Switzerland

Business Series

Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam was paid 18.9 million Swiss francs last year

One day after Credit Suisse said it is accelerating its cost-cutting plan and will cut a further 2,000 jobs, we learned what Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam is being paid.

24/03/2016

Sport

Franz Beckenbauer one of six facing corruption probe into 2006 World Cup

The Kaiser, Franz Beckenbauer, is one of six men under investigation in a corruption probe into Germany's ''2006 World Cup bid'':https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup.

22/03/2016

Focus

Dakhla hosts Crans Montana Forum dialogue

This year’s Crans Montana Forum in Dakhla in Western Sahara continues the open and constructive dialogue between senior players in global politics

22/03/2016

Sport

Shiffrin stuns, but Hansdotter takes slalom title in St. Moritz

In the women’s final slalom event of the season the championship’s early pacesetter once again stamped her authority on the rest of the field to

19/03/2016

Sport

French clean sweep in final Giant Slalom of the season

The French gobbled up all the medals in the season’s final Giant Slalom event in St. Moritz, the men’s second clean sweep of the podium this year

19/03/2016

Sport

Kilde takes super-G title as Feuz wins back-to-back races

Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde won the men’s super-G title on Thursday at the World Cup finals in St Moritz. Kilde nearly jumped off the course

17/03/2016

Sport

Alpine Skiing: Gut adds super-G title to overall World Cup

Switzerland’s Lara Gut added the women’s super-G World Cup title to the overall crystal globe she had already captured after finishing second in the

17/03/2016

Sport

Alpine skiing: Puchner wins final downhill of season for first ever victory

Austrian Mirjam Puchner waited until the final downhill of the women’s 2015/2016 World Cup campaign to celebrate the first race win of her career

16/03/2016

Sport

Alpine skiing: Feuz takes downhill race win as FIll makes history with discipline title

Swiss skier Beat Feuz won the last men’s downhill race of the season on Wednesday at the World Cup finals in St. Moritz. Feuz finally hit the top

16/03/2016

Switzerland

"Rhetoric could derail Syria talks" warns UN after opening session

UN sponsored talks are due to resume today in Geneva aimed at creating a roadmap to end the conflict in Syria. But after day one the UN’s Syria

15/03/2016

Cinema

Human rights film festival shines a light on human wrongs

The idea behind the “International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights”: http://www.fifdh.org/site/fr/le- is to provoke debate and to shine a

14/03/2016

Switzerland

A fresh round of Syrian peace talks gets underway in Geneva

The conflict began five years ago this week

14/03/2016

Sport

Alpine Skiing: Lara Gut claims World Cup title as compatriot Holdener wins combined crown

The alpine combined event at Lenzerheide in Switzerland turned out to be a triumphant day for two home skiers. Wendy Holdener took the race win and

13/03/2016

Switzerland

Switzerland reveals plans to cut down on immigration amid EU row

Switzerland on Friday unveiled tough draft legislation to impose unilateral curbs on immigration should it fail to agree with the European Union by

04/03/2016

Switzerland

Supercars vye to rev up Geneva auto show

They’re not to everyone’s taste and they’re certainly not for everyone’s pocket but supercars may be screaming the loudest at this year’s Geneva

02/03/2016

Sport

Platini enters last chance saloon to overturn FIFA ban

Banned Uefa president Michel Platini has walked into the last chance saloon in a bid to overturn his suspension from all football-related activity

02/03/2016

Sport

French authorities to investigate Rio and Tokyo Olympic bids

Judges at France’s highest financial court in Paris are to investigate the bidding and voting processes for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro and 2020 Tokyo

02/03/2016

Business Series

Commodity markets rout slams miner Glencore's profit

2015 was a grim year for mining company and commodity trader Glencore with profit down by almost a third as prices for copper, nickel, zinc, iron-ore and coal slumped to multi-year lows.

01/03/2016

Sport

Gianni Infantino opens new FIFA museum

Celebrating the passion of the people for football – that in the words of FIFA President Gianni Infantino is the DNA of football’s world governing

28/02/2016

Switzerland

Swiss reject deportation of foreign criminals in referendum

Swiss voters have rejected a right-wing proposal to deport foreign law-breakers in a referendum. The end tally showed 58.9 percent coming out against

28/02/2016

Switzerland

Swiss vote in referendum to deport low-level criminals

A controversial black sheep poster urging voters in Switzerland to make it easier to deport non-Swiss criminals. The right-wing Swiss People’s Party

27/02/2016

Sport

Gianni Infantino appointment welcomed by Sepp Blatter

From the conference hall to meet the press and the first time Gianni Infantino was put under the media microscope as President of FIFA. There will be

26/02/2016

Switzerland

FIFA elects new president - Gianni Infantino

Gianni Infantino, general secretary of the European football body UEFA, has been elected to succeed Sepp Blatter as President of FIFA. Infantino, who

26/02/2016

Sport

FIFA's five presidential candidates

The FIFA presidential elections take place on Friday in Zurich Switzerland. Five contenders are in the running to replace banned outgoing president

25/02/2016

Sport

Blatter and Platini bans reduced from eight to six years

Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his once likely successor Michel Platini have had their bans from all football-related activity reduced from eight-years to six.

24/02/2016

Sport

Prince Ali's FIFA presidential election delay rejected

FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein has had his attempt to delay the elections rejected by the Court of Arbitration fro Sport

24/02/2016