Muslims girls in Switzerland must not be exempt from mixed swimming lessons, the European Court of Human Rights has said in a groundbreaking ruling.

The mother of missing Que Langdon believes her former partner is fully capable of deliberately disappearing with their little girl.

According to data published by HSBC Holdings, it pays to be an expatriate in Switzerland - literally.

Michael Schumacher is understood to have a team of 15 looking after him at his home.

A Russian presidential plane carrying journalists was chased across Swiss skies by fighter planes amid tensions between Putin and the rest of Europe.

The seven-time F1 world champion has been treated at home in Switzerland since his skiing accident in 2013.

New Base jumpers prone to leap dangerously beyond their experience

This feline resident of a Swiss hostel has an important job to do.

A man set a train carriage in Switzerland on fire using a flammable liquid and also stabbed passengers on Saturday, injuring six people

Geneva's airport was placed in lockdown yesterday after a jilted wife phoned in a false bomb threat to try to stop her husband leaving from the airport.

Amazing footage shows the moment a Kiwi takes flight over the Swiss Alps.

COMMENT: Nobody expected the conservative Swiss to approve the idea of a hefty monthly payout to everyone in the country without exception.

Switzerland is considering a plan to pay its people for doing nothing.

New Zealand is now ranking in 16th place on the world stage for the world's most competitive economies.

A Swiss village largely populated by millionaires has opted for a $400,000 fine instead of accepting 10 refugees into their community.

It's been almost 70 years in the making, but the longest rail tunnel in the world is only days away from opening.

We entered the clearing and stopped, breathing hard after snowshoeing through deep powder.

Formula One legend's former boss at Ferrari spoke only briefly to reporters and refused to elaborate on his short statement.

The U.S. Justice Department is finalising agreements with Swiss banks that may have helped Americans evade taxes.

By day he wore a suit and worked for one of the world's most powerful organisations. By night he lived in a tent.

David Hyde couldn't afford accommodation in one of the world's most expensive cities. Now locals have come to his rescue.

South Island's Agassiz Glacier has been "un-named" as part of a global campaign to remove the use of the name of Agassiz, a Swiss geologist who believed not all races were created equal.

An extradition order granted for man accused of a cold case killing in Switzerland has been appealed and is now in the hands of the Justice Minister.

An extradition order has been granted for man accused of a cold case killing in Switzerland.

An extradition hearing has been held at the Auckland District Court for a man accused of a cold case killing in Switzerland.

Justine Tyerman is captivated by the scenery of Valais' alpine skifields.

Dame Jenny Shipley wants NZ firms to take advantage of her appointment to the the board of the Boao forum, which has grown to become a major event for world leaders.

The number of foreign firms setting up operations in Switzerland has dropped 8 per cent to 274.

Justine Tyerman suspects there is a secret ingredient in Swiss chocolate which anaesthetises the conscience ...

The decision by Stuart Gulliver, CEO of HSBC Holdings, to park money in Switzerland puzzled lawyers who didn't see a clear tax benefit from the move.