Switzerland News

An elderly woman in Zurich, Switzerland called an emergency number to report that her TV was burning.

Via SwissInfo.ch: The number of confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu virus in Switzerland has reached 75 .

TWO Oxford men will be on the starting line today for a real-life wacky race across Europe.

This fire may be the easiest blaze ever extinguished for firefighters. Authorities in Zurich, Switzerland were called early Thursday morning to investigate a report of a television on fire.

Two tour premieres - "Atlantic City" and the cover of "I Fought the Law" - highlight Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's show Tuesday at the Stade de Suisse in Bern, Switzerland.

People of Iranian origin hold images purporting to show Neda Agha Soltan, allegedly killed during a protest in Tehran, as they protest against the regime in Iran, during a demonstration in Zurich, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 24, 2009.

Little girl needs a new heart CERT Training Glass of wine leads to arrest Time is running out Sweetbay Beef Recall A chilling revelation Could the rape and murder of Coralrose Fullwood have been videotaped? One man says it was and he knows where the tape is.

The study is the first to simultaneously record electrical brain activity integrated with large-scale navigational movements of free-flying birds, according to the researchers.

Swiss banking secrecy is still the rule despite international pressure for greater transparency, Switzerland's President and Finance Minister Hans-Rodolf Merz said on Thursday in an interview.

Poyry's share of the assignment amounts to about EUR 1.7 million. The scope of the work comprises project planning and onsite engineering, project management and quality control, quality assurance testing of materials and equipment, theoretical and on-the-job training for the operator and inspection of the completed works.

You'd expect Luzern, being right in the heart of Switzerland, somehow to encapsulate the Swiss essence.

Today I presented project Metro at GlassFish Day event which took place in Zurich, Switzerland as part of the larger Jazoon 2009 conference.

Linking Zrich and Geneva, the GoldenPass Line takes in some of the country's finest cities and countryside.

Glencore International, the Swiss-based commodities trader founded by Marc Rich to become one of the world's biggest private companies, is considering a stock market listing, the Financial Times reported on Friday.

Face covered with dust, a tired miner scrambles through a tiny gap linking two parts of what will be the world's longest rail tunnel, clutching a gold coloured statuette of saint Barbara.

LUCERNE. June 19. KAZINFORM Delegates of the 11th Congress of the Russian Press represent media outlets of more than 50 countries.

BERN, Switzerland - Swiss authorities say they have found the body of a 12-year-old Indiana boy who apparently fell into a torrential waterfall.

The world's first solar plane is expected to complete the round-the-world trip in 2011, a representative of one of the sponsors of the project said in Shengyang Thursday.

An estimated 800,000 adults in Switzerland have problems with reading and writing, yet the taboo surrounding the issue means many suffer in silence.

Zurich lies nestled in the heart of Switzerland along the northwestern shores of the magnificent Lake Zurich.