Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for a former Swiss cantonal politician who is accused of drugging and sexually abusing several women and a child. The man is accused of multiple counts of attempted murder, aggravated rape, aggravated sexual as...

Switzerland’s foreign trade picked up significantly in the second quarter, driven mainly by strong sales of pharmaceutical products and a rebound in trade with North America. Between April and the end of June, exports rose by 8.8% compared with the...

A car accident in the San Bernardino tunnel in southeast Switzerland led to the route being closed for several hours. Other cars were diverted via the San Bernardino Pass, whilst heavy goods vehicles and buses were held at the service areas in Campag...

New mothers in Switzerland should be able to claim six months’ maternity leave, according to a petition submitted to the Federal Chancellery with 110,000 signatures. According to Campax, the organisation behind the proposal, the measure would impro...

Around 50 passengers were evacuated from Zurich airport's Skymetro after it came to a halt in the tunnel due to a technical fault. The fully automated metro linking the airport’s main building to Terminal E came to a halt on the 1.1-kilometre route...