Update 1.30pm: Projections by the gfs.bern polling group, based on partial counts, indicated that almost four out of five Swiss voted against the plan.

Foreign executives who moved their company headquarters to Switzerland to get better tax deals for their firms may find themselves paying the price for it this weekend.

Swiss voters are deciding in a referendum today whether to accept a ban on the construction of minarets, which right-wing parties regard as symbols of militant Islam.

Swiss voters cast ballots today on whether to tighten curbs on genetically modified farm products, a divisive topic in a country that already prohibits most of such technology from being used in agriculture.