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Swiss government rejects proposal to limit immigrationThe Swiss government on Monday rejected a hard-right proposal to limit immigration to stop the population from hitting 10 million before 20...17 Mar, 2026, 11.40 AM IST- Swiss voters consider whether women, like all male citizens, must do national serviceSwitzerland is voting on making national service compulsory for women. Supporters believe it will strengthen the nation and improve social ...30 Nov, 2025, 03.19 PM IST
- Swiss pick US F-35 jet and Patriot missiles for defence needsThe aircraft beat bids from Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet, the Rafale from France's Dassault and the four-nation Eurofighter built by German...01 Jul, 2021, 01.41 PM IST
- Switzerland nears $6.5 billion fighter decision after years of delaysSwitzerland's latest bid to procure fighters is driven by a pressing need to replace ageing Northrop F-5E/F Tiger II and its 30 Boeing F/A-...30 Jun, 2021, 04.47 PM IST
- Lockheed Martin F-35 leads in fighter jet evaluation: Swiss broadcaster SRFThe government is supposed to decide this month among the Eurofighter from Airbus, the Rafale from France's Dassault, Boeing's F/A-18 Super...22 Jun, 2021, 01.34 PM IST
- Swiss vote on whether to hike taxes to fight climate changeCritics say the measure would be ineffective since Switzerland's carbon-dioxide emissions amount to a mere 0.1 percent of the global tally ...13 Jun, 2021, 03.09 PM IST
- 'Who is our enemy?' Neutral Switzerland votes on fighter jets to replace F/A-18 Hornets"Who is our enemy? Who is attacking a small, neutral country - surrounded by NATO?" asked Priska Seiler Graf, a member of parliament for th...21 Sep, 2020, 03.01 PM IST
- Commodities plummet to 5-year lowThe Bloomberg Commodity Index of 22 raw materials lost as much as 1.7 per cent to 111.0612, the lowest level since May 2009, and was at 112...02 Dec, 2014, 05.55 AM IST
- Has the government really scored a major victory in the hunt for black money in Swiss banks?The pact with the Swiss insists on confidentiality until prosecution charges are filed, but the government is threatening to reveal names p...26 Oct, 2014, 07.00 AM IST
- Switzerland pushes for minimum wage of $25 per hour, maximum in the worldThe Swiss proposal would be counter-productive: “Unemployment among the unskilled is rising. The solution can’t be to make them more expens...15 Apr, 2014, 10.43 AM IST
- It's in India's best interest that Arvind Kejriwal doesn't actually wield powerHe plans to “ask people of Delhi” – via community meetings, text messages and widely distributed party pamphlets – whether his AAP should r...18 Dec, 2013, 12.28 PM IST
- Should Swiss business be very worried?The European Union and the US don’t look too attractive either: they already require nonbinding shareholder votes on executive compensation.07 Mar, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
- Novartis’ outgoing chief to forgo $78-million exit paySwiss shareholder rights groups had said the agreement should be scrapped after the size of the payoff was reported by a Swiss blog.20 Feb, 2013, 05.55 AM IST
- Swiss parties edge closer to ratifying US tax dealSwiss lawmakers have signalled their willingness to compromise in a long-running dispute over whether to give the United States files on th...14 Jun, 2010, 07.03 PM IST
- Swiss lawmakers give in, likely to back UBS deal with USSwiss lawmakers, bowing to pressure from bankers representing 7.6% of the nation’s gross domestic product, are poised to back the governmen...15 Apr, 2010, 03.12 AM IST
- The illiberal face of EuropeHistory often hinges on that seemingly stray, isolated incident. One, that for all its apparent momentousness, gets somewhat lost in the di...10 Dec, 2009, 04.47 AM IST
- Geneva referendum backs WTO extensionGeneva inhabitants approved a plan to extend the World Trade Organisation headquarters overlooking Lake Geneva. The extension was approved ...27 Sep, 2009, 08.37 PM IST
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