Switzerland Swiss vote for money for nothing The EU says it is pondering a pilot scheme for a bloc-wide basic income for all, and this weekend the Swiss actually get to decide on the idea in one of their referendum votes, the first country to vo 03/06/2016
Sport FIFA lawyers accuse Blatter, Valcke and Kattner of profiteering Lawyers acting for FIFA claim disgraced former president Sepp Blatter, ex-secretary general Jerome Valcke and his former deputy Markus Kattner wrongly profited by some 70 million euros over the past f 03/06/2016
Switzerland World's longest and deepest train tunnel opens in Switzerland Switzerland's Gothard tunnel has opened. It is world's longest and deepest train tunnel. 01/06/2016
Switzerland The long road to build the new Gotthard rail tunnel 1999: kick-off for a mammoth Swiss project that was to last 17 years. 01/06/2016
Switzerland World's longest tunnel opens in Switzerland The Gotthard Tunnel in Switzerland has officially opened in a ceremony celebrating the money and manpower that went into making the world's longest rail tunnel. 01/06/2016
Switzerland The Gotthard Base Tunnel, a project of unprecedented scale An unprecedented feat of engineering will be unveiled to the world on June 1, 2016: the Gotthard Base railway tunnel. 31/05/2016
Sport FIFA sack deputy secretary general Kattner Scandal-hit FIFA has fired its deputy secretary general, Markus Kattner, with immediate effect, after he was accused of paying himself bonuses worth millions of… 23/05/2016
Sport Europa League: Sevilla maintain Spainish club's dominance of European football FC Sevilla and their fans woke up on Thursday morning all smiles after the club won a record breaking third consecutive Europa League title. 19/05/2016
Sport Sevilla strike back to beat Liverpool for record third straight Europa League title Sevilla survived a first-half battering before hitting back with three second-half goals, two from Coke, to beat Liverpool 3-1 in the Europa League final on Wednesday and win the trophy for the third 18/05/2016
Switzerland Rare 'Unique Pink' diamond dazzles buyers with record-breaking auction sale The “Unique Pink” has broken all records for any jewellery auction. 18/05/2016
Switzerland UEFA boss Platini to resign after appeal to lift football ban fails UEFA President Michel Platini has said he will resign from European football’s governing body after he failed to get his six-year ban from soccer 09/05/2016
Culture news Malaysian and Kenyan artists win prestigious cartooning prize Kenyan and Malaysian cartoonists Gado and Zunar have been awarded the 2016 Cartooning for Peace Prize. The accolade, which rewards cartoonists for 05/05/2016
Switzerland Saving Syria: Kerry hopes to salvage the talks The US secretary of state has met UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura and Arab foreign ministers in Geneva 02/05/2016
Next Series Imagining the worst for Europe's riskiest assets Europe has a wealth of sensitive high-value facilities that could spell disaster if they failed in, say, an earthquake or flood. And what if both happened simultaneously? And vital equipment malfuncti 02/05/2016
Sport Quintana wins Tour de Romandie as Albasini sprints to final stage honours Nairo Quintana continued to warm up nicely ahead of July’s Tour de France after the Colombian won the overall title at the Tour de Romandie. The 01/05/2016
Business Series Credit Suisse bosses face anger from shareholders The shareholders of Credit Suisse have given the bank's bosses a rough ride at its annual investor meeting in Zurich. 29/04/2016
Culture news Ai Weiwei promises documentary to follow refugee shows The Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has announced that he will release a documentary film next year on the refugee crisis. Ai, often described as 29/04/2016
Sport Colombia's Nairo Quintana bumped up on podium in Tour de Romandie Colombia’s Nairo Quintana has emerged victorious on stage two of the Tour de Romandie. He took the leader’s jersey after Ilnur Zakarin was demoted to 28/04/2016
Switzerland Geneva rejects Turkish pressure over controversial photo A photographic exhibition in Geneva is at the centre of a diplomatic row between Switzerland and Turkey. Once again a cultural event contains 26/04/2016
Sport Izagirre wins Tour de Romandie prologue Spain’s Ion Izagirre won the Tour de Romandie prologue on Tuesday to claim the first leader’s jersey of the 70th edition of the race. The 27-year-old 26/04/2016
My Europe Series Safety fears surround the world's oldest atomic power plant Do you want to “hijack” a nuclear power plant? Ask Leo Scherer, he tried… After September 11th (9/11) Leo devised a secret operation to show the 22/04/2016
Switzerland Syrian peace talks in Geneva collapse in acrimony It appears the protagonists in the Syria conflict may soon have any shackles removed with what looks like the imminent collapse of peace talks in 21/04/2016
Sport Champion snowboarder Balet killed in avalanche Switzerland’s star snowboarder Estelle Balet was killed by an avalanche on Tuesday aged 21. Balet was making a promotional film in the canton of 19/04/2016
Switzerland We're victims of European terrorism, Syrian negotiator tells euronews The Syrian government’s chief negotiator is pointing the finger at Europe, claiming that ‘terrorism’ is emanating from the EU. As peace talks fall 19/04/2016
Switzerland Syrian peace talks resume under cloud of suspicion The Syrian peace talks have resumed in Geneva after government and opposition delegations returned to report to their superiors on the progress made 18/04/2016