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An independent group of Swiss watchmakers is launching a new exposition in Geneva in January, bringing to three the number of such annual shows in the city known for its watch companies...

Switzerland's Transport Minister Moritz Leuenberger has floated the idea of tax on commuters travelling at rush hours either by public transport or in private vehicles...

UBS shares recover on Wednesday after dropping sharply the previous day. One analyst suprisingly reckons the Swiss bank is ready for recovery and has given the stock a "buy" rating despite Tuesday's poor third quarter results which helped spook the markets and renew pessimism towards the sector.

The Swiss government says it sees the 60th anniversary of the Geneva Conventions this year as "an opportunity for strengthening humanitarian law, ensuring greater respect for its principles and better protection for the victims of armed conflicts"...

The Société Nautique de Genève (SNG) is to appeal against last week's decision by a New York court which ruled against Alinghi defending the America's Cup in Ras Al Khaimah (RAK). The Swiss team's official representatives have applied for an expedited appeal to avoid extended delays. S...

Basel-based pharmaceutical company Novartis on Tuesday announced research and development investments of almost 1.3 billion francs in China. The company said it would spend one billion dollars over the next five years to expand its institute for biomedical research in Shanghai...

South African archbishop Desmond Tutu, and human rights activist Adolfo Pérez Esquival of Argentina have come out in support of an initiative to ban Swiss arms exports launched by the Group for Switzerland Without an Army....

Swiss new vehicle sales are expected to fall by almost 10 percent for the full year of 2009, Auto-Suisse, the association of car importers said on Monday. The association expects the total number of models registered for the 12-month period to reach 260,000, 9.9 percent less than in 2008...

An international competition awarded a French firm of architects the first prize for its design for the planned new Comédie theatre complex in Geneva, the Tribune de Genève reported on Monday. ...

Halloween is generally celebrated in a low-key way in most parts of Switzerland, compared to the trick-or-treating mania that consumes America and certain other - mainly Anglophone - countries. But expats in Geneva are again proving the exception to the rule...

This year has been a good one for most Swiss workers as far as wage increases go but 2010 looks less promising, a report released on Friday by UBS shows...

Switzerland's two largest banks are among 138 financial institutions fingered for financing munitions companies that produce deadly cluster bombs known to kill and maim civilians...

Q: You are director of the Musée gruérien in the heart of cheese country, and you are a specialist in the history of cheese fondue in Switzerland. ...

Clashes between football supporters and police in St. Gallen at Zurich on Wednesday night left four injured including two officers. Around 22 people were arrested in connection with the unrest which sparked at a game between home side St. Gallen and Zurich Grasshoppers...