News about Switzerland

Blatter fights ban amid FIFA turmoil FIFA president Sepp Blatter appealed against the 90 day ban that forced him out of office, a report said as world football's sleaze-tainted governing body headed into months of turmoil over how to find a new leader.
09 October 2015 17:12
Platini hits out at 'insidious' suspension leaks UEFA leader Michel Platini hit out at "insidious" leaks claiming he faces a 90-day suspension from world football's governing body FIFA.
08 October 2015 16:57
Chung says will start "embezzlement" case against Blatter FIFA presidential candidate Chung Mong-Joon said he plans to start legal action against world football leader Sepp Blatter who he slammed as "a hypocrite and a liar."
07 October 2015 16:47
Platini "still determined" to run for FIFA presidency UEFA chief Michel Platini is "still determined" to run for the FIFA presidency as successor to Sepp Blatter in next February's elections, despite "doubts" about his integrity.
30 September 2015 18:30
Blatter, Platini risk suspension amid FIFA ethics probe The future of embattled FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his heir-apparent Michel Platini was in play, as they faced scrutiny by the football world body's ethics committee.
28 September 2015 11:17
Prince Ali says FIFA leaders knew of corruption Prince Ali bin al Hussein, who led a challenge against Sepp Blatter this year, hit out at FIFA leaders links to corruption ahead of his entry into the FIFA presidential race.
08 September 2015 10:39
Germany's Steinmeier urges EU-Swiss talks on planned immigration limits German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged the European Union to negotiate with Switzerland on Bern's plans for new quotas on immigration from the bloc.
18 August 2015 11:19
Kazakhstan in 10 World’s Worst Performers in Economy: Bloomberg Kazakhstan ended up in the 10 World’s Worst Performers in Economy compiled by Bloomberg.
14 July 2015 05:09
Swiss widen FIFA money-laundering investigation The number of alleged money laundering transactions linked to the 2018 and 2022 World Cups bids won by Russia and Qatar has ballooned from 53 to 81.
13 July 2015 12:40
FIFA official agrees to extradition from Switzerland to US: Bern One of seven FIFA officials detained in Switzerland in May as a massive corruption scandal erupted has agreed to be extradited to the United States.
11 July 2015 10:02
FIFA dominoes fall, but does the trail lead to Blatter? The US investigation into world football governing body FIFA is modeled after an operation against an organized crime gang.
04 June 2015 15:50
Blatter resigns as FIFA president Sepp Blatter resigned as president of FIFA in a stunning capitulation to critics as a mounting corruption scandal engulfed world football's governing body.
03 June 2015 10:14
S. Africa denies $10 mn payment was FIFA bribe South Africa denied that a $10 million payment it made in 2008 was in any way a bribe to FIFA for the 2010 World Cup.
01 June 2015 11:56
Blatter could be quizzed as Swiss justice question top FIFA officials Several members of FIFA's executive committee have already been questioned by the Swiss justice, and president Sepp Blatter could also be quizzed "in the future if needed".
01 June 2015 10:03
FIFA office raided in probe linked to 2018, 2022 World Cups Swiss police on Wednesday raided the headquarters of FIFA, seizing documents in a probe linked to fraud in the awarding of the 2018 and 2020 World Cups.
27 May 2015 15:52
Large Hadron Collider resumes collisions after upgrade The world's largest particle smasher resumed colliding protons Tuesday as it gradually reboots following a two-year upgrade.
06 May 2015 10:46
France's Jean-Marie Le Pen hid 2.2 mn euros in Swiss account: report Jean-Marie Le Pen, the elderly founder and former chief of France's far-right Front National, hid 2.2 million euros in a secret account in Switzerland.
28 April 2015 12:04
Nazarbayev appoints Kazakhstan ambassadors to six countries Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev has appointed ambassadors of Kazakhstan to six countries.
27 April 2015 18:41
Nestle posts higher-than-expected first quarter growth The world's top packaged food maker Nestle posted better-than-expected growth in the first quarter despite currency exchange rates that hampered sales.
17 April 2015 15:57
Hollande heads to Switzerland to mend ties after tax squabbles French President Francois Hollande will arrive in Switzerland for a state visit aimed at mending ties with Bern.
15 April 2015 16:22
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