Swisster

Switzerland's Roger Federer has been drawn in the same group as Britain's Andy Murray for the ATP World Tour Finals at London's O2 Arena which get underway on Sunday...

Average apartment rents across Switzerland were stable in October, remaining unchanged from the previous month, according to a report from Homegate.ch, the real estate website...

A Geneva committee opposed to smoking in public places filed an appeal on Tuesday with Switzerland’s highest court in a bid to overturn a cantonal law that allows people to light up in dedicated rooms, known as fumoirs. ...

A federal government study conducted every two years reveals a growing salary gap between men and women in Switzerland, while concluding that median wages in the country fell in real terms last year, compared to 2006, due to cost of living increases...

An auction of rare watches by Christie’s in Geneva on Monday brought in more than 19 million francs, almost double the amount expected. ...

An Italian-American man said Monday he has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights against Switzerland after losing a legal battle with an Arabic sheikh, who whipped him with a belt in a Geneva hotel...

Unemployment may be rising as the economy stays mired in recession, but auction houses in Geneva are not letting that stop them from putting multi-million-franc gems under the hammer, along with fine watches and bottles of wine that cost as much as a car...

More than 80 celebrities have expressed support for Kofi Annan’s latest campaign “Tck Tck Tck Time for Climate Justice”, launched by his Geneva-based Global Humanitarian Forum in June. On t...

Luxury goods manufacturer Richemont said it recorded a 54 per cent fall in first-half net profits to around 400 million euros compared to last year, but the news beat analyst’s expectations and the share price was up nearly 6 per cent on the SMI at 1.45pm on Friday. ...

The body of a man has been discovered in the cellar of a building in Zurich, cantonal police said on Friday. Initial investigations indicate the death had a criminal element, say police. The victim’s identity has yet to be established. ...

The Danish government has invited Swiss federal minister, Moritz Leuenberger and other leading politicians from around the world to the Scandinavian country to take part in a meeting ahead of next month’s United Nations

The largest banks and insurers in Switzerland face a new regime for paying bonuses to their staff that is designed to discourage high-risk investments rigged by staff for short-term benefits...

President Barack Obama has selected Eileen Chamberlain Donahue to represent the United States as Special Ambassador to the Human Rights Council in Geneva...

Daniel Vasella, chairman of Basel-based pharamaceutical company Novartis, is Switzerland’s top paid executive, according to a list published by Handelszeitung, the Swiss business journal. ...