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Deposits of Indian customers in Swiss banks have declined by around 18 per cent over the past decade, according to the latest figures released by the Swiss National Bank (SNB).
The engraved facade of the Swiss National Bank (SNB BNS) in Switzerland’s capital Bern. The central cut interest rates by 0.25 percentage points to zero percent on June 19, 2025.
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss authorities cleared a village in the country's east over a potential rockslide, three weeks after a mudslide submerged a vacated village in the southwest.
Last week, the Swiss Federal Statistical Office reported that consumer prices fell by 0.1% in May 2025 compared to a year earlier, marking the first deflationary print since March 2021.
Previously, he was chief markets strategist for Haitong Securities in London. The Swiss National Bank is edging closer to implementing negative interest rates as it attempts to stave off deflation.
ZURICH, June 6 (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank said on Friday it would intervene in foreign currency markets where necessary to keep inflation on track after the United States added ...
A futuristic-looking “suicide pod” was used for the first time in Switzerland last year — with deadly results. On Sept. 23, 2024, a 64-year-old unidentified American woman, said to be ...
The collapse of the Swiss Birch glacier serves as a chilling warning of the escalating dangers faced by communities worldwide living under the shadow of fragile ice, particularly in Asia, experts say.
Swiss geologists use various methods, including sensors and satellite images, to monitor their glaciers. Asia was the world’s most disaster-hit region from climate and weather hazards in 2023 ...
Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter (L) visited the disaster area. The Lotschental valley stretches for just under 30 kilometers (20 miles) and is home to around 1,500 inhabitants.
The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in glacier collapses around the world and the increasing dangers.
Video: Swiss Village Nearly Wiped Out After Glacier Collapse Causes Catastrophic Landslide Swiss glaciologists attribute the accelerating glacier thaw to climate change, which has increased the ...