Half of Swiss residents are willing to take energy-saving measures, a survey shows. Over one-third of respondents said they were concerned by the security of Swiss energy supplies. Europe is grappling with an energy crisis stemming from Russia's war...

Checks are being stepped up on the Swiss and Italian sides of the border to combat irregular immigration. Italian-Swiss patrols are now operating near Lake Maggiore, it was reported on Thursday. Italian-Swiss border patrols will check car and rail t...

An international team of researchers has created a fleet of bee-inspired drones that work together to 3D-print structures while flying. It is hoped the technology could be used in challenging post-disaster construction scenarios or to carry out repai...

Swiss pharma giant Novartis has unveiled an updated strategy focused on high-value medicines and boosting its position in the US market. It also confirmed that its generics unit Sandoz would be spun off by the end of 2023. During the annual investor...

The Swiss National Bank has raised interest rates into positive territory for the first time in seven years with a 0.75% hike on Thursday. Switzerland’s central bank responded to the growing threat of inflation by moving the headline rate to 0.5%....

Ignazio Cassis has reiterated the offer for Switzerland to represent Ukraine’s interests in Russia. He spoke to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday. In a bilateral...

Switzerland has joined other Western nations in condemning Russian plans for referendums in four occupied areas of Ukraine. Speaking on Tuesday at the UN General Assembly in New York, Swiss President Ignazio Cassis said the planned referendums were ...

Various objects belonging to the now-shut Foundation for the History of the Swiss in the World have been sold at auction in Geneva, gathering CHF1.5 million ($1.55 million). The auction house Piguet said 95% of the 500 objects up for sale on Tuesday...

Swiss bank Julius Bär has acquired a stake in Chinese asset manager GROW Investment Group, it announced on Wednesday. The Zurich-based bank did not say how much it had paid but spoke of a “low double digit million US dollar equity investment”. ...

An internal report has confirmed media revelations about abuse and structural problems in the sport of synchronised swimming. Various reforms are planned. The report mandated by Swiss Aquatics concluded that the sport is plagued by unethical trainin...

Gas consumption in Switzerland has fallen by 20% in the past two months, but winter could be tough, says Bastian Schwark, who heads the energy division at the Federal Office for National Economic Supply (FONES). Companies have reacted to the gas pri...

By proposing its candidacy as a member of the United Nations Security Council, "Switzerland has shown that it is ready to take responsibility for safeguarding peace and security in the world", Swiss President Ignazio Cassis told the UN General Assemb...

Some 575,000 animals were used in scientific experiments in Switzerland last year, up 3% from 2020 and the first increase in five years, reports the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO). Testing involving the highest level of pain for th...

The numbers of refugees and migrants coming to Western Europe via the Balkans have again “risen sharply”, including to Switzerland, Justice Minister Karin Keller-Sutter said on Tuesday. "People fly to Belgrade and come to Austria with smugglers ...

Swiss economic growth forecasts for 2022 and 2023 have been revised significantly downwards, amid uncertainty over energy supply and inflation. A government expert group has downgraded its expectations for GDP growth to 2% in 2022, compared with the...

Switzerland’s mountain cantons want more federal government money to protect livestock from wolves and more proactive regulation of wolf packs. There should be fewer delays in shooting problem wolves and there should be “active regulation” of ...

Some restaurants in Switzerland are passing on the cost of rising energy prices to diners with the blessing of the industry’s umbrella group Gastrosuisse, Swiss media reports. Restaurants that survived the Covid-19 pandemic lockdowns now face a ne...

A people’s initiative challenging the purchase of F-35A fighter jets has been withdrawn after the Swiss government signed off the deal with the United States. Supporters of the ‘Stop F-35A’ initiative said a nationwide vote would be meaningles...

Switzerland and neighbouring Liechtenstein have recorded more than 500 cases of monkeypox since the start of the outbreak in May. The Federal Office of Public Health on Monday reported 502 confirmed cases. The canton of Basel-City has the highest in...

The Senate has voted against a change in the law that would allow Switzerland to unilaterally sanction countries and individuals in addition to following those of the European Union. At present, the Swiss government can only opt to follow sanctions ...

Swiss officials have signed a deal with the United States to buy a fleet of F-35A fighter jets in the face of an ongoing row about their procurement. The Federal Armaments Office (Armasuisse) rubber stamped the purchase of 36 jets on Monday after ye...

The world record has been broken in Switzerland for cooking the largest rösti, a popular national dish of grated potatoes. Members of the Swiss Farmer’s Union cooked up the 13 square metre rösti in the shape of the Swiss cross in front of the pa...

A restaurant built 3,000 metres above sea level in the Swiss Alps, and a favourite destination for tourists, has been partially destroyed by fire. Police have launched an investigation to determine the cause of the blaze that consumed the Botta de G...

The Federal Council is forming a special unit to respond to possible energy shortages, Economics Minister Guy Parmelin confirmed on Sunday. The government has faced criticism from the cantons about coordination and accusations that it is too slow in ...

A woman who stabbed two people in a shopping centre in southern Switzerland in a jihadist-inspired attack has been sentenced to nine years imprisonment by a Swiss court. The 29-year-old woman was found guilty on two counts of attempted murder and be...

Swiss President Ignazio Cassis is in London for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II on Monday. On Sunday he signed the book of condolences for the late monarch, who died on September 8. Cassis, accompanied by his wife Paola, signed the book of condole...

Covid-related restrictions may be long gone but the Swiss are not rushing back to the gym. Older clients now tend to avoid fitness centers while young people have discovered other types of activities. The Swiss Federation of Health and Fitness Cente...

Russia is at war, but that doesn't stop its citizens from travelling, the NZZ am Sonntag reported on Sunday. Swiss hotels registered 61,214 overnight stays by Russian tourists as of the end of July, according to market data from the organisation Swi...

The Swiss government lacks up-to-date information on national electricity production and consumption, according to the Swiss Federal Office of Energy. This is due to the lack of digitalisation of the electricity companies. The lack of information was...

Switzerland says it is deeply disturbed by fresh reports of mass graves in Izyum, a territory in east Ukraine that was until recently occupied by Russian forces. The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs called for "an independent and thorough...