Socialite Paris Hilton modelling De Grisogono jewellery in Cannes this week. Photo: AFP
A diamond necklace from Geneva jeweller De Grisogono worth 2.5 million francs was reported stolen from Cannes on Thursday, just days after thieves made off with 1.4 million francs' worth of bling from Chopard, another jeweller from the Swiss city.
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IOC headquarters in Lausanne. Photo: Arnaud Gaillard
Puerto Rican banker Richard Carrion added his name on Wednesday to the list of candidates vying to take over as head of the Olympic movement.
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French embassy website. (Screenshot)
The website of the French embassy in Switzerland removed a link that allowed users to open a Swiss bank account online after the government in Paris came under fire from an opposition critic.
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Members of the Swiss team celebrating during earlier win against Sweden. Photo: AFP
After going undefeated throughout the world ice hockey championship tournament, Switzerland finally succumbed to home town favorite Sweden in the final, losing 5-1 in Stockholm on Sunday.
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang. Photo: AFP
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang embarks this weekend on his first foreign trip since taking office, with a stop in Switzerland on the itinerary and free trade talks between the two countries close to completion.
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Photo: Romano
More than a third of Geneva’s active working population lives outside the canton, with the majority residing in neighbouring France and the rest largely in the canton of Vaud, according to a report issued on Thursday.
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World Cycling Centre in Aigle, canton of Vaud, home to the UCI. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid can count on the support of the Swiss federation in his bid for re-election, the sport's global governing body said on Thursday.
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United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has nominated former Kenyan minister and member of parliament Mukhisa Kituyi to lead the UN's Geneva-based trade and development body when the current chief steps down at the end of August.
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Swiss-based labour federations Industrial Global Union and UNI Global Union on Thursday praised top retailers for joining their drive to make Bangladesh's garment factories safer, after 1,127 people died in a factory collapse last month.
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Kidnappers in Yemen have freed three International Red Cross employees, including a Swiss and a Kenyan, along with two Egyptian hostages, following tribal mediation, a local official said on Thursday.
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Photo: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP
Hope and human resilience are the guiding themes of the new permanent exhibit at Geneva's International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum, which reopens its doors to the public this weekend after a nearly two-year makeover.
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Christian de Duve, Belgian Nobel Prize winning scientist, drew attention to the euthanasia issue earlier this month when he died through assisted suicide at the age of 95. Photo: AFP
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday asked Switzerland to clarify its guidelines on euthanasia after an octogenarian who wanted to end her life failed to convince doctors to assist her in her suicide because she was not ill enough.
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Tribal gunmen have kidnapped a Swiss man working for the Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross in southern Yemen, a local pro-government militia leader said on Monday.
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The trial is expected to last months. Photo: Federal Criminal Court
Five Czech citizens and a Belgian are appearing before the federal criminal court in Bellinzona on Monday charged with money laundering and other crimes.
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Wawrinka was competing in his second Masters final. Photo: AFP
Rafael Nadal claimed a third Madrid Masters title with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Switzerland’s Stanislas Wawrinka on Sunday.
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