Swiss banks are scrambling ahead of a December 31 deadline to decide whether to join a US programme aimed at zooming in on lenders that helped Americans dodge taxes Swiss banks are scrambling ahead of ...

ZURICH (Reuters) – More than 200 budding Swiss songwriters have entered a public competition to come up with a new, more rousing national anthem, according to organizers who want to ditch a ...

More than 200 budding Swiss songwriters have entered a public competition to come up with a new, more rousing national anthem, according to organisers. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The ...

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Excerpts from the three finalists, each in a different language Football fans tuning into this week's England-Switzerland match may have noticed that, when their national anthem was played, many of ...

(MENAFN- Swissinfo) Few would claim it's the most stirring national anthem, and few know it by heart, but the Swiss Psalm has survived all attempts at replacement. This content was published on July ...

It was the summer of 1841. Alberik Zwyssig (1808-1854), a priest and composer from Uri, was visiting his brother at St.Carl, a magnificent patrician’s house at the gates of Zug, when he received mail ...

A prize of 10,000 Swiss francs, or £7,000 sterling, is being offered by the Swiss Public Welfare Society to whomever writes the best new lyrics to the Swiss national anthem. The one currently in use, ...

IN 1841 Alberich Zwyssig, a Swiss monk, played a new solemn tune to a handful of residents in the Swiss city of Zug. It proved a hit. As his hymn gained popularity in several of Switzerland's member ...

Likened to a weather forecast crossed with a church hymn, Switzerland's national anthem could be binned in favour of a new version if campaigners get their way. Too heavy on God and Alpine vistas, the ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - More than 200 budding Swiss songwriters have entered a public competition to come up with a new, more rousing national anthem, according to organizers who want to ditch a ...

Football fans tuning into this week's England-Switzerland match may have noticed that, when their national anthem was played, many of the Swiss players were not exactly singing along enthusiastically.