People walk in the old town of St. Gallen, April 15, 2013. REUTERS/Michael Buholzer ZURICH (Reuters) - Voters in St. Gallen on Sunday approved by a two-thirds majority a ban on facial coverings such ...

APPENZELL, Switzerland (Reuters) - Hikers will no longer be able to stroll naked through the idylic Alpine countryside of Appenzell Innerrhoden after the conservative Swiss canton banned nude walking ...

A Swiss Guard recruit takes his oath during the induction ceremony for 36 new guards in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican May 6, 2022. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.) Listen ROME – On Sunday citizens of the ...

Swiss voters approved constitutional amendments this weekend designed to unify higher education across the confederation’s 26 states. The changes, which supporters say will create greater transparency ...

Most international visitors who fly into Geneva make a beeline for the ski resorts and Alpine playgrounds in the German-speaking eastern part of Switzerland. That is a shame. The canton of Vaud, ...

The Swiss canton of Zug now allows its residents to pay taxes in cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH). Bitcoin Suisse, a local crypto broker that enabled the new opportunity in ...