Even if you didn't stay up all night to watch the results, you know by now that Democrats have won the control of the US Congress - that is, the House of Representatives and the Senate. This development will impact Switzerland in several ways as well.
Wednesday's Geneva summit between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will take place in a plush 18th-century lakeside villa steeped in the Swiss city's history.
From October 29th, Swiss authorities relaxed quarantine rules, leaving only a handful of countries and regions on its ‘red’ list - the United States is no longer on that list.
The US ambassador to Germany led protests outside the UN Monday over what he termed the "bigotry" faced by Israel at the Human Rights Council, as nations weighed condemnations of the Jewish state.
Switzerland is home to expats from all over the world, but many Swiss citizens also decide to live and work in other parts of the world themselves. Guest contributor Nina Green talks to Swiss nationals who have taken a leap into the United States.
A Lausanne man whose 37-year-old son was killed in an attack in New York city caught on video is stuck in Switzerland because of travel document problems, a Swiss newspaper says.
Swiss bank UBS has agreed to pay nearly $50 million to settle charges over its disclosures related to a money-losing 2007 investment vehicle linked to sub-prime loans, a US agency announced on Tuesday.
A Swiss parliamentary commission said on Monday it would investigate a government decision earlier this year to allow banks to hand over data on their employees to Washington as part of a tax evasion probe.
Retail bank Raiffeisen is Switzerland's latest institution to part with its US clients because of increasing red tape
and amid an ongoing tax row with the United States, media reports said on Saturday.
<p><span class="il">Switzerland</span> is to allow banks to hand over to the United States the names of any employees who may have helped American clients evade taxes, a Swiss newspaper reported on Saturday.</p>
<p>Swiss banks could be forced to carry out checks on the tax status of foreign assets they hold under a new "clean money" strategy being proposed by the finance minister, it was reported on Sunday.</p>
<p>Swiss-US relations over a tax dispute reached their lowest point with the indictment of the country's oldest bank Wegelin and should improve, the US ambassador to <span class="il">Switzerland</span> said on Thursday.</p>
<p>A US law professor whose wife was killed in an accident involving a Swiss embassy car in Washington is suing the Swiss government for $10 million, it was reported on Thursday.</p>
<p>Swiss private bank Julius Bär said on Wednesday it was cooperating with a US tax evasion probe, alongside several other groups, after a US indictment of two men for consipiracy to hide $600 million<br /> from US authorities.</p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Swiss parliamentarians on Wednesday delayed the ratification of a double taxation treaty with the United States, as they await a comprehensive deal with Washington that could prevent future tax<br />evasion probes.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Swiss bank Zürcher Kantonalbank said on Wednesday that it is being investigated by US justice for helping American citizens to evade taxes, local media reported.</span></p>
<p>Switzerland's government has "partially" agreed to a Washington ultimatum that information on US nationals who have money in the country be handed over, local media reported on Saturday.</p>
<p>Switzerland has not handed the names of any clients of Swiss banks to US tax authorities, Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey said on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Swiss authorities will meet some of Washington's demands to transmit information on accounts held by US citizens in the country, local media reported on Tuesday.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" lang="EN-GB">US authorities are reportedly about to close a deal with Swiss banks over American tax dodgers – in exchange for billions of dollars in penalties, the US will stop investigations into the banks.</span></p>
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