Switzerland's Federal Council Friday submitted new capital requirements for mega-banks like UBS in the wake of the Credit ...

Swiss financial market supervisor FINMA welcomed proposals announced by the government on Friday to give it stronger powers ...

The Swiss National Bank said on Friday it would intervene in foreign currency markets where necessary to keep inflation on ...

The Swiss government proposed strict new capital rules that would require banking giant UBS to hold an additional $26 billion ...

The Swiss franc has appreciated 10% against the U.S. dollar since the beginning of the year. A strengthening franc has put ...

The Swiss women's water polo team will take part in a European Championship next year for the first time in 30 years.

Towering above Ascona is Monte Verità (the Hill of Truth), a spiritual refuge where hippies and alternative communities have ...

A small village is "under rubble" after a glacier partially collapsed in the Swiss Alps this week, causing a mudslide. An ...

On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier -- located in the Lötschental valley in northern ...

Swiss authorities evacuated the town of Blatten days before the Birch glacier collapsed, but the resources that allowed them ...

A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday afternoon, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury ...

Switzerland’s most senior arms procurement official is seeking closer collaboration with European neighbors, as global demand ...