The Federal Prosecutor’s Office has opened criminal investigations into suspected money laundering activities by several people close to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and to former Libyan dictator Moammar Gaddafi.

Former Swiss President Micheline Calmy-Rey has defended as “normal” Christoph Blocher’s role in passing on to her details of the private banking transactions of then Swiss National Bank president Philipp Hildebrand last December.

One of the most ambitious exhibitions to date on American neo-pop artist Jeff Koons is being presented at the Beyeler Foundation near Basel, bringing together many of his most iconic pieces.

Jeff Koons is one of the world’s best-known living artists. The Beyeler Foundation exhibition focuses on three central series of his work: The New, Banality and Celebration. All represent crucial stages in the artist’s development.

Attention from major art institutions usually increases an artist’s value, but simultaneous shows of Jeff Koons in Basel and Damien Hirst in London are having the opposite effect. Alarmists believe a subprime crisis is in the making.

Bern's veterinary hospital doesn't just treat sick cats and dogs. It also has a section for wild animals, where wolves, lynx and their prey come for treatment.

The Olympic Games begin in London at the end of July and the House of Switzerland, a cultural centre set up in the capital to push all things Swiss, is hoping to attract 250,000 people.

As Facebook, the world’s largest online social network, goes public, swissinfo.ch looks at whether Swiss companies are maximising the potential of social media and whether Facebook’s massive dominance should be cause for concern.

Mainstream contemporary art bursts on the scene at the Beyeler, laughter on the brain and we talk to an Australian comedian going for guffaws in Switzerland.

The ’Ndrangheta, a criminal organisation based in Calabria, are at the top of the Swiss judicial authorities list of major concerns. Several experts believe Switzerland is unprepared for the battle against the Italian mafia.

Cocaine use has exploded in recent years. From the foothills of the Andes, the drug is transported to all four corners of the globe. The 'Ndrangheta mafia clan is one of the main players in this illicit trade.

European countries including Switzerland should harmonise anti-mafia laws and introduce decisive measures to freeze and confiscate assets if they are to have any hope of defeating the notorious Italian criminal clans, an expert says.

Switzerland and four other states have withdrawn a draft resolution on reforming the working methods of the United Nations Security Council. The text was intended to make the UN’s most powerful organ more transparent and accountable.

Raising ticket and fuel surcharge prices and reshuffling ground staff are some of the measures being considered by Swiss International Air Lines to stave off tough competition and ever rising costs.

Parts of Switzerland woke up to snow on Thursday morning as some parts of the country experienced the coldest mid-May weather in 30 years. Temperatures dropped to as low as -6.9 degrees Celsius at Samedan in canton Graubünden.

Newly installed in a 19th century mansion in the leafy suburb of Versoix, a short hop from the city centre, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s non-profit environmental group R20 is the latest addition to International Geneva’s burgeoning green hub.

International Geneva is described as a sprawling mansion that needs modernising. But the challenges are daunting: budgetary pressures, fluctuating exchange rates, insecurity, housing and office shortages, and an urgent need for renovation.

Newly installed in a 19th-century mansion in the leafy suburb of Versoix, a short hop from the city centre, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s non-profit environmental group R20 is the latest addition to International Geneva’s burgeoning green hub.

A small drum-making firm in Basel has been commissioned to make 20 new instruments for the Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps of the United States army, which performs at state ceremonies. It’s a great honour for the Swiss, but a lot of hard work.

Swiss luxury goods group Richemont reported sales increased 29 per cent to €8.87 billion (SFr10.65billion) for the year 2011-12 ended March 31. Net profit rose 43 per cent to €1.54 billion.