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Switzerland

Cyprus: healing a divided island

The leaders of ethnically-split Cyprus are meeting in Geneva for a week of intense talks to agree the outline of a peace deal ending decades of division.

09/01/2017

Business Series

Uber vs Suva in Swiss driver employee ruling

A Swiss insurance agency has ruled one of Uber's drivers is an employee so it has to pay social security contributions; Uber said it will appeal.

05/01/2017

Sport

Swiss cycling great Kubler dies aged 97

Switzerland’s first winner of the Tour de France Ferdinand Kubler has died aged 97.

30/12/2016

Next Series

Mars mission, a new rocket and a giant telescope: Europe's space priorities

Lucerne offered a scenic backdrop to ESA’s space summit – the crucial ministerial meeting held every two years when the agency’s 22 member states spend 48 hours debating one subject – Europe’s future

26/12/2016

Switzerland

CERN scientists' breakthrough experiment helps unravel mysteries of antimatter

It is just one small step towards understanding one of the great mysteries of the universe - why does anything exist?

21/12/2016

Switzerland

Zurich mosque shooting gunman was 'Swiss with no Islamist links'

Swiss police confirmed that the 24-year-old gunman was found dead near the scene of Monday's shooting. Three people were injured in the attack.

20/12/2016

Switzerland

Several hurt in shooting near Zurich Islamic centre

Several people have been hurt in a shooting incident near Zurich which local media said was a shooting.

19/12/2016

Sport

Val d'Isere, Alta Badia, and the 'Bomba' in Gravity

Euronews’ Vincent Ménard guides us through all things fast and white this time from the French Alps: ‘‘Hello and welcome to this edition of Gravity from the French resort of Val…

18/12/2016

Europe News

Swiss duck immigration row with the EU

The Swiss parliament has avoided a clash with the EU over immigration rules by ditching plans for jobs quotas for foreigners.

16/12/2016

Business Series

Nestle claims designer sugar cuts content by 40%, taste unchanged

Foods behemoth Nestle has says its hollowed out sugar molecule can cut sugar content in products by 40%, promises sales by 2018.

01/12/2016

Switzerland

The Swiss reject rapid phase-out of nuclear power

In a referendum, the Swiss have voted against a proposal that would have accelerated the closure of the countries five nuclear plants.

27/11/2016

Switzerland

Cyprus reunification talks resume in Switzerland

Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders have gathered in Switzerland to try to resolve the final issues that could see the island reunified after four decades of…

20/11/2016

Switzerland

Zika virus declared no longer an international emergency by WHO

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared that Zika no longer constitutes an international emergency – warning at the same time that the virus will continue to spread where mosquitoes carrying

19/11/2016

Sci-Tech

Brain implant allows paralysed monkey to walk

It’s being hailed as a major medical breakthrough: partially-paralysed monkeys have learned to walk again thanks to a brain implant that uses wireless signals to bypass broken nerves in the spinal cor

16/11/2016

Business Series

The 2016 GPHG awards live

08/11/2016

Cinema

'My Life as a Courgette' uplifting animation by Claude Barras

Seductive animation by Swiss director Claude Barras

04/11/2016

Switzerland

Video: Man chases runaway car across busy motorway

25/10/2016

Switzerland

Syria talks produce 'interesting ideas' but no truce

Talks to end the conflict in Syria have ended without a breakthrough.

15/10/2016

Switzerland

Syria talks in Lausanne end without breakthrough

Syria peace talks in Switzerland have reportedly ended without any agreement.

15/10/2016

Switzerland

Diplomatic talks between US and Russia resume in Switzerland to discuss Syria peace.

Syria peace talks have resumed in Switzerland after the failure of a short-lived ceasefire that led the US to break of diplomatic discussions with Russia.

15/10/2016

Switzerland

Syria peace talks to resume, as battle for Aleppo rages

The US and Russia are returning to the negotiating table in another attempt to secure a truce in Syria.

15/10/2016

Switzerland

Swiss vote to beef up government surveillance powers

Voters in Switzerland have approved a draft law to beef up surveillance powers in the alpine country.

26/09/2016

No Comment

Greenpeace activists in Geneva slam TISA

Greenpeace activists protest in front of the US mission in Geneva.

21/09/2016

Sport

Farah and Rose named in latest Fancy Bears leak

Olympic champions Mo Farah and Justin Rose were among athletes targeted on Monday in the latest leak of confidential medical documents that the World Anti-Doping Agency says were shared by the Fancy B

19/09/2016

Sport

Lukas Flückiger and Reto Indergand secure the 2016 Swiss Epic

Lukas Flückiger and Reto Indergand of the BMC Mountainbike Racing Team kept their composure to clinch the 2016 Swiss Epic.

17/09/2016

Sport

Slovenian Ceferin succeeds Platini as UEFA president following landslide election

Aleksander Ceferin completed his meteoric rise through the footballing ranks on Wednesday when the Slovenian was elected president of European football’s governing body…

14/09/2016