Latest News from Switzerland
Switzerland basks in summer weather
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Temperatures over the weekend rose to record-highs for the season.</span></p>
Force prostitute clients to wear condoms - Greens
<p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: small;">Greens in Zurich are calling for hefty fines against those clients who force prostitutes to have sex without a condom.<br /></span></span></p> <p> </p>
Images of Basel diamond thieves captured
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">Swiss police have handed to Interpol images of suspects believed to have stolen four diamonds from the world's biggest watch and jewellery fair in the city of Basel.</span></p> <p> </p>
Bomb explodes at Swiss nuclear office
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">A letter bomb has exploded at the offices of the Swiss nuclear energy association, injuring two people, police have said.</span></span></span></p>
Diamonds swiped in daring Basel raid
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; border-collapse: collapse;">Four diamonds worth millions were stolen on Wednesday from the world's biggest watch and jewellery fair in the northern Swiss city of Basel.</span></p>
Swiss Casinos hit by Russian Scammers
<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: small;">A gang of Russian scammers may have tampered with slot machines in casinos across Switzerland, according to reports.</span></p>
Green in historic victory in Basel canton
<p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Greens in a northern Swiss canton have scored a surprising electoral victory over the weekend, getting their first candidate in the Basel-Landschaft canton elected, at the expense of the Swiss People's Party (UDV).</span><br /></span></span></p> <p> </p>
Police: Zurich is getting even safer
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Picturesque Zurich is generally associated with a safe and crime-free quality of life. Now official figures show that life in Switzerland's largest city is getting even safer.</span></p>
Government bans live animal transport
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-size: small;">Switzerland said on Friday that it was </span><span style="font-size: small;">banning the transit of live horses and poultry destined for slaughter, in a </span><span style="font-size: small;">move aimed at protecting animals.</span></span></p>
Lindt delight as posh chocs rebound
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">Swiss chocolate-maker Lindt and Spruengli said Tuesday its 2010 net profit soared 25 percent, as consumers regained their taste for fancy chocolates.<br /> </span></p>
Swiss upper house rejects burqa ban
<p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Items of clothing that cover the face, including burqas and niqabs, should not be banned in Switzerland, the country's upper house of parliament has decided.</span></p>
Missing twins 'spotted in Geneva'
<p><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px;">Two witnesses have told police searching for twin girls abducted by their father that they saw them in Geneva on the day of their disappearance.</span></p>
Swiss tourist industry 'leads the world' - study
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">Switzerland has the world's most highly-developed tourist industry, a World Economic Forum study showed on Monday, confirming a rebound after the economic crisis.<br /> </span></p>
Police find GPS microchip of missing twins' father
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">Italian police on Saturday found the microchip from the satellite navigator used by the father of missing Swiss twins, but said it was not clear whether the information on it could be salvaged.</span></p>
Swiss banker in US tax probe
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse;">US investigators on Tuesday lodged a legal complaint against a Credit Suisse banker for fraud while working for UBS, a week after indicting four of his colleagues.</span></p>
Optimism dominates in Geneva
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: small;">Top car makers took a bullish outlook at the Geneva Motor Show on Tuesday, as the industry lined up 170 model launches with an eye on thriftier hybrid vehicles and, above all, emerging markets.<br /> </span></p>