Payday for Warholm and Ingebrigtsen?
Karsten Warholm and the brothers Filip and Jakob Ingebrigtsen are victory candidates in the Diamond League finals in Zurich. It may mean one of…
Switzerland
Muslim couple denied citizenship in Switzerland for refusing to shake hands
A Muslim couple has been denied citizenship in Switzerland because they refused to shake hands with people of the opposite sex reported BBC news. …
Switzerland gets chocolate reprimand by the WTO
Switzerland gets chocolate reprimand by the WTO Switzerland must stop subsidizing exports of its famous chocolate by the end of next year according to The…
26 Norwegians have euthanasia membership in Switzerland
The Swiss organization Dignitas has granted a euthanasia membership to 26 Norwegians. Dignitas has already assisted three Norwegians to practice euthanasia in 2015, according to…
The day of the Canadians
Canada is represented twice on the podium: Erik Guay is the sensation of the day and won gold at the Super G! Manuel Osbourne-Paradis let…
KONGSBERG signs contracts for PROTECTOR RWS with Switzerland
KONGSBERG has signed new contracts for delivery of PROTECTOR RWS to armasuisse for approximately MNOK 130. The remote weapon system that will be delivered to…
New ambassadors from Switzerland, Iraq, the Czech Republic and Rwanda
Four new ambassadors to Norway presented their letters of credence to His Majesty King Harald V on 19. January 2017 Four new ambassadors to Norway…
The world’s longest train tunnel opened in Switzerland
The first train ran Sunday through the world’s longest train tunnel, the 57.1 km long Gotthard tunnel runs under the Swiss Alps. The train drove…
Woman wearing a nikab in Switzerland gets fined 85,000 kroner
A woman in the Swiss city of Locarno was fined by police when she went clothed in a nikab in public. In 2013 a majority…
Norwegian competitiveness is weakened, according to ranking
Norway drops two places and is now at ninth place in a new ranking of the world’s most competitive economies. Norway drops from seventh place…
Swiss voted no to expelling foreign nationals for minor offenses
Swiss voters voted no to the proposal that foreign nationals who have committed minor offences twice may be expelled from the country without taking their…
Switzerland votes on proposals for expulsion of foreign nationals
If the Swiss votes yes in Sunday’s referendum, foreign nationals, including those born in Switzerland, will be automatically expelled from the country even after minor…