A review of the history of Swiss neutrality reveals two ... However, it was not imposed on Switzerland by the Congress of Vienna, as a recent legend claims. Rather, it was Swiss politicians ...

The most recent comprehensive history of Switzerland— a thousand-page tome published in 1988 in French, Italian and German—dismisses Tell in just 20 lines. (Even so, a bronze statue of a ...

Outside Europe, North America continues to be the preferred destination for Swiss citizens, accounting for 16% of the total.

At times it makes one melancholy.” Dr. Alfred Schaefer, 60, chief of the Union Bank of Switzerland, and by common consent that nation’s foremost commercial banker, was protesting the notoriety ...

A powerful earthquake in Southeast Asia dominates today’s news raising concerns for the Swiss living in the region.