In the 19th Century the village had 300 inhabitants, and there were many similar villages across the southern Swiss Alps. Today's popular lakeside resorts of Locarno and Lugano, affectionately ...

Swiss independence and neutrality are formally recognised by European powers at the Congress of Vienna. 1848 – Formation of modern Switzerland at the end of a civil war. Switzerland is ...

The committee behind the popular initiative "For modern citizenship rights" submitted around 105,000 certified signatures on Thursday to simplify naturalisation for foreigners living in Switzerland.

The result of a nationwide referendum has been overturned for the first time in modern Switzerland's history ... During the referendum campaign, the Swiss government told voters just 80,000 ...