Topic: Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf

The oldest private Swiss bank has announced its intentions to sell its non-US assets to fellow Swiss bank Raiffeisen, AFP reports. The 270-year-old...
Switzerland will seek improved cooperation with Tunisia on migration issues after the two countries foreign ministers met on Thursday at the World...
Swiss authorities say they have arrested the Chechen owner of Neuchatel Xamax, hours after the soccer club said it would file for bankruptcy.....
Swiss Economy Minister Johann Schneider-Ammann said the Swiss central bank's decision to impose a franc ceiling of 1.20 versus the euro was the...

Time for women to rise up, urges Tutu

Women should rule the world - Tutu . After the uprisings in the Arab world, Nobel laureate Desmond Tutu said on Wednesday it was now time for women...
The Swiss government said on Wednesday it had tasked an expert with clarifying supervision of the Swiss National Bank after its chairman Phillipp...
Print Email share LinkedIn StumbleUpon Reddit Digg Del.i. cious Tweet . - Pakistan's top court began contempt proceedings Monday against the prime...
By David Pugliese Defence Watch The Defence Department is still not allowed to answer questions about its purchase of Swiss Leopard 2s. Sources say...
Swiss Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf said Wednesday she sees " no reason" to challenge a federal criminal court decision earlier in the day to grant bail to film-maker Roman Polanski.Her remarks opened the way for Polanski -- detained in September on US extradition ...
The Swiss government proposed Wednesday to restrict or even ban assisted suicide groups such as Dignitas in a bid to cut down on 'suicide tourism.'Scores of foreigners travel to Switzerland every year to end their lives with the help of such ...