Ups And Downs: A Boy's First Taste Of Competitive Swiss Flag Throwing

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Fahnenschwingen, flag throwing, is one of the living traditions of Switzerland, together with Swiss wrestling, yodelling and alphorn playing. We met Alexander, a 15-year-old boy from the Emmental valley, who loves tinkering...

Yavi and Naser target crown in Zurich finale

ATHLETICS – REIGNING world and Olympic champion Winfred Yavi and former world champion Salwa Eid Naser are amongst three of Bahrain’s superstar elite athletes who have qualified for Weltklasse Zurich – the two-day finale of this year’s Wanda...

Switzerland’s apparel imports rise 4.85% in H1 2025,...

Craven County Sheriff's Office locates missing man

Craven County, NC — UPDATE: Authorities say the 52-year-old man has been safely located. ORIGINAL STORY: HAVE YOU SEEN ME? The Craven County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding 52-year-old James Murphy. Officials say Murphy...

US Imposes 39% Tariffs On Swiss Imports: What It Means For Sectoral Duties

Islamic Emirate Delegation Holds Diplomatic Talks in Switzerland

As part of ongoing efforts to establish diplomatic engagement with regional and global countries, a source from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed to TOLOnews that a delegation from the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan recently traveled to...

Opinion: Improving our drug policies shows the need for more compassion — and control

We learned from experiences in Europe, most notably from Zurich, Switzerland, that just placing users in their own area and permitting this kind of injection drug use leads to overdose deaths and homicides. In the 1980s, Zurich’s Platzspitz, or...

Switzerland’s apparel imports rise 4.85% in H1 2025, led by trousers

Retirement of officers following the Swiss meeting: Political manoeuvres or routine procedures?

Report by Suleiman Siri The decisions issued by the Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, on August 11, 2025, coinciding with Army Day, to retire a number of senior officers—most of them from...

David Rothen new year's song, Swiss Day 2018

Eyes on Zurich as Team Kenya posts mixed results in Brussels

Participants run during the Zurich Seville Marathon in Seville, Spain on February 22, 2022. [AFP] Attention now shifts to the final Diamond League showdown in Zurich on August 27 and 28 after mixed results at the Brussels meet on Friday night....

Swissmedic warns against counterfeit weight loss products claiming GLP-1 substances

GENEVA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- Swissmedic, Switzerland's authority responsible for the authorization and supervision of therapeutic products, on Tuesday urged the public to be cautious about exaggerated promotions on social media, websites or direct...

The rich get slightly less rich if caught speeding in Switzerland

You can get hit with a six-figure fine for speeding in Switzerland, but only if your net worth is much larger than that. According to The Associated Press, a driver was fined 90,000 Swiss francs, which is about $112,000, for cruising at about 17...

SWISS launches exclusive “First Grand Suite” for unparalleled privacy in the skies

SWISS has unveiled the First Grand Suite, a new ultra-premium First Class product that transforms two adjoining suites into a private loft-like space in the sky. The suite can function as a bedroom, office, dining area, or meeting room, offering...

Paul Walter Hauser & Americana Director Talk Neo Westerns & 'Intellectual Swiss Army Knife' Sydney Sweeney

Writer-director Tony Tost mixes the classic crime thriller and neo-Western sensibilities in Americana, his feature debut. The film's large ensemble cast includes Sydney Sweeney as Penny Jo Poplin, a shy waitress dreaming of stardom; Paul Walter...

SWISS Adds Two-Part Luxury ‘Grand Suite’

The offering will become available in 2026. [ News ]August 22, 2025 9:06 am ET By Zach Vasile Swiss International Air Lines this week unveiled a new premium product called the “First Grand Suite,” which combines two First Class suites into a...

Swiss bank Safra Sarasin fined 3.5 million francs in 'Car Wash' probe

(adds dropped part of company name in third paragraph) ZURICH (Reuters) -Switzerland's attorney general has fined Swiss private bank J. Safra Sarasin SA 3.5 million Swiss francs ($4.3 million) under a years-long corruption and money laundering...

Swiss CEO salaries rose by 7% in 2024

Flemming Ornskov, head of the American-Swiss pharmaceutical company Galderma, was the highest paid CEO in 2024, earning CHF19 million. Keystone-SDA Listen to the article Listening the article Toggle language selector Select your language Close...

Switzerland officially questions F-35A procurement after negotiations with US end without financial agreement

The Swiss Council therefore accepted that no fixed price can be secured, and it instructed the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) to examine alternative courses of action in depth by the end of November. Options will...

25 countries suspend postal services to US over tariff

Universal Postal Union confirms suspensions The Universal Postal Union (UPU), a United Nations agency headquartered in Switzerland, reported that its member states paused package deliveries amid uncertainty caused by the changes in US customs...