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Divers wow crowds with daring performances at Swiss lake

Scores of fans gathered on the picturesque Lake Lucerne in Switzerland to watch divers jump from a great height in the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series.

Switzerland

Swiss vintage plane crash 'kills all 20 people on board'

A vintage plane crash in Switzerland killed all 20 people on board, police confirmed on Sunday.

Green News

The Millionaire Flatshare

What is a high net worth individual to do if they want a second home abroad, but don’t feel like they can commit to one place?

Hungary

Swiss catamaran wins Blue Ribbon Regatta in Hungary for second time

The winners, Safram celebrated with champagne after sailing for just over 12 hours (12 hrs 40 minutes and 31 seconds) at Lake Balaton. Hungary came second with the PreVital team and third with the Fifty-fifty crew

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World's biggest alpine horn festival delights Swiss folklore fans

The soft, melancholic notes of hundreds of traditional wooden Swiss alpine horns filled the valley below Mount Tracouet in Switzerland on Sunday (July 22) during the end of world's largest festival of its kind.

Sport

Sweden beat Switzerland 1-0, advance to quarter-finals

Sweden wins against Switzerland for a place in the quarter-finals.

Sport

World Cup: Switzerland advances after 2-2 draw with Costa Rica

Switzerland finished second in their group, trailing behind Brazil.

Russia

Swiss football players fined but not suspended for hand gestures

FIFA’s disciplinary committee fined three Switzerland players on Monday for flashing a hand gesture with political overtones in a World Cup match against Serbia last week.

Sport

Switzerland secures 1-2 victory against Serbia in 90th minute

Serbia will be hoping to continue their good form after they won 1-0 against Costa Rica in the first game of Group E.

Sport

Brazil and Switzerland tie 1-1 in their World Cup 2018 debuts

Brazil and Switzerland tie 1-1 in their World Cup 2018 debuts

Sport

Brazil hoping to continue winning ways against Switzerland

Brazil are hoping to continue their winning ways with opening World Cup matches. The Five-time winners have not lost their first game since 1934.

Switzerland

Briton cheesed off after Swiss deny citizenship over raclette

David Lewis has been denied Swiss nationality because he failed to answer a few questions — including one about the origins of raclette.

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Pride parade takes place for first time in Lugano

The annual Pride parade organised by Swiss LGBT groups is taking place for the first time in Lugano, Switzerland. About 2000 participants attended the parade in Lugano.

Switzerland

Geneva 'first European city' to probe the introduction of drone taxis

Geneva has this week announced it is going to carry out a feasibility study into using drones for personal transportation.

Green News

Geneva: the summer 2018 mini guide

Ten cool places where to stay, eat, shop and relax during contemporary art biennale artgeneve/sculptures happening this summer

Switzerland

Paraglider describes midair eagle attack

Mathieu Thuner was flying above the Swiss Alps when he was was attacked,

Living

The 'magic' materials of Swiss luxury watchmaking

A private visit of Hublot’s manufacture in Nyon, Switzerland

Switzerland

Ducking the police: Swiss speed camera nets unusual culprit

Bird, camera, action! Speeding surveillance equipment in Switzerland snapped an unusual victim recently.

Switzerland

Swiss set to scrap booze limits for rubber dinghies

Want to enjoy a night out with friends without worrying about who has to be the designated driver? Well the answer could be to move to Switzerland and find a home near a lake or river.

Romania

Romanian minister wants his country's criminals in Swiss jails sent home

Romania's justice minister wants his nation's criminals locked up in Swiss prisons to serve the rest of their sentence in their home country because "Romanian prisons are tougher".