Switzerland

ABB to pay further $315 million to settle US charges over South Africa bribes

New York – Swedish-Swiss industrial company ABB agreed to pay $315 million to settle US criminal charges that it... Read more

4 Dec, 2022

Geneva – Swedish-Swiss engineering giant ABB has been fined four million Swiss francs ($4.3 million) over bribery linked to... Read more

2 Dec, 2022

Johannesburg – South Africa’s police on Thursday arrested eight people, including a former director of the state energy utility,... Read more

28 Oct, 2022

Geneva – Pharmaceutical giant Novartis has signed a licensing agreement increasing access to a vital leukaemia treatment, a UN-backed... Read more

20 Oct, 2022

Zurich – Troubled Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse, which has scrambled to ease fears about its financial health, announced... Read more

7 Oct, 2022

Geneva – In a rare case of alleged Islamist “terrorism” in Switzerland, a woman will go on trial next... Read more

25 Aug, 2022

Geneva – As monkeypox infections jump around the world, prompting a scramble for vaccines, AFP looks at how the... Read more

21 Jul, 2022

Cape Town – South African comedian Trevor Noah has described his visit to his father’s country, Switzerland, as “surreal”.... Read more

20 May, 2022

Geneva – Swiss prosecutors said on Wednesday they had indicted a woman for attempted murder on behalf of the Islamic... Read more

18 May, 2022

Cape Town – Switzerland’s tennis megastar Roger Federer has posted pictures of himself together with his parents, and Springbok... Read more

25 Nov, 2021