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LONDON, May 30: Shares in Britain’s biggest watch retailer Watches of Switzerland Group Ltd rose by as much as 15% on their debut on the London Stock Exchange on Thursday.

BERLIN, Aug 6: Determining why a vintage plane crashed in the Swiss Alps will be challenging since the 79-year-old aircraft did not have black boxes and was traveling in an area without frequent radar readings when it plunged into a mountain, killing all 20 of the people on board, investigators said Sunday.

Swiss held on pedophilia charge

July 21, 2018 03:49 am

KATHMANDU, July 20: Over a month after a foreigner was arrested on the charge of sexually abusing a minor, police have arrested another 66-year-old Swiss citizen for his alleged involvement in pedophilia, a psychiatric disorder that leads to sexual attraction toward children.

ST PETERSBURG, July 3: A deflected shot from Emil Forsberg gave Sweden a 1-0 victory over Switzerland in a scrappy round of 16 match on Tuesday, sending the Swedes through to the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time in 24 years.

KATHMANDU, June 28: Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) has revoked the license of an instructor pilot after he was found involved in serious flight safety negligence.

NIZNHY NOVGOROD, June 28: Switzerland set aside political controversy and Costa Rica broke their World Cup duck in a pulsating 2-2 draw on Wednesday that saw the Europeans into the next round against Sweden.

MOSCOW, June 24: FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Switzerland players Xherdan Shaqiri and Granit Xhaka, looking into their goal celebrations during their win over Serbia on Friday.

KALININGRAD, June 23: A thunderous strike by Granit Xhaka and a superb last-minute breakaway goal by Xherdan Shaqiri gave Switzerland a dramatic 2-1 win over Serbia in a swashbuckling World Cup Group E match on Friday.

ROSTOV, June 18: Pre-tournament favourites Brazil failed to win their opening game of a World Cup for the first time since 1978 as Switzerland earned a valuable draw in Rostov-on-Don.

A craft brewery in Switzerland has triggered anger and protests from the other side of the world after it named a new beer after a former King of Nepal.

KATHMANDU, April 4: Swiss Ambassador to Nepal Elisabeth von Capeller paid a courtesy call on Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara.

RUKUM, Feb 18: Daniel Mayor, a Swiss national, thinks that Rukum has great potential for paragliding.

The proposal follows an exodus in recent years of permanent of residents from Albinen, near Leukerbad in Valais. Many of the houses in the idyllic village are used as holiday homes.

Swiss ambassador at Kanjirowa

December 14, 2017 09:48 am

KATHMANDU, Dec 14: Swiss ambassador to Nepal, Jorg Frieden, paid a visit to Kanjirowa National Secondary School during a special program organized at the college premises in Koteshwar. On the occasion, Kapildev Regmi, board of directors at Kanjirowa, Mahendra Khanal, executive director, and Principal at Kanjirowa, Ranjita Thapa, felicitated Ambassador Frieden with a bouquet and khada (traditional Nepali shawl).

Swiss great Hingis announces retirement

October 27, 2017 11:43 am

SINGAPORE, Oct 27: Swiss great Martina Hingis has announced she will retire from tennis at the end of this week’s WTA Finals, where the 37-year-old multiple grand slam champion is playing in the doubles tournament alongside Taiwan’s Chan Yung-jan.

BERLIN, July 19:  Swiss police say they’ve formally identified two bodies found on an Alpine glacier as those of a couple missing for nearly 75 years.

GENEVA, May 5: The family of famed Swiss climber Ueli Steck has held a funeral ceremony in Nepal following his death in a still-unexplained mountaineering accident near Mount Everest.

KATHMANDU, April 30:Swiss climber Ueli Steck famed for his relentless mountaineering feats perished near Mt Everest during a mountaineering accident early morning on Sunday. He was 40.

KATHMANDU, May 1: Swiss climber Ueli Steck famed for his relentless mountaineering feats perished on Everest during a mountaineering accident early morning on Sunday. He was 40.

KATHMANDU, April 30: Expedition organizers say famed Swiss climber Ueli Steck was killed in a mountaineering accident near Mount Everest in Nepal.

KHOTANG, April 10: A Swiss citizen has died while speaking at a program of the school in Solukhumbu .

GENEVA, Feb 10: Swiss bank Julius Baer says it is facing a claim of 306 million euros ($325 million) for allegedly not preventing the embezzlement of assets from a foreign corporation.

Rs 1b Swiss aid for bridges pledged

January 26, 2017 19:40 pm

KATHMANDU, Jan 26: Switzerland has agreed to contribute a total of CHF 9.9 million (equivalent approximately NPR. 1 billion) to Nepal to expedite the construction of bridges and facilitate improved access through Motorable Local Road Bridge Programme (MLRBP), Phase III.

Swiss ambassador Frieden in Mahottari

January 20, 2017 11:00 am

MAHOTTARI, Jan 20: Swiss Ambassador to Nepal, Jörg Frieden, on Thursday visited various places in Mahottari district.

Strasbourg (France), Jan 11: Muslim parents in Switzerland cannot refuse to send their daughters to school-run swimming lessons with boys, Europe's top rights court said Tuesday, dismissing a challenge by a Turkish-Swiss couple claiming the rule violated their beliefs.

BERLIN, Aug 14: Swiss police say the man who attacked passengers aboard a train with a knife and burning liquid, killing one and wounding five others, has died of his own injuries.

BERLIN, Aug 14: Swiss police say the man who attacked passengers aboard a train with a knife and burning liquid, killing one and wounding five others, has died of his own injuries.

PARIS, June 20: France and Switzerland settled for a 0-0 draw that suited both sides, while Albania staked its claim to a place in the last 16 of the European Championship by eliminating Romania in a 1-0 victory on Sunday.

LILLE, France, June 20:Though teams often swap shirts with their opponents after a game, Switzerland's players were forced to change their own ones several times in an eventful 0-0 draw with France at the European Championship on Sunday.