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For at least 48 hours, Geneva becomes the world’s diplomatic epicentre, hosting two sets of high-stakes talks at the same time.

Heavy snowfall is tightening its grip across the Swiss Alps, triggering deadly avalanches and major disruption.

A train derailed near Goppenstein in canton Valais after an avalanche swept across the line yesterday morning.

Train travel between Geneva and Lausanne remains problematic today.

Pressure is mounting on the Swiss national bank to intervene to slow the franc's relentless rise.

Switzerland’s economy edged up by 0.2 per cent in the fourth quarter, according to an initial estimate from the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs.