BERN, Switzerland, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Voter approval of a ban on minarets in Switzerland violates the religious freedom of Muslims living in that country, human rights activists said.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Nov. 6 (UPI) -- A Swiss referendum on whether to ban the building of minarets on mosques is causing some businesses to say they worry about backlash from Muslim countries.
BERNE, Switzerland, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- Switzerland will vote Nov. 29 on a controversial initiative that would ban the export of Swiss-manufactured military weapons and ammunition, authorities say.
ZURICH, Switzerland, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Swiss Reinsurance Co. Chief Executive Officer Jacques Aigrain resigned Thursday saying he had lost the trust of investors to run the Swiss firm.
AMMAN, Jordan, Oct. 12 (UPI) -- A senior Jordanian government official has said the country plans to construct a fifth minaret on the Temple Mount in early 2007.
BERN, Switzerland, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Long suspicious of genetically modified crops, Switzerland is voting on a proposal to ban all such crops for five years.
ZURICH, Switzerland, May 25 (UPI) -- Crime in Switzerland increased 8 percent from 2002 to 2003, following a 12 percent increase from 2001 to 2002.
COLUMBIA, Miss., Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Scientists are developing new aluminum-tolerant wheat strains that can grow in poor, acidic soils. They hope this conventionally bred, non-genetically modified
