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Get the latest news, updates and features about Switzerland, a country in Central Europe. Switzerland is known for cities including Zurich, Bern, Geneva, Basel and Lausanne, its stunning lakes, and the Swiss Alps mountains including the Matterhorn. Switzerland is the host country for the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.

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Same-sex couples legally get married in Switzerland after wedding law change

Channel: World World July 1, 2022 By Siba Jackson

Young elephant dies after contracting herpes

Channel: World World July 1, 2022 By Kirsten Robertson
Swiss bank Credit Suisse ihas been accused of hiding stolen Nazi cash worth over a billion dollars

$1,000,000,000 of looted Nazi cash may have been hidden in bank account for 78 years

Channel: World World June 28, 2022 By Tom Sanders
Rare Ferrari F40 \'worth up to ?2million\' is left a crumpled mess after smashing into a wall during classic supercar event

Rare Ferrari F40 worth up to £2,000,000 smashes into wall at supercar event

Channel: World World June 23, 2022 By Sian Elvin
airbnb

Woman stays in shop window for £1,000 a night after AirBnb prank escalates

Channel: Weird Weird June 28, 2022 By Jasper King
People walk on hot coals as they celebrate the so-called Walpurgis Night or Witches' Night in Vilnius, on May 1, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Petras Malukas (Photo credit should read PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP via Getty Images)

Firewalking event goes wrong leaving 25 with burn injuries 

Channel: World World June 15, 2022 By Sean Seddon
The effigy was set alight for Sechsel?uten in Bassersdorf, Switzerland (Picture: zurinews)

Town that lit effigies of Kim Jong Un and Gaddafi burns straw trans woman

Channel: World World June 15, 2022 By Faye Brown
prince andrew chalet

Removal van spotted outside Prince Andrew's £18,000,000 ski chalet

Channel: UK UK June 10, 2022 By Jasper King
hitler speech

Hitler's fear of serious illness revealed in newly discovered letters

Channel: World World June 6, 2022 By Jasper King
Concours Eurovision de la chanson

When did Eurovision start?

Channel: Entertainment Entertainment May 13, 2022 By Elizabeth Atkin
Quirky trips and experiences to book this Easter

Quirky trips and experiences to book this Easter

Channel: Travel Travel April 4, 2022 By Laura Millar
Four members of same family die in 'collective suicide' jumping from roof one-by-one

Family who jumped to their deaths were 'conspiracy theorists who hoarded food'

Channel: World World March 30, 2022 By Sian Elvin

Four relatives 'jump to their deaths after police raid over home-schooling'

Channel: World World March 24, 2022 By Harrison Jones

Vladimir Putin's gymnast 'lover' is 'hiding in Swiss chalet with their four children'

Channel: World World March 8, 2022 By James Hockaday

Prince Andrew 'settles £6,600,000 debt so he can sell ski chalet'

Channel: UK UK January 11, 2022 By Tom Williams
Princess Beatrice enjoys skiing holiday at Prince Andrew's Swiss chalet ahead of father's hearing - ?300 set Backgrid

Prince Andrew’s family enjoy break at his £17,500,000 ski chalet as he lays low

Channel: UK UK January 4, 2022 By James Hockaday

3D-printed suicide pods are now legal in Switzerland

Channel: Tech Tech December 6, 2021 By Anugraha Sundaravelu

Switzerland gives Covid passports the green light after tense referendum

Channel: World World November 28, 2021 By Harrison Jones
Protests across Europe as restrictions are tightened to combat rising cases

Protests against Covid lockdowns across Europe as restrictions are tightened

Channel: News News November 22, 2021 By Sam Corbishley
skier on a snowy ridge

Sustainable skiing trips: Pick eco-friendly resorts and ski trains this winter

Channel: Travel Travel November 1, 2021 By Colin Nicholson