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Famous Swiss pianist to perform in Baku

Famous Swiss pianist to perform in Baku

Famous Swiss pianist Silvan Zingg will perform on the stage of International Mugam Center in Baku, January 27, News.az reports. Report informs that Silvan Zingg will perform at the International Mugam Center on January 27. Silvan Zingg …

 President of Switzerland arrives in Georgia

President of Switzerland arrives in Georgia

The President of the Swiss Confederation Doris Leuthard has arrived in Georgia on an official working visit today, the press service of the Georgian head of state reported. Georgian President Giorgi …

Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents to meet in Geneva

Azerbaijani and Armenian presidents to meet in Geneva

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and his Armenian counterpart Serzh Sargsyan will hold a meeting in Geneva on October 16, the spokesperson of Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry Hikmet Hajiyev said in a …

Nursultan Nazarbayev meets with Swiss counterpart

Nursultan Nazarbayev meets with Swiss counterpart

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev met with the President of Swiss Confederation Doris Leuthard at the opening ceremony of Swiss day at Astana EXPO-2017, Kazinform reports. Nazarbayev …

Man launches 'chainsaw rampage' in Switzerland

Man launches 'chainsaw rampage' in Switzerland

A man with a chainsaw has reportedly launched a rampage in a town in Switzerland injuring at least five people, local media reported with reference to the police. Police descended on the area’s old town amid reports that an …

Turkish diplomats seek asylum in Switzerland

Turkish diplomats seek asylum in Switzerland

Switzerland is processing asylum requests from hundreds of Turkish citizens, including a few diplomats, swissinfo.ch reports. At a parliamentary Q&A session this week, the Swiss cabinet confirmed that 408 Turkish citizens had …

Geneva holds new inter-Syrian round of peace talks

Geneva holds new inter-Syrian round of peace talks

Syrian government and opposition delegations started today a new round of peace talks at the UN headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, after 10 months of the failure of the last attempt to end the conflict, Prensa Latina reports. …

Zarif: Iran can cooperate with Saudi

Zarif: Iran can cooperate with Saudi

Iran and Saudi Arabia should be able to work together to help end conflicts in Syria and Yemen, after successfully cooperating over Lebanon last year, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said at the World …

Iran’s Zarif to address Davos forum

Iran’s Zarif to address Davos forum

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Switzerland to take part in the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum underway in Davos. Heading a high-ranking delegation, Zarif arrived in Davos to address …

Ilham Aliyev holds meetings in Davos

Ilham Aliyev holds meetings in Davos

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev held a series of meetings at the World Economic Forum, which is taking place in Davos, Switzerland. Yesterday, the President met with President of the Swiss Confederation …

Three people hurt in shooting near Zurich Islamic center

Three people hurt in shooting near Zurich Islamic center

Three people were wounded in a shooting near an Islamic center in central Zurich on Monday, police said. Swiss media said a suspect was on the run after the incident near the main train station in Switzerland's financial …

CAS upholds FIFA ban on Blatter

CAS upholds FIFA ban on Blatter

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said it had dismissed Joseph Blatter's appeal and that his six-year ban from all football-related activities remained in force, as from October 8, 2015.  It also said …

World Bank to help improving Azerbaijan's financial sector

World Bank to help improving Azerbaijan's financial sector

The World Bank (WB) will launch the second project on modernization of financial sector in Azerbaijan in late November-early December 2016, the WB private and financial development sector leader, Angela Prigozhina, …