Switzerland Politics News

Posters have appeared in many Swiss cities showing a dark, almost menacing figure of a woman, shrouded from head to foot in a black burka. Behind her is the Swiss flag, shaped like a map of the country, with black...

The posters are considered racist and insulting to Islam, yet they are on public display in the streets and main squares of Switzerland's biggest cities ahead of tomorrow's hotly disputed referendum on whether to ban the building of minarets on...

Roman Polansk's chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland is seen on Nov. 26, 2009. Switzerland–After two months in a Swiss jail, Roman Polanski prepared Thursday for the splendid captivity of his $1.6 million (U.S.) chalet in one of world's most luxurious winter...

Ahead of the WTO Ministerial Meeting in Geneva next week, India on Friday said protectionism by some countries need to be opposed and delay in reaching a global trade-opening deal will harm developing countries. "We are concerned about the global...

More than 14,700 Americans disclosed secret offshore bank accounts to the Internal Revenue Service, ensuring billions of dollars in new tax collections and data for a crackdown on evaders, Commissioner Doug Shulman said yesterday. Shulman reported the voluntary disclosures under...

Geneva — The UN labor agency has criticized Burma for failing to abolish forced labor more than a decade after the global body first took up the issue with the Southeast Asian country, officials said Friday. The International Labor Organization...

Academy Awards deadline approaching, a flock of international film bodies have announced their country's official candidates for foreign language Oscar consideration. Diehard fans have proved that the late Michael Jackson can still sell out a venue, after an early Los...

October 10 in Zurich University foreign ministers of Armenia and Turkey, Nalbandian and Davutoglu signed the Armenian-Turkish protocol on establishing diplomatic relations and the development of bilateral relations. The signing ceremony was attended by foreign ministers of Russia, Slovenia,...

Representatives of Switzerland, Russia, the United States and Europe gathered to witness the historic agreement that will open borders and establish diplomatic ties, much to the anger of some Turks and Armenians worldwide...A delay came at the very last minute...