Good times: Watches of Switzerland raises revenue guidance

Good times: Watches of Switzerland vows to pay back furlough money after online sales spike boosts its fortunes The firm is Britain’s biggest retailer of Rolex, TAG Heuer and Breitling watches Domestic e-commerce purchases doubled in the seven weeks to December 13   Tesco, Lidl, Asda, and Morrisons have also vowed to repay public Covid relief  … Read more

Tamara Ecclestone gives birth to second daughter Serena in Switzerland

Tamara Ecclestone has given birth to a baby girl who she has called Serena, MailOnline can reveal. The 35-year-old socialite gave birth in a hospital near Bern in Switzerland a week ago. Serena is her and husband Jay Rutland’s second child. They already have a five-year-old daughter Sophia, who has got her wish of a … Read more

UK travel restrictions on Switzerland make planning assisted suicides ‘impossible’, say campaigners

Travel restrictions imposed on UK travellers returning from Switzerland could make planning assisted deaths ‘almost impossible’ for terminally-ill patients and force loved ones to grieve in isolation, campaigners said. Travellers arriving in England from Switzerland after 4am on Saturday will have to self-isolate for 14 days, a rule which was also enforced in Scotland last … Read more

Switzerland, Jamaica and the Czech Republic added to the UK quarantine list

The Government has imposed quarantine restrictions on numerous countries in recent weeks.  Below is the latest list of nations which are still viewed by the UK as safe to travel:    Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Barbados, Bermuda, Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Cayman Islands, the Channel Islands, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Denmark, … Read more

Switzerland ‘will be added to the UK’s quarantine travel list this weekend’

Boris Johnson is today under mounting pressure to scrap the Government’s blanket travel quarantine policy as a group of 80 MPs urged the Prime Minister to back airport testing.  The Future of Aviation Group, which includes 40 Tory MPs, has written to the PM urging him to end the current 14-day self-isolation requirement for people … Read more

Watches of Switzerland sales soar as the rich splash out in lockdown

Good time at Watches of Switzerland: Sales soar as wealthy Britons splash out on luxury timepieces in lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 13 August 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 13 August 2020 While many shoppers have been tightening their purse strings, wealthy Britons have been splashing out on luxury … Read more

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has criminal proceedings launched against him in Switzerland

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has criminal proceedings launched against him in Switzerland as prosecutors look into his dealings with Swiss Attorney General Michael Lauber Criminal proceedings have been launched against Fifa President Gianni Infantino in Switzerland   Authorities are looking into his dealings with the Swiss Attorney General A court found that Michael Lauber covered up … Read more

Mystery as three kilos of gold worth more than £150,000 is left on a train carriage in Switzerland 

Mystery as three kilos of gold worth more than £150,000 is left on a train carriage in Switzerland Bag was left in carriage between St Gallen and Lucerne by forgetful passenger Officials made the valuable find public after a bid to locate the man failed How they will be able to verify anyone who claims … Read more

Germany says it will end border controls with France, Switzerland and Austria from June 15

Germany will open its borders with France, Switzerland and Austria from June 15 after it imposed restrictions two months ago to stop the spread of coronavirus. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said business trips and family visits across its French, Austrian and Swiss frontiers would begin from Friday, with random spot checks in place, before total … Read more

A review of the Alpina Gstaad hotel in Switzerland and its Tibetan healing programme

Are you ‘bile’, ‘phlegm’ or ‘wind’? Discovering at a luxury Swiss spa the benefits of knowing your Tibetan energy type The Alpina Gstaad has 56 rooms, Michelin-starred food and an extensive spa A history of glamorous celebrities and winter sports surrounds Gstaad Thanks to the Tibetan therapies, Kate Johnson found it a restorative retreat By Kate … Read more