Switzerland announced Wednesday it was imposing new restrictions aimed at “drastically” reducing contact between people, fearing a rapid upsurge in COVID-19 cases due to new…
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Swiss hospitals implore health minister to tighten coronavirus restrictions
ZURICH (Reuters) – The directors of five of Switzerland’s largest hospitals have written to the health minister asking for urgent measures to reduce coronavirus infections,…
Pandemic hospital duty tests Swiss civil defense
Slideshow ( 5 images )GENEVA (Reuters) – Sent by the government to support the hard-pressed Swiss healthcare system, members of the civil defense corps are…
Assailant in Swiss knife attack was jihadist: police
ZURICH (Reuters) – A Swiss woman who knifed a victim in the neck and grabbed another by the throat in a Lugano department store on…
Swiss voters clearly reject curbs on EU immigration
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected on Sunday a right-wing party’s attempt to scrap a pact allowing the free movement of people from the…
Swiss watchdog reprimands Bank SYZ for breaching money laundering rules
FILE PHOTO: A logo of Swiss private bank Syz is pictured on a building in Geneva, Switzerland, November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss…
Switzerland sends 2,500 students into quarantine after hotel school COVID outbreak
ZURICH (Reuters) – Switzerland has quarantined the entire undergraduate body of one of its premier hospitality management schools just days after their return from summer…
Credit Suisse launches Switzerland's first major digital banking rival
ZURICH (Reuters) – Credit Suisse will launch a digital banking app in October challenging fintechs like Revolut in the Swiss bank’s home market by offering…
Swiss People's Party elects only candidate Chiesa as president
ZURICH (Reuters) – The Swiss People’s Party (SVP) elected Marco Chiesa from Italian-speaking region Ticino as president of the right-wing party on Saturday as it…
Swiss mountains light up in a national day celebration to suit COVID-19 era
EVOLENE, Switzerland (Reuters) – A section of the Alps turned amber on Friday night in a massive pyrotechnic display as Switzerland marked its national day…