for a ban on the construction of minarets on mosques in the European country.
Filmmaker Roman Polanski, arrested in Switzerland over the weekend, will fight extradition to the United States where he faces sentencing for having sex with a 13-year-old girl, his California lawyers said Monday.
Defending champion Russia got the win it wanted and the tough match it needed with a 4-2 victory over Switzerland on Tuesday at the ice hockey world championship.
Melting glaciers in the Alps may prompt Italy and Switzerland to redraw their borders near the Matterhorn, according to parliamentary draft legislation being readied in Rome.
Switzerland's part-time soldiers could lose their famous right to store their weapons at home.
Police have launched an investigation after a young disabled sportsman traveled to Switzerland to commit suicide, UK media report.
Gaddafi shuts off the oil after his son and daughter-in-law are questioned for beating servants
ZURICH, Switzerland -- From top to bottom, here is an A to Z of the best and worst of the European Championship through two weeks of action.
While the Dutch continue to reinvent 'The Beautiful Game', France's woes continue. And it's mixed fortunes for the tournament's hosts
Fifteen years ago, at the Wankdorf Stadium in Bern, a revival of Swiss soccer began when the national team took a major step toward 1994 World Cup qualification by beating mighty Italy, 1-0.
The largest international contemporary art fair opened Wednesday, closely watched for trends in the world market at a time of financial turbulence
The government's secret destruction of technical blueprints for producing nuclear weapons is raising difficult questions
A far-right party recorded the biggest ever share of the vote for a political party in Switzerland's history on Monday, after a controversial campaign that blamed foreigners for much of the country's crime.
This Sunday's national elections have been overshadowed by accusations of racism amid a loud and ugly campaign
A video promoting emergency service numbers in Switzerland has featured male and female firefighters rapping and dancing in uniforms and hot pants.
The sidewalk going up the Aare River is congested with wet and happy Swiss, hiking upstream in swimsuits just to float back into town. I join them -- marveling at how this exercise brings out the silly in a people who are generally the polar opposite of goofy.
Two centuries ago, there were dozens of independent states in the part of Europe that was German-speaking. Today, there are only four: Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Walking high above Gimmelwald, my favorite Swiss village, with Olle, who teaches in the village school, I always feel like a wide-eyed student.
Problem: Unclean drinking water can be deadly.
Swiss intelligence services foiled a terrorist plot to shoot down an Israeli plane over Geneva, the Federal Prosecutor's Office said Thursday.
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Investigators are examining a knife that police suspect was used in a possible revenge killing of an air traffic controller on duty during a 2002 midair collision.
Police say a man who lost three family members in a 2002 midair collision has been arrested in connection with the stabbing death of the air traffic controller on duty during the crash.
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