The first official flag: a tricolour Things could well have turned out differently. In 1798 Switzerland became a republic, the Helvetic Republic, under French pressure. The Swiss franc was ...

If the British had had a Swiss-like "safeguard clause" with the EU to put a brake on immigration there would have been no ...

The relaxed policy reflects Switzerland’s commitment to freedom ... participants must carry only one flag provided by the Swiss broadcaster SRG SSR. This move aims to avoid the repeat of ...

A political row has broken out in Switzerland over a campaign poster from the right ... The poster, which shows three white sheep kicking a black sheep against a backdrop of the Swiss flag, can be ...

The Swiss cabinet on Friday said it has approved the agreements struck with the European Union last year to regulate their ...