Switzerland Today
Dear Swiss Abroad,
The surprise election results in France have dominated headlines in Switzerland today and given the Swiss franc a boost against the euro. Cross-border grocery shoppers rejoice!
Otherwise, it’s been a big day from the law-and-order perspective. In Lausanne, the Swiss equivalent of the “George Floyd” case has ended in the acquittal of six police officers. And in Guatemala, a Swiss coffee trader finds himself under house arrest.
Read on for more news and stories from Switzerland.
In the news: Swiss franc gains against the euro, police officers acquitted, drug smuggler busted
- Switzerland’s foreign ministry confirms media reports that a Swiss coffee trader is under house arrest in Guatemala
- Following France’s surprise election result to the benefit of the far-left, the euro lost 0.22% against the franc at 0.9687 EUR/CHF on Monday morning.
- The Lausanne-based Court of Criminal Appeal confirmed the acquittal of six police officers who had been accused of causing the 2018 death of a Nigerian man. The case of 39-year-old Mike Ben Peter, who died after being held face down during an arrest, sparked debates about structural racism in Switzerland.
- Border police caught a drug smuggler heading from Berlin to Basel by train. He had hidden 13 kilogrammes of ketamine and one kilogramme of MDMA in various cans and a Buddha head.
- A landslide caused by heavy rainfall has cut off the village of Valle di Muggio in southern Ticino from the outside world.
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