Switzerland

Money

What is Switzerland’s digital stock exchange SDX?

Switzerland has become the latest country to clear the way for trading digital assets with a new stock exchange. We break down what it is and what it changes.

13/09/2021

Tech News

ProtonMail secure email gave activist's IP address to French police

The service said it was compelled to hand over the data by a Swiss court order. It said the content of its encrypted emails would never be accessible by authorities.

07/09/2021

Work

Swiss start-up rivals Google with '100% secure' smartphone keyboard

Swiss start-up Typewise has developed an AI keyboard for your phone that is better at correcting typos and more secure. Can it rival the US giants?

23/08/2021

Switzerland

Swiss university claims to have set new record for counting Pi

Swiss researchers say they have calculated the mathematical constant Pi to a new world-record level of 62.8 trillion figures.

17/08/2021

Moments

Switzerland wants all-female teams to tackle its highest peaks

150 years since the first woman climbed the Matterhorn, the Swiss alpine town of Zermatt is calling for all-female teams to follow in her footsteps.

27/07/2021

Sport

Boxing: AIBA determined to clean up the sport after judging scandals

The International Boxing Association's new president has vowed to put the governing body back on track after it was stripped of its Olympic status following several corruption scandals.

30/06/2021

Money

Despite rise of cards during COVID, cash is still king in Switzerland

Cards are becoming more widely used in the face of COVID. But the Swiss are not ready to give up cash just yet.

24/06/2021

Mobility

New way to scan for life signs remotely could help discover alien life

Detecting "biosignatures" from a moving helicopter is the first step towards detecting alien life from orbit, the researchers said.

21/06/2021

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Biden-Putin meeting opens with reporters shoving

President Joe Biden’s summit in Geneva with Russian President Vladimir Putin began with several minutes of shoving and shouting among U.S. and Russian journalists and security officials.

16/06/2021

Switzerland

Biden tells Putin: 'We need to set basic rules of the road'

Both U.S. and Russian presidents described their meeting in Geneva in positive terms at their first face-to-face meeting in Geneva, as they seek to rebuild relations.

16/06/2021

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Biden and Putin shake hands at summit venue

US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin shook hands at the opening of their daylong summit in Geneva, amid tensions over human rights, Ukraine and ransomware.

16/06/2021

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Security, empty streets ahead of Geneva summit

Geneva's town centre was bracing for a high-stakes presidential summit between US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Extra police officers and military personnel were deployed along the Swiss city's lakefront.

16/06/2021

Switzerland

Swiss reject tax hike to cut emissions and synthetic pesticide ban

The proposed "carbon dioxide law" included an increase in taxes on fuels and the introduction of a tax on airline tickets from Switzerland. It was defeated in a referendum by 51.59% of the electorate.

14/06/2021

Switzerland

US President Joe Biden to meet Vladimir Putin in Geneva on Wednesday

The meeting will be their first since Biden was elected last November and comes at a time of strained relations between the United States and Russia.

13/06/2021

My Europe Series

Swiss vote on whether government can impose COVID restrictions

Swiss voters will decide on the future of a law outlining measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

11/06/2021

Switzerland

Swiss unions call for women's general strike over pension reform plans

Trade unions say plans to increase the women's retirement age in Switzerland will deepen inequalities in the country, where women earn on average 20 percent less than men.

07/06/2021

Switzerland

The high-altitude solar farm floating to success

The world's first-ever high-altitude floating solar farm produces clean green energy in such an efficient way that its creators are looking to expand and use the technology in similar locations around the world.

04/06/2021

Sport

EURO 2020: This is your quick guide to Switzerland

The furthest they have ever got is the last 16. Could this be their moment?

04/06/2021

My Europe Series

What's the future of EU-Swiss relations now talks have collapsed?

Euronews looks into the past, present and future of Switzerland's cooperation with the EU after Swiss leaders rejected signing a long-delayed framework agreement with Brussels on Wednesday.

28/05/2021

Nature

Could foraging be a source of sustainable superfoods?

Swiss mountain guide, Cherries, leads a trip through the Swiss Alps to forage for wild food.

27/05/2021

Eco-Innovation

Extraordinary views: This is the world's first mountainous solar farm

This high-altitude solar power plant sits in a stunning location, floating on a lake in between the Swiss Alps.

14/05/2021

Health news

Swiss health workers are using videogames to fight COVID-19

Researchers at Geneva University Hospitals have developed a game to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 among health workers.

13/05/2021

Switzerland

Switzerland arrests 12 people for speeding around Zurich at 300km/h

Prosecutors say the group had held "various illegal races" and reached speeds of up to 200 km/h near built-up areas.

05/05/2021

Switzerland

WHO approves Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

The American-made vaccine joins AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson in receiving the WHO's emergency use listing.

01/05/2021

Switzerland

Joe Biden said Switzerland is a tax haven. The Swiss do not agree.

Switzerland long had a reputation as a haven for tax dodgers to squirrel away their money to avoid fiscal authorities abroad. But Swiss authorities have been at pains to try to change the country’s image.

30/04/2021

Switzerland

Switzerland to hold a referendum on same-sex marriage

Switzerland will hold a referendum on whether to push ahead with same-sex marriage.

27/04/2021