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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nazarbayev appoints Kazakhstan ambassadors to six countries Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev has appointed ambassadors of Kazakhstan to six countries.

27 April 2015

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

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

Second autopsy confirms Rakhat Aliyev's suicide A second autopsy of Rakhat Aliyev's body confirmed that the former Kazakhstan ambassador to Austria committed suicide.

20 March 2015

HSBC chief kept millions in Swiss account: report HSBC chief executive Stuart Gulliver, who vowed to reform the scandal-hit bank, kept millions of dollars in a Swiss account.

23 February 2015

Passengers injured in Swiss train crash Two trains slammed into each other near the Swiss city of Zurich on Friday, tipping over carriages and injuring at least five people, one seriously.

20 February 2015

Swiss prosecutor orders probe, search of HSBC offices Investigators launched a search of British banking giant HSBC's Geneva offices as part of a money laundering probe.

18 February 2015

HSBC boss says SwissLeaks claims 'painful' The boss of HSBC, which is at the centre of claims that it helped customers at its Swiss private bank avoid millions of dollars of tax.

14 February 2015

SwissLeaks whistleblower says tried to report tax evasion in 2008 A former HSBC employee who leaked documents alleging the bank helped wealthy customers dodge tax said he had tried to alert British authorities about evasion in 2008.

12 February 2015

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