Tag: Swiss

Liverpool sign Swiss winger Shaqiri

LONDON: Liverpool have signed Switzerland international Xherdan Shaqiri from Stoke City, the English Premier League giants announced Friday. The Reds said he had signed "a...

Two skiers caught in Swiss avalanche rescued

VIENNA: Two skiers who were caught in an avalanche in Switzerland near the border with France have been rescued with only minor injuries, police...

Swiss air force grounds five F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets

ZURICH: The Swiss air force has grounded five of its 30 F/A-18 Hornet fighter jets after finding tiny cracks in their landing flaps. It ordered...

Swiss leftists march against Trump, breakthrough Davos security cordon

ZURICH: Anti-capitalists marched through Swiss cities on Tuesday to protest a planned visit by US President Donald Trump to the World Economic Forum (WEF)...

Swiss asylum requests drop to lowest level since 2010

ZURICH: Asylum requests in Switzerland fell to their lowest level in eight years in 2017, down by a third from the previous year, as...

Bitcoin could become the new Swiss bank account, warns US official

WASHINGTON DC: Dominant digital currency bitcoin should not be allowed to become the Swiss bank account of the modern era used to hide illicit activity,...

Swiss prosecutors rule out charges over latest rape allegations against Polanski

GENEVA: Swiss prosecutors on Wednesday ruled out bringing charges over the latest rape allegations against filmmaker Roman Polanski because the statute of limitations for...

Swiss great Martina Hingis announces retirement from tennis

  Swiss great Martina Hingis has announced she will retire from tennis at the end of this week’s WTA Finals, where the 37-year-old multiple grand...

Swiss Muslim girls must take swimming classes with boys: Europe court

Muslim parents in Switzerland cannot refuse to send their daughters to school-run swimming lessons with boys, Europe's top rights court said Tuesday, dismissing a...

Switzerland rejects man’s $1m damages claim in Dr Khan nuclear bomb...

A Swiss man whose computers were destroyed a decade ago during an investigation into the illicit sale of nuclear weapons material to Libya has...

Euro 2016: Swiss hold hosts France 0-0

  France and Switzerland settled for a 0-0 draw that suited both sides, while Albania staked its claim to a place in the last 16...

Swiss complete tax-dodge payments to Britain, Austria

Switzerland said Monday that it had completed a programme to pay Britain and Austria hundreds of millions of euros in settlements for past tax-dodging...

Govt sets eyes on $200b in Swiss accounts

Pakistan to engage in exchange of confidential information from Switzerland for recovery of $200b illegally deposited by Pakistanis in Swiss banks The Government of Pakistan...

The Swiss Air Force is only available during office hours!

It may have been a few centuries since Switzerland fought a war, but it still enjoys a reputation as a place that would be...

Covert letter made Swiss not reopen cases against Zardari, SC told

In a bid to save the skin of President Asif Ali Zardari in Swiss cases, the former government of the Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP)...

Federer eyes indoor crown

Roger Federer has set his sights on more indoor glory after the Swiss great booked his place in the semi-finals of the ATP Tour...

Text of letter to Swiss authorities in synch with SC’s order

Law Minister Farooq Naik has said the letter written to Swiss authorities has been changed but its text has been kept in consonance with...