Settlement deprives billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev of half of his fortune in what may be the most expensive divorce in history A Swiss court has awarded £2.6bn in a record-breaking divorce settlement to the former wife of the Russian oligarch who owns AS Monaco football club. The ruling, dated 13 May but not made public until Monday, deprives billionaire Dmitry Rybolovlev of 4bn Swiss francs half...
A Geneva court has awarded the ex-wife of the Russian billionaire owner of French football club AS Monaco the equivalent of half his fortune in their divorce, a Swiss daily reported on Monday....
A man and a woman, both French citizens, died while hiking in the Bernese Oberland, Bern cantonal police said on Monday....
The Local’s Emily Mawson ventures to the Valle Bavona, a steep-sided valley amid the mountains of the Italian-speaking canton of Ticino, where residents voted against introducing electricity in the 1950s, and discovers a region lost in time....
After reaching the finals of the world ice hockey championships last year, Switzerland has been knocked out of this year’s competition in Minsk, Belarus without reaching the quarterfinals....
The United States government hit Credit Suisse with criminal charges on Monday for helping rich Americans evade taxes, ahead of an expected guilty plea and $2.6 billion fine by the giant Swiss bank....
The difference between the Swiss approach to a minimum wage and that of other industrialised nations played out on the pages of Monday’s newspapers. The Swiss decided to stick by institutionalised deals between employers and staff, not state-fixed salaries. (Photo: Keystone) ...
A Zurich district court has found a former Swiss People’s Party member guilty of violating anti-racism laws. In June 2012, the man used Twitter to post the following comment: “Maybe we need a new Kristallnacht … this time against the mosques”. (Photo: Keystone) ...
Switzerland's second-biggest bank will become the first bank in more than a decade to admit to a crime in the US, as regulators expected to impose $2.5bn fine Credit Suisse Group was due to plead guilty to criminal charges that it helped thousands of Americans evade taxes, becoming the first bank in more than a decade to admit to a crime in the US. Regulators were expected to impose a $2.5bn fine...
Justice authorities in the canton of Valais have launched an investigation into the death of a two-year-old boy who drowned over the weekend in a canal....
Ernesto and Kirsty Bertarelli, whose family is judged to be the wealthiest in Switzerland, rank fifth on the newly released Sunday Times list of richest people in the UK....
Voters side with ministers who say raising basic annual salary for 35-hour week to £27,000 would harm small businesses Swiss voters have rejected a proposal to create what would have been the world's highest minimum wage after siding with the government and business leaders in a referendum. The plan, which would have pushed up the basic annual salary for a 35-hour week to £27,000, was rejected...
Legendary French-Swiss director Jean-Luc Godard said on Saturday that he has neither plans to go to Cannes nor is he interested in receiving the film festival's top prize, even if his "Goodbye to Language" is among movies in competition for the Palme d'Or....
Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse is set to sign a document admitting it had unwittingly run a "criminal enterprise" in its past wooing of US tax dodgers, media reported on Sunday....
The Swiss allowed a multi-billion-dollar deal to buy fighter jets from Sweden to crash and burn Sunday, when a majority turned out to nix funding for the purchase....
The future may be bitter for chocolate lovers unless cocoa producers step up their output dramatically to satisfy an expected surge in demand from emerging market countries, the executive of one of Switzerland's best known chocolate companies warns....
Swiss citizens on Sunday overwhelmingly voted for a harsher stance against convicted paedophiles by banning them from working with children for life....
Voters in the canton of Vaud on Sunday said no to a bid by environmental crusader Franz Weber to further protect the historic Lavaux vineyard region, east of Lausanne....
Voters have rejected the purchase of Swedish fighter jets for Switzerland’s air force. It is the first major defeat for the government in a ballot on military matters for 20 years. (Photo: Keystone) ...
Switzerland’s second oldest nuclear power plant will remain operational until 2019. Voters in canton Bern on Sunday rejected a proposal to shut down the Mühleberg power plant, shortening its lifespan by several years. (Photo: Keystone) ...