On Saturday morning, around 60 people demonstrated in Amsteg against through traffic and holiday traffic. They crossed a pedestrian crossing in single file, thereby blocking the traffic. The demonstrators held up placards bearing slogans such as “W...

Start-ups led by women continue to have a limited presence in the Swiss venture capital market. In the first half of 2026, just over 7% of venture capital was channelled to companies with female CEOs. The proportion of funding allocated to women-led ...

In the run-up to the Locarno Film Festival, its artistic director, Giona Nazzaro, has called for cinema to be accessible to the general public. There should be no divide between arthouse filmmakers and the wider audience, he says in an interview with...

A bolt of lightning killed 97 blacknose sheep on an alp in the Swiss canton of Valais on Thursday night. Around 80 animals survived the lightning strike during a night-time thunderstorm on the Eggerhorn alp in the Binntal valley. One of the sheep far...

Switzerland has extradited a member of the 'Ndrangheta organised crime gang, who was arrested at the end of January, to Italy. The Federal Office of Justice stated, in response to an enquiry, that the person is currently in Italy. The authorities the...