The Commission of the Council of Cantons of the Federal Assembly, the upper house of the Swiss Parliament, has recommended easing export controls on Swiss military equipment, which could potentially ...

BERN (Reuters) - Swiss weapons exports fell by more than a quarter last year, the government said on Tuesday, with critics blaming the country's neutral stance which has blocked the re-export of Swiss ...

(Bloomberg) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addressed Switzerland’s parliament in a video speech to ask the country to allow the re-export of Swiss weapons, saying it would be ‘vital.’ “If ...

Switzerland’s strict stance on arms exports to conflict areas will see local weapons makers leaving the country or going out of business if the laws aren’t changed, according to their industry ...

ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss government on Wednesday proposed relaxing restrictions on arms exports to try to bolster its domestic industry and security policy, a sensitive move for the neutral ...

ZURICH, Dec 3 (Reuters) - The Swiss parliament is poised to relax restrictions on weapons exports, a significant but delicate shift that aims to support the domestic arms industry without compromising ...

GENEVA, June 2. /TASS/. Deputies in Switzerland’s National Council (larger chamber of the Federal Assembly, or Swiss parliament) rejected a legislative proposal by the Security Policy Commission to ...

The Swiss Army Knife, the iconic, more than century-old fold-up tool used by whittlers, soldiers and even astronauts, will soon be available without a blade. Victorinox, the company behind the ...

(CNN) — A federal judge overturned California’s longtime ban on assault weapons on Friday in a ruling that likened the AR-15 to a Swiss Army knife. Assault weapons have been banned in California since ...