Neuchâtel Xamax’s owner is behind bars and will have a new hearing with Geneva prosecutors today. Bulat Chagaev was arrested yesterday on charges of mismanagement. It was just hours after a judge accepted his demand to have the heavily indebted team declared bankrupt. Chagaev’s attorney called …
Geneva police say they’ve solved a 13-year-old murder case thanks to DNA evidence. In 1999 Geneva police found a 50-year-old taxi driver stabbed 47 times in his apartment. Last December they got a “hit” on their DNA sample. The killer, it turns out, was already serving time in …
As political and financial world leaders descend on Davos for the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, plane spotters are out in force. It’s like Christmas for plane spotters who have come to Switzerland from around the world to catch a glimpse not of world leaders but of the aircraft they …
At the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum happening in Davos, the talk over the last 24 hours has been of China’s future as it opens up. The Middle East was also discussed. Plus, Swiss and U.S. officials discussed U.S. untaxed money in Swiss accounts. WRS’s Vincent Landon and Tony …
Under-18s in Zurich are no longer allowed to work as prostitutes on Zurich’s streets or in its brothels. Zurich’s city government voted on a text to outlaw minors in the sex industry yesterday. The text stipulates that a prostitution license will only be granted to those over 18 years old. …
Tram and bus services in some parts of Zurich are at a standstill due to a power cut. Districts 1, 6 and 8 are mainly affected. Hundreds of restaurants and offices are in the dark and traffic lights at some junctions are also out. If you’re in Zurich, the 20 Minuten website has rolling updates on …
Swiss Oil refining group Petroplus has officially filed its debt restructuring request. French, German and British subsidiaries are also listed under the bankruptcy proceedings. The fate of the Cressier plant in Neuchâtel, which employs 260 people, remains uncertain. On Tuesday, …
Lawyers for anti-globalization activists at ATTAC went head-to-head with Nestlé éawyers for a second day in the civil spying trial in Lausanne. Nestlé admits it hired a Securitas agent to spy on activists at ATTAC. The company says it is a symbol of globalization that is vulnerable to attacks and …
Police believe people who stole safe from youth hostel in ski resort used snowboard to transport it away …
It was hailed as a victory. The pharmaceutical giant Novartis, which end of last year announced over a thousand job cuts in Switzerland, backed down after negotiations that went all the way to the Federal Palace in Bern. Not long after the victory cry, though, unease set …
