Members of Switzerland's silver medal-winning under-23 fencing team turned their backs to the Israeli gold medalists during the medal ceremony while Israel's national anthem played. Israeli ...

A Spar supermarket in Zug, Switzerland, has implemented Bitcoin (BTC) payments via the Lightning Network. The store’s Bitcoin payments went live on BTC Map, a community-driven project ...

SPAR has begun accepting Bitcoin payments at its Zug, Switzerland location, marking another milestone in Switzerland’s progressive approach to bitcoin adoption. The implementation uses the Lightning ...

Switzerland isn’t on your typical gay travel itinerary, but the country's growing LGBTQ nightlife and culture scenes make it worth a visit. Adam Groffman is an award-winning writer, editor, and ...

More than 200,000 visitors flock to Basel, Switzerland, between February and March to see locals don masks and play wind instruments for the annual three-day carnival, Basel Fasnacht. Capitals ...

Activists hold a banner reading in French "let's recognize some rights for animals" as they walk past a delicatessen during a protest in Lausanne, western Switzerland on Aug. 27, 2022.Fabrice ...

In a sharp break with its long-standing neutrality, Switzerland on Monday announced that it would join the European Union in imposing sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, filling a ...

Forget Scandinavia. Switzerland is richer and yet has a surprisingly equal wealth distribution. By Ruchir Sharma Mr. Sharma is an author, global investor and contributing opinion writer.

A country of refuge, Switzerland appears to many parents as the ideal place to educate their children in a framework of peace and security Switzerland is a very special country; there are neither ...

Though relatively small in size—roughly equal to New Hampshire and Vermont combined—Switzerland packs a big punch. It’s home to a dozen UNESCO sites, a topographic diversity that includes ...

(The Swiss lost.) Two hundred years ago, Switzerland was acknowledged as a neutral state in the Treaty of Paris. But it wasn’t until this day, Feb. 13, in 1920, that the League of Nations ...