When it comes to square national flags, Switzerland is joined only by the Vatican. The two states also share another link: the Swiss Guards, the armed unit engaged to protect the Pope. And flag ...

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UK students will pay more for university in England next year, as undergraduate tuition fees rise to £9,535 a year. It is an ...

ZURICH, Oct 24 (Reuters) - The Swiss Bankers Association on Thursday criticised government plans for tougher ... Reuters ...

National flags are much more than just mere ... The first example is Switzerland. The Swiss flag is not rectangular, but ...

The trade and economic partnership (TEPA), in March, signed a deal with European Free Trade Association, whose biggest member ...

Switzerland's Eurovision winner Nemo, who uses they/them pronouns, celebrating with the smuggled-in non-binary flag The European Union has lodged an official complaint with the organisers of the ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss Bankers Association on Thursday criticised government plans for tougher capital requirements on UBS following the 2023 collapse of Credit Suisse, saying the measures could ...

Hong Kong has no surfing team, no facilities and a government ban on surfing at any public beaches A Hong Kong surfing ...

Switzerland’s parliament is unlikely to adopt rules forcing lawyers to fight money laundering as many lawmakers are themselves attorneys, the country’s finance minister said. “It’s very ...

BELLINZONA, Switzerland (Reuters) -The Swiss National Bank cannot rule out the possibility of taking interest rates into negative territory while the risks for Swiss inflation are tilted downwards, ...