Switzerland said on Tuesday April 9th that it had restituted around $365 million (approximately 365 million CHF) from funds it seized during a corruption probe of Brazil's state oil firm Petrobras and construction giant Odebrecht.
Swiss prosecutors on Wednesday said they had ordered Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht and its subsidiaries to pay nearly $200 million in connection with the corruption scandal at the Petrobras state oil company.
People who travel to Zika-hit areas should practise safe sex or have no sex at all for at least eight weeks after their return to avoid sexual transmission of the virus, the Geneva-based World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
The spiralling crisis surrounding the Zika virus is due to decades of policy failures on mosquito control and poor access
to family planning services, the Geneva-based World Health Organization said on Monday.
Switzerland said on Thursday it had frozen $800 million (706 million euros) during its investigation into corruption at
Brazil's state oil firm Petrobras, but a portion of the funds had been returned.
Swiss authorities have blocked bank accounts of the speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress as part of a money-laundering and corruption investigation, Brazilian prosecutors announced late on Wednesday.
The Swiss justice authorities say they are investigating Brazilian firm BTP Odebrecht in connection with the massive corruption probe targeting Brazil's state oil company Petrobras.
Swiss judicial authorities said on Wednesday that they have released $120 million (113 million euros) of frozen funds linked to the devastating corruption scandal at Brazilian state oil giant Petrobras.
Switzerland manager Vladimir Petkovic on Friday brought Olympiakos midfielder Pajtim Kasami back into the football team and called up three new faces for their opening Euro 2016 qualifier against England.
Switzerland goalkeeper Diego Benaglio announced his international retirement on Wednesday, saying that he wanted to concentrate on his club career with German side Wolfsburg.
Switzerland’s 3-0 win over Honduras at the World Cup dominated the newspaper headlines on Thursday, with special praise reserved for midfielder Xherdan Shaqiri, whose hat-trick secured the victory.
Campaigners demanding a "fair" 2014 World Cup in Brazil handed a 28,000-signature petition to football's global governing body FIFA on Monday, amid mass protests in the host nation over poor public services and graft.
Roberto Azevedo of Brazil was named as the new head of the Geneva-based World Trade Organization on Wednesday, vowing to battle economic protectionism and break the deadlock in talks aimed at liberalizing global commerce.
The World Trade Organisation is close to chosing its next leader in a final round pitting Brazil against Mexico, with the winner facing the tough task of restoring the clout of global commerce's rule-setting body.
