All four candidates to succeed outgoing government ministers Simonetta Sommaruga and Ueli Mauer are now clear, after the Social Democratic Party nominated two women for Sommaruga’s job this Saturday. Environment Minister Sommaruga and Finance Mini...

Several hundred people have been demonstrating in the Swiss capital, Bern, calling on the authorities to stop the “healthcare exodus”. “We are sounding the alarm,” said the protestors, many of whom came with healthcare-related items like bed...

Swiss Football Association President Dominique Blanc has told the Swiss media that he was disappointed about world football governing body FIFA’s decision to ban the “One Love” armband at the World Cup in Qatar. Zurich-based FIFA announced the...

Swiss Attorney General Stefan Blättler has called for stronger action against the Italian mafia – which, as the Calabrian Ndrangheta, is suspected of operating in locations across the country. "We have to move forward now," Blättler said in an i...

The Swiss ambassador to the United Nations says Switzerland is well prepared to take its Security Council seat next year. Pascale Baeriswyl told Swiss public broadcaster SRF that other countries have recently been in closer touch with Switzerland. ...

An excavation of a 7th Century grave site in Switzerland has thrown up “spectacular” finds of jewellery and afforded valuable insight into medieval society. The 15 graves belonged to wealthy people of that time who were buried in their finery. T...

Climate protesters in canton Zurich face future policing bills for gluing themselves to roads or other forms of civil disobedience that obstruct traffic. The local government issued the warning in response to mounting pressure from some political pa...

A Catholic diocese in Switzerland, once dubbed the ‘Eldorado of exorcisms’, has decided not to fill its vacant exorcist post, as it seeks to keep up with the times. The last exorcist of Chur died in 2020 after reputedly lifting a number of posse...

Switzerland will adopt European Union regulation on the manufacture and flying of drones from the start of next year. EU rules set maximum altitudes, weight limitations and restrictions on the airspace in which drones can fly. Long range flights wil...

Switzerland is facing shortages of many medicines due to supply chain bottlenecks linked to Covid lockdowns in China and the Ukraine war. “It’s a sad situation that we’ve reached,” Enea Martinelli, a hospital pharmacist and board member of ...

The 300 richest people in Switzerland saw their cumulative wealth drop for the first time in 13 years by a mere by 0.1%. But they still have enough money to distribute CHF100 ($105) to each person on the planet. The Kamprad brothers, heirs to the Sw...

A week after two cases of bird flu were detected in Zurich, authorities have imposed national measures to come into force on Monday, November 28. The measures aim to prevent any further outbreak of the disease, and mainly focus on reducing contact b...

The little perching bird succeeds the skylark as this year’s avian champion, chosen by BirdLife Switzerland for its virtuosic singing and peerless imitation skills. The marsh warbler is even smaller than a sparrow, but it’s remarkable singing is...

The installation artist from Mexico is the 16th winner of the CHF100,000 ($106,000) prize, awarded annually by the Museum Haus Konstruktiv, where Ortega will hold a solo exhibition next year. The jury was particularly impressed by how Ortega’s met...

Swiss youths are experiencing worrying rates of online sexual harassment and cyberstalking, with girls more affected than boys, say researchers. This coincides with the steep rise in the use of video sharing apps such as TikTok. The 2022 James study...

The Swiss financial sector has made some progress in ‘greening’ its investment portfolios in recent years, but not enough, a government-backed analysis has found. Some 133 financial firms, including pension funds, banks, and insurance companies ...

The Federal Office of Culture has handed over two archaeological cultural objects to Mexico that had been confiscated on suspicion of importing illegally excavated cultural goods. One of the sculptures represents a pregnant female canine, which is t...

Swiss Solidarity, the humanitarian arm of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation, received donations of more than CHF7 million ($7.4 million) on a nationwide collection day for victims of the food crisis in East Africa. The money will be used to support...

If parliamentarians agree, Switzerland’s contribution to the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR) will be extended by another three years. Government on Wednesday proposed not only an extension of Swisscoy’s mandate, but also a boost i...

Marco Sieber has been chosen as a “career astronaut” by the European Space Agency (ESA) – he is thus set to become only the second Swiss spaceman in history. The 33-year-old from Bern was selected from a total of 22,500 candidates who applied ...

The government has presented a draft step-by-step plan which would come into effect should there be a serious lack of electricity in the country. A week after giving details of how an eventual gas shortage would be handled, Economics Minister Guy Pa...

The government said on Wednesday it had adopted the remaining measures in the eighth package of European Union sanctions against Russia. Wednesday’s decision notably includes the introduction of a legal basis for putting price caps on Russian crud...

Claude Wild says the Swiss stance on the ongoing conflict is clearly in support of the victims, and that the Russian aggression is “illegal and illegitimate”. Speaking to RTS public radio on Wednesday, the ambassador to Ukraine again tried to cl...

Credit Suisse shareholders have approved a CHF4 billion ($4.2 billion) capital raise amid a large-scale exodus of client assets and an expected CHF1.5 billion quarterly loss. Last month, Credit Suisse announced a major restructuring that will see 9,...

Swiss Attorney General Stefan Blättler and Italian anti-mafia prosecutor Giovanni Melillo have agreed to strengthen cooperation to fight mafia activity, which is on the rise in Switzerland. Meeting for the first time in Bern on Tuesday, they decide...

Switzerland has sent a third fire engine and more equipment to Ukraine as part of a package to fight fires, purify contaminated water and remove debris. It has been delivering such equipment since early October at the request of the Ukrainian author...

The environment is the main concern of the Swiss in 2022, followed by pensions and energy, according to this year’s Credit Suisse Worry Barometer. The Covid-19 pandemic, which was the main worry last year, is no longer among the top ten concerns, ...

The Organisation for Economic Development and Cooperation expects Swiss GDP to grow by 2.1% this year, down from a previous forecast of 2.5%. The main reason for the lowered prospects is the war in Ukraine, which is affecting the global economy as w...

Sunny and dry weather, along with the end of Covid restrictions, drove an uptick in the amount of beer drunk over the past year, the industry has reported. In the 2021-2022 brewing year (October to October), beer sales by Swiss breweries rose again ...

The gender pay gap in Switzerland is still among the biggest in Europe. In 2020, women earned on average 18.4% less than men for equivalent work, according to new figures. The Federal Statistical Office (FSO) reported on Tuesday that Switzerland had...