Swiss President Ueli Maurer said changes to Switzerland's practices in banking secrecy were unnecessary, AFP reported April 14.

Russia would welcome a new round of talks in Switzerland over North Korea's nuclear program, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said April 12, AP reported.

Gazprom will register its overseas assets in Switzerland, where a company does not have to set up two independent branches as required by the European Union's energy regulations, an official said, RIA Novosti reported Oct. 17.

Switzerland in September launched a military exercise to test its preparedness to deal with internal civil unrest as well as refugees from the eurozone crisis, EU Observer reported Oct. 16, citing CNBC.

Additional security forces were deployed around the Swiss Embassy in Tehran on Sept. 13 as Iranian students protested outside the embassy against an anti-Islam film that has led to unrest in a number of Muslim countries, Al Akhbar reported, citing Fars News Agency.

U.S. Undersecretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen will visit Switzerland and Turkey starting Sept. 1 to discuss the expanded sanctions against the Iranian Central Bank and Iran's petrochemical and petroleum sector, Xinhua reported Aug. 31.