Alain Berset
A nurse gives the first dose of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to a couple at the at the m3 Sanitrade vaccination center in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. The canton of Geneva launches its vaccination campaign against Covid-19. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
Swiss extend virus-related closures through end of February

By Jamey Keaten Jan. 06, 2021 12:26 PM EST

A waitress wearing a protective mask watches a TV showing Swiss Interior and Health Minister Alain Berset at a press conference in Bern announcing new measures against the Coronavirus (COVID-19), inside of the "Les Boucaniers" in Lausanne, Switzerland, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. The Swiss government said Friday it is ordering the closure of restaurants, bars, cultural venues and sports facilities next week in a renewed bid to stem a continuing rise in coronavirus cases. (KEYSTONE/Jean-Christophe Bott)
Swiss to shut restaurants, other sites as virus cases climb

By Jamey Keaten Dec. 18, 2020 11:26 AM EST

A woman takes a picture the Matterhorn, left, in Zermatt, Switzerland, Wednesday, Dec.2, 2020. Zermatt is home to one of the Swiss ski stations that has become an epicenter of discord among Alpine neighbors. EU member states Austria, France, Germany and Italy are shutting or severely restricting access to the slopes this holiday season amid COVID-19 concerns, Switzerland is not. (AP Photo/Jamey Keaten)
Swiss slopes buzz as those of neighbors sit idle in pandemic

By Jamey Keaten Dec. 05, 2020 02:20 AM EST

Belgium's Wout Van Aert, right, sprints ahead of France's Julian Alaphilippe to win the Milan to Sanremo cycling race, in San Remo, Italy, Saturday, Aug. 8, 2020. (Gian Mattia D'Alberto/LaPresse via AP)
Cycling road world championships in Switzerland canceled

By Graham Dunbar Aug. 12, 2020 10:38 AM EDT

Swiss add $14B to jobless fund as COVID-related claims soar

May. 20, 2020 03:24 PM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss government on Wednesday moved to inject over 14 billion francs ($14.5 billion) into its unemployment insurance system, as requests from...

FILE - In this Sunday, March 15, 2020 file photo, a closed restaurant in Lausanne, Switzerland. The Swiss government has backed down from plans that were to start Monday May 11, 2020, requiring restaurants and bars to take the names and phone numbers of their patrons as a way to fight the coronavirus, after the plan fell foul of privacy concerns. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP, File)
Swiss plan to ask diners for contacts dropped over privacy

By Jamey Keaten May. 08, 2020 01:15 PM EDT

A man reads a note on a locked door at the New Hampshire Employee Security center, which handles unemployment claims, in Manchester, N.H., Thursday, April 16, 2020. Due to the virus outbreak, a note on the office door requested that all claims be handled remotely either on the phone or online. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
US job losses mount as Trump presses plan to reopen business

By Christopher Rugaber And Lori Hinnant Apr. 16, 2020 09:14 AM EDT