Switzerland is out of contention at the European Soccer Championship Euro 2008 and faces Portugal in its final tournament match looking for a decent farewell.

Switzerland and China Thursday praised their bilateral relations and cooperation in trade and other fields.

U.S., British and Afghan officials opened this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday with calls for greater effort to fight global terror and find peace in the Middle East. VOA's Barry Wood reports from Davos.

Calmy-Rey will hold talks with President Pratibha Patil, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and other top political leaders.

Swiss officials Friday inaugurated the world's longest overland tunnel, a 34.6-kilometer-long (21-mile-long) rail link under the Alps meant to ease highway traffic jams in the mountainous country.

Nuance Communications, Inc., a leading provider of speech and imaging solutions, today announced that Swisscom, the leading telecoms operator in Switzerland, has selected Nuance Voice Search speech solutions to automate its national directory service.

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise, (BCV), one of Switzerland's top full-service banks, and IBM, have signed a $460 million, 5-year services agreement for IBM to transform BCV's Information Technology (IT) infrastructure.

Swiss Economics Minister Doris Leuthard said Switzerland is aiming to start talks to clinch a free trade agreement with China. Leuthard told local media that she would lead a large business delegation to China in June, and try to give support so that China opened negotiations with Switzerland, Swiss Radio International (SRI) reported.