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Swiss President and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said on Thursday that Switzerland will host a high-level international conference in the month of June with more than 100 countries invited to help chart a path towards peace in Ukraine.

US President Joe Biden is expected to attend a high-level Ukraine war peace conference which is expected to be held in Switzerland in mid-June, Swiss media reports said.

Police intervened to block some 200 protesters outside a Swiss university where French President Emmanuel Macron is due to give a speech on Thursday, Swiss public broadcaster SRF said.

The failure of banking giant Credit Suisse and its emergency takeover does not mean the downfall of Switzerland, President Alain Berset said Tuesday, insisting bankruptcy would have had disastrous consequences.

Switzerland has launched proceedings to confiscate more than 130 million Swiss francs ($140.89 million) linked to the entourage of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich who was deposed in 2014.

Mr Ramaphosa was supposed to head a South African group to the Swiss town to pitch the nation as an investment location.

Russia's war in Ukraine is driven by "devastating madness", and Switzerland is prepared to pay the price for defending freedom and democracy, Swiss President Ignazio Cassis said Saturday.

The Geneva summit between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking place in a plush 18th-century lakeside villa steeped in the Swiss city's history.

Joe Biden was greeted on the Geneva Airport tarmac by Swiss President Guy Parmelin.

US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to hold their June 16 summit in an 18th-century Swiss villa overlooking Lake Geneva, a soothing setting for what promises to be heated talks.

Stefan Keller was removed from the investigation into FIFA president Gianni Infantino for public statements that were "biased" against him.

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been taken to hospital, a Swiss newspaper said Thursday, but media insisted the disgraced official's life was not in danger.

Haiti's football federation president Yves Jean-Bart was banned for life by FIFA and fined over a million dollars on Friday.

PSG's president Nasser Al-Khelaifi was cleared of inciting aggravated criminal mismanagement, with former FIFA number two Jerome Valcke found guilty of a separate charge of forging documents related to the attribution of Italian and Greek World Cup TV rights.

Paris Saint-Germain President Nasser Al-Khelaifi and former FIFA member Jerome Valcke are currently caught up in a corruption scandal.

Swiss President and Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis said on Thursday that Switzerland will host a high-level international conference in the month of June with more than 100 countries invited to help chart a path towards peace in Ukraine.

US President Joe Biden is expected to attend a high-level Ukraine war peace conference which is expected to be held in Switzerland in mid-June, Swiss media reports said.

Police intervened to block some 200 protesters outside a Swiss university where French President Emmanuel Macron is due to give a speech on Thursday, Swiss public broadcaster SRF said.

The failure of banking giant Credit Suisse and its emergency takeover does not mean the downfall of Switzerland, President Alain Berset said Tuesday, insisting bankruptcy would have had disastrous consequences.

Switzerland has launched proceedings to confiscate more than 130 million Swiss francs ($140.89 million) linked to the entourage of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich who was deposed in 2014.

Mr Ramaphosa was supposed to head a South African group to the Swiss town to pitch the nation as an investment location.

Russia's war in Ukraine is driven by "devastating madness", and Switzerland is prepared to pay the price for defending freedom and democracy, Swiss President Ignazio Cassis said Saturday.

The Geneva summit between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking place in a plush 18th-century lakeside villa steeped in the Swiss city's history.

Joe Biden was greeted on the Geneva Airport tarmac by Swiss President Guy Parmelin.

US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin are set to hold their June 16 summit in an 18th-century Swiss villa overlooking Lake Geneva, a soothing setting for what promises to be heated talks.

Stefan Keller was removed from the investigation into FIFA president Gianni Infantino for public statements that were "biased" against him.

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has been taken to hospital, a Swiss newspaper said Thursday, but media insisted the disgraced official's life was not in danger.

Haiti's football federation president Yves Jean-Bart was banned for life by FIFA and fined over a million dollars on Friday.

PSG's president Nasser Al-Khelaifi was cleared of inciting aggravated criminal mismanagement, with former FIFA number two Jerome Valcke found guilty of a separate charge of forging documents related to the attribution of Italian and Greek World Cup TV rights.

Paris Saint-Germain President Nasser Al-Khelaifi and former FIFA member Jerome Valcke are currently caught up in a corruption scandal.