Researchers at the Swiss federal insitute of technology ETH Zurich will be able to monitor changes on Earth from a newly opened Swiss Geolab. The facility will analyses data on landslides and crops from its home in canton Lucerne. The establishment o...

The Swiss canton of St Gallen has unveiled new drones for speed enforcement on the mountain pass road to Hulftegg, between Toggenburg and the Tösstal valley in Zurich. Since the start of the year, the St Gallen cantonal police have been making targe...

The spotted Sika deer from Japan could soon be migrating to the Swiss canton of Zurich in greater numbers. This is due to a European Union directive for member states to cull the animals. In Germany and Austria, the EU decision announced in the summe...

Fuel prices in Switzerland have risen again following a brief lull. Both petrol and diesel have recently gone up by five cents per litre, according to the latest figures from Touring Club Switzerland (TCS). Accordingly, the average price of a litre o...

The United Nations and Switzerland will host a major coordination meeting in Geneva on peace initiatives for Sudan. The parties to the conflict will not be attending. A total of 27 delegations are expected at the Palais des Nations for this sixth mee...