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The Zurich High Court is due to announce its verdict in January in the case of former Raiffeisen chief executive Pierin Vincenz, who is appealing a 2022 conviction for fraud.
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Swiss Ski
Swiss Ski vice-president Claude-Alain Schmidhalter has been charged with fraud and breach of trust in Valais. He is due to appear in court on October 27 over allegations connected to a disputed severance payment from his former engineering business, creating questions for the organiser of the 2027 Alpine World Ski Championships.
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Switzerland
A Bern Administrative Court has allowed an undocumented mother of four Swiss children to remain in the country under family reunification rules. The article should explain the court’s balancing of family life, identity-document requirements and the children’s educational needs, while examining the ruling’s wider significance for migration policy.
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Geneva
Geneva’s ban on conspicuous religious symbols worn by members of cantonal and municipal parliaments is facing a legal challenge. Critics argue that the narrowly approved constitutional amendment infringes fundamental rights, bringing the canton’s policy on religion and public office before the courts.
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Zurich
A Zurich court has sentenced a 25-year-old man to 15 years in prison for attempting to murder three five-year-old children in a 2024 knife attack. Report on the court’s findings, the victims’ injuries, the attacker’s ordered therapy and the implications of the expulsion order.
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Geneva
Geneva’s ban on conspicuous religious symbols for members of cantonal and municipal parliaments is facing a legal challenge. The article would explain the constitutional amendment, the arguments about religious freedom and how the courts may test the limits of secularism in Swiss public life.
Le News
Geneva
Geneva’s prohibition on conspicuous religious symbols worn by members of cantonal and municipal parliaments is facing a legal challenge. Critics argue that the constitutional amendment, narrowly approved by voters, violates fundamental rights.
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Graubünden
Swiss prosecutors have opened proceedings against the driver of a coach crash in Graubünden that killed five Dutch tourists and injured other passengers. The investigation concerns suspected multiple counts of negligent manslaughter and negligent bodily harm.
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traffic accidents
Graubünden prosecutors have opened proceedings against the driver of a coach crash that killed five Dutch tourists and injured other passengers. The driver faces allegations of multiple counts of negligent manslaughter and negligent bodily harm.
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business
A Paris court has ordered Swiss company Calida to pay €6.4 million over its sale of Lafuma Mobilier. The ruling is not final and may be appealed, but it is expected to affect Calida’s 2026 results and raises questions about the company’s portfolio restructuring.
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cybercrime
A Zurich court sentenced a Ukrainian IT specialist to 12 years and nine months for his role in ransomware attacks that allegedly caused around CHF100 million in damage, including to Stadler Rail.
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banking
The conviction of former Swiss Bankers Association president Pierre Mirabaud over an CHF82 million bribery scheme brings renewed scrutiny to Switzerland’s role in international finance. The article should explain the case, the suspended sentence and its implications for anti-corruption controls in Swiss banking.
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Swiss law
Switzerland’s Federal Administrative Court has upheld the revocation of a naturalised citizen’s nationality despite the risk of statelessness. This legally significant case warrants an explainer on the strict conditions for denaturalisation, terrorism-related grounds and Switzerland’s international obligations.
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Swiss law
Switzerland’s Federal Administrative Court has upheld the revocation of citizenship in a case involving support for terrorism, despite the risk that the person could become stateless. The ruling raises important questions about denaturalisation, proportionality and the limits of citizenship law.
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courts
The Federal Administrative Court has upheld the revocation of Swiss citizenship from a man convicted in France of planning terrorist attacks and supporting Islamic State. The ruling may still be appealed to the Federal Court, making it a significant test of citizenship law and national security powers.
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Lausanne
A Lausanne court is beginning proceedings over a 2020 Youth Olympic Games rehearsal accident in which a Russian figure skater fell four metres onto the ice. Five people face allegations of causing grievous bodily harm through negligence.
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