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Swiss appeals court convicts Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan of rape,...
The verdict included intimate details of Ramadan allegedly forcing the woman to have sex and preventing her from leaving a Geneva hotel room in...
Swiss death toll from coronavirus hits 197, confirmed cases top 12,000
27 March 2020 2:11 PMSwiss death toll from the new coronavirus has reached 197 people, rising from 161 people within 24 hours.
Swiss trial begins of banker alleged to have ignored 1MDB warnings
26 May 2020 3:25 PMThe Swiss prosecutors’ indictment details warnings from Coutts colleagues about transactions by Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, the Malaysian businessman...
Swiss gays hope for marriage equality as parliament votes
3 Jun 2020 10:11 AMConservative Switzerland lags many countries in Western Europe on gay rights and is slowly catching up. In February, voters backed an anti-homophobia...
Watch brand Piaget to open more stores this year
11 April 2021 1:55 PMSwiss watch brand Piaget, owned by luxury goods group Richemont, will continue to open stores this year, notably in the Middle East and China, its...
Swiss to vote on allowing same-sex marriage in referendum
26 Sept 2021 3:19 AMVoters in Switzerland, one of the last Western European countries that still bans gay marriage, will decide in a referendum on Sunday whether to allow...
Swiss government rejects 3rd gender option, at least for now
21 Dec 2022 1:15 PMResponding to two proposals from parliament, the governing Federal Council said "the binary gender model is still strongly anchored in Swiss society."...