Switzerland

Marine One touched down at Davos on Wednesday afternoon, conveying U.S. President Donald Trump to the very heart of globalism.

U.S. President Donald Trump will address globalist elites in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday at the World Economic Forum (WEF) and set out the future of Greenland as well as the course, direction and speed of a host of other geopolitical initiatives he is driving.

U.S. President Donald Trump will attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland, this week as he continues to challenge the established world order with a series of geopolitical victories and the promise of more to come.

Create “European Security Council” because the “Pax Americana” is over and it would build “European Independence”, says commissioner.

Bar in Switzerland where 40 people died on New Year’s Eve had missed its annual fire and safety inspection every year for five years.

Swiss police said they’ve identified all the people who were injured in the fire that tore through a New Year’s celebration in a crowded bar.

The Swiss federal government announced on Monday that it has frozen “any assets held in Switzerland by Nicolás Maduro and other persons associated with him, with immediate effect.”

Fire in basement bar in an upscale ski resort confirmed to have killed 40 people, with identification of the burned to potentially take weeks. 

At least “several dozen” killed and around 100 people are seriously injured after a fire at a New Year’s Eve party in a basement nightclub.

The national broadcaster responsible for hosting the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest announced on Wednesday that audience members will be allowed to bring “all official flags,” presumably including the Palestinian flag, and that booing will not be censored out of the live event, emboldening pro-Hamas protesters who have made the non-political event a major target.

Swiss pop singer and rapper Nemo is returning the 2024 Eurovision trophy to protest Israel participating in the song contest.

The world is in a febrile state. Europe is watching Russian aggression into Ukraine while the Middle East and parts of Africa remain unstable as China flexes in Asia. Still, the increasingly sidelined United Nations has its priorities firmly in place.

Swiss voters on Sunday decisively rejected a call to require women to do national service in the military, civil protection teams or other forms, as all men must do already.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio touched down in Geneva on Sunday morning for discussions on a 28-point plan for peace to end the Ukraine war, after Washington signalled flexibility on the controversial proposal.

Digital identity cards are set to be introduced in Switzerland after voters narrowly approved a referendum on Sunday.

The Swiss city of Lausanne was rocked this week by race youth riots after a migrant from Gambia died while fleeing from police on a motorbike.

Macron says he is “pushing for Geneva” for the next Ukraine talks, but Russian President Putin seems to be less keen.

Switzerland’s president held last-gasp talks with the US secretary of state on Wednesday after she rushed to Washington to avert tariffs.

Trump warns Europe would be subjected to a punishment trade tariff if it attempted to welch on its promise to invest in the American economy. 

President Donald Trump revealed Tuesday that he plans to put tariffs on pharmaceutical products, which will start at a lower duty but rise to 150 percent or 250 percent 12 to 18 months from now.

A Chihuahua is being hailed a hero after showing rescuers where a man had fallen into a glacier in southern Switzerland.

Officials have claimed that subscriptions to a swimming pool in the Swiss municipality of Porrentruy have increased significantly after authorities imposed a ban on foreigners.

A team of 14-year-old boys had no problem going through the Swiss women’s national team, as they defeated them 7-1 ahead of the Euro 2025 qualifiers.

Iran’s foreign minister arrived Friday for talks with top European diplomats in Geneva after war erupted between Israel and Iran.

One person is missing after a chunk of a glacier careened down a mountainside in Switzerland on Wednesday.

Israel has won its way through to the Eurovision grand final on Saturday, hours after anti-Israel protesters in Basel, Switzerland, tried to disrupt the country’s dress rehearsal and prevent a survivor of the October 7 Hamas terrorist attack go forward.

Three Ukrainian nationals have been arrested in Germany and Switzerland on suspicion of agreeing to send parcels containing explosive or incendiary devices from Germany to Ukraine, apparently at the behest of people acting for Russia, German prosecutors said Wednesday.

Cameras caught an anti-Israel protester at Sunday’s Eurovision opening event, the “turquoise carpet,” making a throat-slitting gesture and spitting in the direction of the Israeli delegation to the competition.

The Swiss fencing team turned their backs to the Israeli national anthem after the Jewish state won gold at the European Championships.

The Swiss president says Switzerland is among 15 countries with which the United States plans to conduct “privileged” negotiations.

Swiss authorities have arrested and deported Ali Abunimah, the executive director of the radical anti-Israel website Electronic Intifada, after he arrived in the country to speak at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Zurich.

Ahead of next week’s presidential election, First Lady Melania Trump is gracing the cover of Schweizer Illustrierte, a Swiss-based magazine, wearing an off-the-runway look from one of her favorite fashion duos.

A Swiss tourist had her throat cut in a cafe in Algeria by a man yelling “Allahu Akbar” and “Long live Palestine” earlier this month in an attack which was allegedly covered up by local authorities.

A man attacked and injured three young children as they were heading to a day care center in Zurich on Tuesday, Swiss police said.

Police in northern Switzerland said Tuesday that several people have been detained and a criminal case opened in connection with the suspected death of a person in a new “suicide capsule.”