Switzerland

European football body seeking claims of ‘criminal mismanagement’ against Fifa president in Switzerland

In a case widely compared to the Pelicot trial in France, Patrick Frei is accused of repeatedly drugging and raping a woman and her Irish teenage daughter, and filming the alleged attacks

Swiss voters will have their say in a referendum on September 27th

Three decades after the chaos of the Swiss city’s ‘Needle Park’, supervised drug use and state-backed heroin treatment have cut harm, but crack has posed new challenges

Swiss win cagey encounter to set up tie against Argentina

Traditionalists have ‘irregular canonical situation’ with Rome, says Dún Laoghaire priest

Portugal and Spain’s wins set up a cracking round of 16 match, while Switzerland also advance

Ultra-traditionalist right-wing Society of St Pius X was established in 1970 and ‌denies key Church teachings

Parts of central, eastern and southern Europe are sweltering this week with Budapest forecast to exceed 40 degrees today

One price, home and away: Bungalow with equestrian facilities, Swiss chalet and more

US president made series of aggressive statements on social media and TV despite some progress being made on oil exports

Tehran’s leadership says it has closed Strait of Hormuz over Israeli ‘crimes’ in Lebanon

Immigration has been vital to Ireland’s economic growth. But, as with Switzerland, it has led to pressures on housing availability and costs

US president says that if it weren’t for him ‘Israel would not exist today’

US vice-president JD Vance changes travel plans at last minute

Early Edition with Andrew McNair

Lapwings are the biggest beneficiaries, along with meadow pipits, skylarks and amber-listed ringed plovers, almost unheard of for Dublin. But it cannot last

Paraguay drubbing raises the question, can the US break football?

Zelenskiy pushes for diplomatic offensive at gathering of world leaders to bring Putin to the table

It’s a reflection of the collapse in international co-operation that the highest hope for the summit is that nothing goes wrong

Deal would ‘not be a one-way ceasefire’, Us official says, meaning that Israel could respond if attacked

US president says Strait of Hormuz will reopen and US blockade will end

Right-wing and anti-immigration groups claim the country’s rapidly rising population is causing overcrowding and straining resources

Framed as a ‘sustainability initiative’, supporters say a population cap will ease pressure on housing and healthcare. Critics warn it will undermine the economy

Switzerland provides an alternative model for the UK

Global perspective even more urgent today than during the Cold War

There are several hundred medieval Irish volumes, including a dictionary that has definitions with a surprising contemporary resonance

Right-wing Swiss People’s Party seeks backing for throttling immigration, asylum and foreign national family reunifications

Irish monk St Gall settled down in a hermitage at what is now St Gallen

I ended up in Switzerland by accident, with a view of the Matterhorn from my window

More than 3,000 US troops passed through airport during March after Iran conflict started

Valentino Garavani, Vivienne Westwood and Madame Grès are among designers showcasing in Madrid, Rome, Berlin and elsewhere

Three others hospitalised following incident in town of Kerzers, 25km west of capital Bern

She picked up one of his books and was surprised at how easy it was to read before putting it back down

Progress does not mean an agreement will be reached soon but the path has started, says Abbas Araghchi

‘The UN has served us extremely well ... but reform is needed’ Minister for Foreign Affairs says at Munich Defence Conference

Country has 9.1m permanent residents and experts fear the move will limit companies’ access to foreign talent

I picked up so much speed that it would have meant instant death if I simply fell over

This season, at least 60 people have died in avalanches, including an Irishman in the Swiss Alps

There’s plenty to spice up a city break across Europe in the first six months of the year