.swiss

.swiss is a top-level domain (TLD) for Switzerland. It was approved by ICANN as a TLD on 16 Oct 2014. This is meant to augment the traditional .ch TLD.

The Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) began registering .swiss domains as of 7 September 2015. Open registration to other legal entities begins from 11 January 2016.

See also

  • .ch
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    Switzerland

    Switzerland (/ˈswɪtsərlənd/), officially the Swiss Confederation (Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica, hence its abbreviation CH), is a country in Europe. While still named the "Swiss Confederation" for historical reasons, modern Switzerland is a federal directorial republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities, called Bundesstadt ("federal city"). The country is situated in Western and Central Europe, and is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning an area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8 million people is concentrated mostly on the Plateau, where the largest cities are to be found: among them are the two global and economic centres, Zürich and Geneva.

    The establishment of the Swiss Confederation is traditionally dated to 1 August 1291, which is celebrated annually as the Swiss National Day. The country has a long history of armed neutrality—it has not been in a state of war internationally since 1815—and did not join the United Nations until 2002. Nevertheless, it pursues an active foreign policy and is frequently involved in peace-building processes around the world. In addition to being the birthplace of the Red Cross, Switzerland is home to numerous international organizations, including the second largest UN office. On the European level, it is a founding member of the European Free Trade Association, but notably it is not part of the European Union, nor the European Economic Area. However the country does participate in the Schengen Area and the EU's single market through a number of bilateral treaties.

    Swiss International Air Lines

    Swiss International Air Lines AG (short Swiss, stylized as SWISS) is the flag carrierairline of Switzerland operating scheduled services in Europe and to North America, South America, Africa and Asia. Its main hub is Zurich Airport, with a focus city operation at Geneva Airport. The airline was formed after the 2002 bankruptcy of Swissair, Switzerland's former flag carrier.

    Swiss is a member of the Star Alliance. It is a subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, with headquarters at EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg near Basel, Switzerland, and an office at Zurich Airport in Kloten, Switzerland. The company's registered office is in Basel. The airline uses the IATA Code LX that it inherited from the Swiss regional airline Crossair (Swissair's code was SR). The ICAO code is SWR, inherited from Swissair (Crossair's was CRX), in order to keep international traffic rights.

    History

    Beginnings

    Swiss was formed after the 2002 bankruptcy of Swissair, Switzerland's former flag carrier. Crossair had 40% of its income come from the defunct Swissair. The new airline's losses totaled $1.6 billion from startup until 2005. Swissair's biggest creditors, Credit Suisse and UBS, sold part of Swissair's assets to Crossair, the regional counterpart to the transatlantic Swissair. At the time, both Swissair and Crossair were under the same holding company, called SAirGroup. Crossair later changed its name to Swiss, and the new national airline started its operations officially on 31 March 2002. The airline was first owned by institutional investors (61.3%), the Swiss Confederation (20.3%), cantons and communities (12.2%) and others (6.2%). Swiss also owns subsidiary companies Swiss Sun (100%) and Crossair Europe (99.9%). It has a total of 7,383 employees.

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    The facility, which had been operational since 1961, was a significant asset in Shell’s portfolio ... In the meantime, Glencore, the Swiss commodity trading and mining company, has been actively securing crude oil supplies ... ....
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    The Daily Mail 30 Mar 2025
    Five years ago, Bolton had no expectation of even being in a place like this ... The brother of Nick Luckock, one of the FV consortium members, is an executive at Trafigura, the Swiss-based global supplier of commodities metal, minerals and oil ... 'Once In.
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    Splash24/7 28 Mar 2025
    ... Wah Kwong Maritime Transport Holdings, Wallem Group, Walter Cuminns Group, Waypoint Commodities, WBL Shipping Agency, Weathernews, Western Bulk, Wilson Sons, Windward Shipping, WISTA and ZeroNorth.
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    Mercuria bets big on copper in bid to rival oil trading

    Mining 26 Mar 2025
    Swiss commodities trader Mercuria plans to acquire more stakes in mines, particularly in the copper sector, as it expands its recently established metals division—an operation it envisions growing to match its oil trading business.
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    European PPA prices down in February amid lower deal volumes, says Pexapark

    PV Magazine 25 Mar 2025
    European power purchase agreement (PPA) prices fell in February amid sliding energy commodity prices, but deal flow held steady, says Swiss energy consultancy Pexapark, noting that a "landmark" 40-year, 15 MW solar PPA was signed in Wales.
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    Swissinfo 24 Mar 2025
    Dubai has positioned itself as a key commodities hub ... The Swiss Tower houses various businesses benefiting from the district’s one-stop-shop character for commodities trading and related services.
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    Rio Tinto urges shareholders to reject Palliser’s bid to review dual listing

    Mining 19 Mar 2025
    The Board of Rio Tinto (ASX, LON ... “A unification of the dual-listed companies (DLC) structure is not required to provide the group with strategic flexibility,” Rio Tinto stated ... Swiss miner and commodities trader Glencore (LON ... ....
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