To protect against African swine fever, the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) has set out new biosecurity requirements for pig farms. Farms that meet these requirements will benefit from certain advantages in the event of an outbreak. ...

A police patrol in France caught a Porsche driver doing 312km/h on a motorway southeast of Geneva, where the speed limit is 130km/h. The driver is from Switzerland, according to a French media report. The police in the French département of Haute-Sa...

Zurich has completed a third of its greening target in the first year of a local environmental initiative, while also recording early success in dedicating more road space to pedestrians, cyclists and public transport. On Monday, Zurich councillor Si...

The United States has a new ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva, nearly two years after Donald Trump began his second presidency. Todd Steggerda presented his credentials to UN Director-General Tatiana Valovaya on Monday. Steggerda, a lawyer a...

Swiss senators have begun discussing the new Switzerland–EU package of agreements, known as "Bilaterals III". Following six months of parliamentary deliberations and the involvement of almost all relevant committees, the discussion is set to be a l...