Claims that international Islamist movements exert significant influence over mosques and Muslim communities in Switzerland are exaggerated, a study has found. While international networks and money from places like Saudi Arabia or Qatar help in the...

The government has announced some CHF22 million for projects to protect youth migrants in North and West Africa, and to deter them from making dangerous journeys across the Mediterranean to Europe. The CHF21.8 million ($23.5 million) is to be spent ...

More people found themselves in a precarious situation in the Swiss mountains last year. There were a record number of accidents and rescues, particularly involving snow sports. Despite or perhaps because of the pandemic, many people went in search ...

The sales of Swiss chocolate rose again last year after dipping in 2020 during the Covid-19 pandemic. However, they remain below pre-crisis levels. The turnover of Switzerland’s 16 chocolate manufacturers hit CHF1.7 billion ($1.8 billion) last yea...

Four members of a French family who died after jumping from a block of flats in Montreux in western Switzerland last week, most probably died by suicide, local police reported on Tuesday. A fifth member – a 15-year-old boy – remains in a coma. T...

The Geneva-based International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called on Ukraine and Russia to reach a clear agreement for the evacuation of civilians from the besieged southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol and other war-battered locations. ICRC...

Switzerland has made progress on gender equality, specifically on LGBTQI+ rights, says Amnesty International. However, the rights group criticised cases of excessive use of force at Swiss asylum centres and prison sentences for protesters. Amnesty I...

Women earn on average 11% less than men for doing the same job in Switzerland, according to the latest official survey of wages. On Monday, the Federal Statistical Office reported that the gender wage gap is narrowing, but only slowly. In 2016, ther...

The American company Vail Resorts Inc has agreed to take a majority stake in Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG, which controls and operates the mountain resort in southeast Switzerland. The US firm announced on Monday that it had acquired a 55% ownership st...

The Swiss government on Friday adopted additional sanctions against Russia for its ongoing war in Ukraine but did not ban the Russian state TV channels Sputnik and Russia Today like the European Union. Switzerland joins the sanctions measures adopte...

Switzerland saw a significant increase in the number of reported cyber-crime incidents last year. In the same period, the rate of murders and burglaries fell, while e-bikes became one of the favourite targets of thieves. The Federal Statistical Offi...

A new poll shows that a majority of the Swiss population would be in favour of tougher sanctions against Russia for invading Ukraine, even if it results in higher energy costs in Switzerland. A new poll published today shows that a majority (56%) of...

Diaspora TV Switzerland launched a new service in Ukrainian on Sunday to help meet the information needs of refugees arriving from the war-torn country. The new service, which is supported by the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM), will focus on ...

An advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the Swiss should be more proactive in looking for Russian funds. But according to a legal expert, current regulations do not allow authorities or banks to do more active searches beyond what�...

The southern canton of Ticino has been hardest hit by forest fires as a drought that began in early December has prompted several regions to raise their wildfire risk levels to “severe”. Authorities in Centovalli in Ticino were able to bring a l...

Zurich police have warned that scammers claiming to be collecting funds for people caught up in the Ukraine war are using email solicitations and fraudulent websites to defraud donors. The cybercrime unit said on Saturday people should be wary of em...

Olga, which tells the story of a young Ukrainian gymnast taking refuge in Switzerland during the pro-European Maidan revolution in 2013-2014, has won best feature film at this year’s Swiss Film Awards. The movie by 28-year-old Elie Grappe also won...

Switzerland should boost transnational military cooperation and improve its ability to counter cyber-attacks, says liberal think-tank Avenir Suisse. In a study on “Security Policy Perspectives” released on Friday, Avenir Suisse writes that “th...

Swiss companies exported CHF742.8 million ($801 million) worth of war materiel to 67 countries in 2021, down 18% on the previous year, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) said on Friday. These arms exports accounted for 0.21% of total ...

The Swiss government has lifted the obligation for pets coming with Ukrainian refugees to quarantine on arrival, saying the risk of disease being introduced is low. “The risk of rabies being introduced by dogs and cats accompanying their owners is...

After a pandemic-related slump in 2020, Chinese companies last year spent more money on acquisitions or investments in Swiss companies. They invested a total of $96 million (CHF89 million) on nine deals. In 2020 they spent only $7 million on eight a...

Four members of a family have died after jumping from the seventh floor of a building in an apparent attempt to escape from police. A 15-year-old boy is seriously injured after also leaping from the block of flats in Montreux, western Switzerland. L...

The Swiss authorities have so far frozen some CHF5.75 billion ($6.2 billion) of sanctioned Russian oligarch assets, with the total expected to rise as the European Union announces further measures. The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (Seco), ...

The Swiss National Bank (SNB) kept its ultra-expansive monetary policy on hold on Thursday, bucking the trend of other central banks which have started hiking interest rates to tackle rising inflation. The SNB kept its policy rate locked at -0.75%, ...

The quagga mussel, originally from the Black Sea region, is spreading rapidly in Swiss lakes. Experts fear that the invasive species could upset lake ecosystems. The quagga mussel (Dreissena bugensis) was first discovered in 2014 in the River Rhine ...

Switzerland and the Netherlands plan to boost cooperation on energy supply and renewables, the Swiss government said on Wednesday. Speaking during a visit to the Netherlands, Swiss Environment, Transport and Energy Minister Simonetta Sommaruga descr...

The CEOs of leading companies listed on the Swiss stock exchange saw their earnings rise by an average 5% to CHF6.8 million ($7.3 million) last year, says Swiss financial news agency AWP. Severin Schwan, CEO of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche, re...

One in four doctors practising in Switzerland is aged 60 or over, and almost four out of ten come from abroad, says the Swiss Medical Association (FMH). "Measures to counter the shortage of doctors are becoming urgent," the FMH warned in its latest ...

Economists at the KOF Swiss Economic Institute have confirmed their previous growth forecast for Switzerland of just under 3% for 2022, although this is only in the most favourable scenario. If the crisis in Ukraine spreads and there is a complete h...

Switzerland has given Moldova an extra CHF2 million ($2 million) to help the eastern European country cope with a wave of refugees from neighbouring Ukraine. Swiss President Ignazio Cassis said Switzerland would “react pragmatically and unbureaucr...