https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed The Swiss federal migration office said on Tuesday that it had not received an application for asylum from American fugitive Edward Snowden, accused by US authorities of violating espionage laws. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130702/swiss-deny-receiving-aslyum-request-from-snowden Tue, 02 Jul 2013 23:45:00 +0200 swiss-deny-receiving-aslyum-request-from-snowden Edward Snowden, the former CIA agent who leaked top secret American intelligence documents, slammed the Swiss for being racist, rich and class-conscious on an internet chat site while stationed in Geneva, a US website is reporting. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130627/snowden-trashes-racist-swiss-on-chat-site Fri, 28 Jun 2013 00:07:00 +0200 snowden-trashes-racist-swiss-on-chat-site The Swiss government on Tuesday revealed that it has asked the United States to explain an alleged CIA blackmail operation to spy on Switzerland's banks, exposed by whistleblower Edward Snowden. https://www.thelocal.ch/20130611/bern-seeks-us-response-over-alleged-spying Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:58:00 +0200 bern-seeks-us-response-over-alleged-spying