Swiss businessman Pascal Jaussi has been jailed for five and a half years after being found guilty of embezzlement, fraud, forgery and arson. The Freiburg Commercial Criminal Court handed down the sentence on Jaussi, who was once hailed as the “Swi...

Trade negotiations in Washington have failed to yield a breakthrough between Switzerland and the United States, according to Swiss president Guy Parmelin. Parmelin said a meeting with US Trade Representative Jamesion Greer had taken place in a friend...

In 2025, more than 140,000 tonnes of waste electrical and electronic equipment were recycled in Switzerland for the first time – around 144,000 tonnes, to be precise. This represents a 6% increase on the previous year, according to a report publish...

New heatwave records were set on Monday at several Swiss weather stations. By midday, Bern/Zollikofen, Payerne, Buchs/Aarau and Pully had recorded 13 days with temperatures above 30°C. Zurich/Fluntern, Schaffhausen, Delémont, Fribourg and Altdorf h...

A trans woman is at the centre of a controversy at the Marzilibad in Bern. She was taken away by the police on Sunday following an altercation in the women’s section of the public open-air swimming pool. "The police operation was disproportionate,"...