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02/05/2016

Sport

Quintana wins Tour de Romandie as Albasini sprints to final stage honours

Nairo Quintana continued to warm up nicely ahead of July’s Tour de France after the Colombian won the overall title at the Tour de Romandie. The

01/05/2016

Business Series

Credit Suisse bosses face anger from shareholders

The shareholders of Credit Suisse have given the bank's bosses a rough ride at its annual investor meeting in Zurich.

29/04/2016

Culture news

Ai Weiwei promises documentary to follow refugee shows

The Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei has announced that he will release a documentary film next year on the refugee crisis. Ai, often described as

29/04/2016

Sport

Colombia's Nairo Quintana bumped up on podium in Tour de Romandie

Colombia’s Nairo Quintana has emerged victorious on stage two of the Tour de Romandie. He took the leader’s jersey after Ilnur Zakarin was demoted to

28/04/2016

Switzerland

Geneva rejects Turkish pressure over controversial photo

A photographic exhibition in Geneva is at the centre of a diplomatic row between Switzerland and Turkey. Once again a cultural event contains

26/04/2016

Sport

Izagirre wins Tour de Romandie prologue

Spain’s Ion Izagirre won the Tour de Romandie prologue on Tuesday to claim the first leader’s jersey of the 70th edition of the race. The 27-year-old

26/04/2016

My Europe Series

Safety fears surround the world's oldest atomic power plant

Do you want to “hijack” a nuclear power plant? Ask Leo Scherer, he tried… After September 11th (9/11) Leo devised a secret operation to show the

22/04/2016

Switzerland

Syrian peace talks in Geneva collapse in acrimony

It appears the protagonists in the Syria conflict may soon have any shackles removed with what looks like the imminent collapse of peace talks in

21/04/2016

Sport

Champion snowboarder Balet killed in avalanche

Switzerland’s star snowboarder Estelle Balet was killed by an avalanche on Tuesday aged 21. Balet was making a promotional film in the canton of

19/04/2016

Switzerland

We're victims of European terrorism, Syrian negotiator tells euronews

The Syrian government’s chief negotiator is pointing the finger at Europe, claiming that ‘terrorism’ is emanating from the EU. As peace talks fall

19/04/2016

Switzerland

Syrian peace talks resume under cloud of suspicion

The Syrian peace talks have resumed in Geneva after government and opposition delegations returned to report to their superiors on the progress made

18/04/2016

Culture news

Charlie Chaplin museum opens

Visit the Little Tramp's mansion on the shore of Lake Geneva

18/04/2016

Switzerland

Obstacles remain ahead of resumption of Syria peace talks

Delegates at the Geneva peace talks on Syria will be using the weekend to regroup after last week’s negotiations failed to achieve any real progress

16/04/2016

Switzerland

Police raid Uefa offices in 'Panama Papers' probe

Swiss police have raided the offices of European football's governing body Uefa.

06/04/2016

Sport

Swiss curling aces defeat first-time finalists Japan in Swift Current

The delightfully named Swift Current, Canada provided the venue for Japan's first ever appearance in the final of the World Women's Curling Championship.

28/03/2016

Business Series

Credit Suisse CEO Tidjane Thiam was paid 18.9 million Swiss francs last year

One day after Credit Suisse said it is accelerating its cost-cutting plan and will cut a further 2,000 jobs, we learned what Chief Executive Tidjane Thiam is being paid.

24/03/2016

Sport

Franz Beckenbauer one of six facing corruption probe into 2006 World Cup

The Kaiser, Franz Beckenbauer, is one of six men under investigation in a corruption probe into Germany's ''2006 World Cup bid'':https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_FIFA_World_Cup.

22/03/2016

Focus

Dakhla hosts Crans Montana Forum dialogue

This year’s Crans Montana Forum in Dakhla in Western Sahara continues the open and constructive dialogue between senior players in global politics

22/03/2016

Sport

Shiffrin stuns, but Hansdotter takes slalom title in St. Moritz

In the women’s final slalom event of the season the championship’s early pacesetter once again stamped her authority on the rest of the field to

19/03/2016

Sport

French clean sweep in final Giant Slalom of the season

The French gobbled up all the medals in the season’s final Giant Slalom event in St. Moritz, the men’s second clean sweep of the podium this year

19/03/2016

Sport

Kilde takes super-G title as Feuz wins back-to-back races

Norway’s Aleksander Aamodt Kilde won the men’s super-G title on Thursday at the World Cup finals in St Moritz. Kilde nearly jumped off the course

17/03/2016

Sport

Alpine Skiing: Gut adds super-G title to overall World Cup

Switzerland’s Lara Gut added the women’s super-G World Cup title to the overall crystal globe she had already captured after finishing second in the

17/03/2016

Sport

Alpine skiing: Puchner wins final downhill of season for first ever victory

Austrian Mirjam Puchner waited until the final downhill of the women’s 2015/2016 World Cup campaign to celebrate the first race win of her career

16/03/2016

Sport

Alpine skiing: Feuz takes downhill race win as FIll makes history with discipline title

Swiss skier Beat Feuz won the last men’s downhill race of the season on Wednesday at the World Cup finals in St. Moritz. Feuz finally hit the top

16/03/2016

Switzerland

"Rhetoric could derail Syria talks" warns UN after opening session

UN sponsored talks are due to resume today in Geneva aimed at creating a roadmap to end the conflict in Syria. But after day one the UN’s Syria

15/03/2016