Switzerland news
Switzerland is a developed country in Europe. Its capital is Bern. Zurich and Geneva are the largest cities and economic centers. One of the country’s principles is armed neutrality. It is not a member of the EU, but part of the Schengen zone.
- Promoting diversity? Teacher wears full face Muslim veil, reads from Koran in Swiss school
A teacher in Switzerland has made headlines after wearing a full face veil and reading passages from the Koran out loud during a lesson on Islam, local media reports. The stunt was apparently aimed at promoting diversity.World News - Switzerland to inspect Facebook and Twitter profiles of asylum seekers
Asylum seekers in Switzerland could soon have their social media profiles reviewed as part of their application processes, according to local media reports.World News - Tesla bursts into flames after fatal crash in Switzerland (PHOTOS)
Swiss firefighters have indicated the impact of a fatal crash involving a Tesla car may have triggered a battery fire, causing the vehicle to go up in flames.World News - ‘High’ street store: Lidl to sell Swiss customers cannabis
Shoppers in Switzerland will be living the high life this month after budget supermarket Lidl announced that it will begin selling locally-grown cannabis to its customers.World News - Switzerland v Soviet Union: Secret files reveal neutral nation’s covert resistance plan
The release of a long-delayed report into an anti-communist paramilitary group that operated in Switzerland during the Cold War has revealed secret plans to combat a Soviet invasion of western Europe.World News - OPCW-accredited Swiss lab can ‘neither confirm nor deny’ BZ toxin was used in Skripal poisoning
The Swiss state Spiez lab which has studied samples from Salisbury said it can “neither confirm nor deny” the Russian foreign minister’s statement that nerve agent BZ was used in Sergei Skripal’s poisoning.World News
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