Three people on board a small aircraft were killed on Tuesday afternoon when it crashed in the Leukerbad region of canton Valais. The victims were still being identified on Wednesday. The single-engine Cirrus SR22T light aircraft had taken off from L...

There remains a shortage of flats in Switzerland but according to an analysis by the property consultancy firm Wüest Partner, the situation could soon improve – at least in some regions. "Housing construction appears to have bottomed out," accordi...

State Secretary for Economic Affairs Helene Budliger Artieda has announced she will be stepping down from her post at the end of March 2027. The director of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) intends to take on a new professional...

Switzerland has fallen 10 places this year in the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Gender Gap Index, dropping to 27th place. Globally, at the current rate, it will take 120 years to close the gender gap, the organisation said on Wednesday in Geneva. Sw...

Despite new cases of malaria in the area around Frankfurt Airport, the Swiss authorities do not see any major risk for Switzerland. The risk of such infections at Swiss airports is “very low”, the Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH) told the n...

The residence permits of the four alleged mafia members living in Roveredo in canton Graubünden have been permanently revoked. No appeal has been filed against the move. The four people in question had been arrested in France and Italy last February...

Fuel prices at Swiss petrol stations are continuing to rise unabated. The price per litre at the pumps has reached a new high this year. According to the latest figures from Touring Club Switzerland, the average price for a litre of unleaded 95 petro...

The Thurgau-based train manufacturer has won a contract to supply eight Eurolight Dual locomotives to Mercitalia Shunting & Terminal, a subsidiary of FS Logistix, a company within the Ferrovie dello Stato group operating in the logistics sector. The ...

In 2025, rail transport volume totalled 23.7 billion passenger-kilometres, according to figures published on Wednesday by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO). In a direct year-on-year comparison, rail demand rose by 3.2% compared to 2024 (22.9 billi...

Balyasny Asset Management is opening a presence in the Swiss tax haven of Zug, adding to the numbers of global hedge fund roles located in the country. The Chicago-based firm with $38 billion assets under management is currently hiring for two commod...

A new artificial intelligence (AI) system developed by the University of Lausanne can determine a person’s biological age from photographs of the retina, thereby assessing their risk of diseases such as cancer or dementia. A significant difference ...

Parliament has approved the EFTA free trade agreement with the Mercosur countries. Following the Senate, the House of Representatives has also approved a compromise under which the agricultural sector will receive half a billion Swiss francs in suppo...

In Switzerland, murder will soon be one of the offences for which there is no statute of limitations. The House of Representatives and the Senate have reached agreement on this issue after years of debate. The bill still has to go to a final vote in ...

According to a study, boards of directors of Swiss companies are lagging behind in the fight against cyberattacks involving artificial intelligence. Yet the rise in such attacks is exacerbating the risks, particularly for SMEs in Switzerland. Cybercr...

On Monday, the Rega air rescue service rescued a 35-year-old climber from steep terrain near Balsthal in canton Solothurn after he had been bitten by a venomous snake. The man was given the appropriate antivenom at a hospital in Bern. The 35-year-old...

Embattled iron ore trader Radiant World has alleged that Glencore sought to keep the “true nature” of their relationship out of its audited records, in a lawsuit that is seeking more than $2bn in damages from the Swiss commodities group. Radiant ...

Asking rents in Switzerland fell between July 2025 and July 2026 for the first time since 2019/2020. This finding comes from the Rental Home Market Price Analysis (ReMPA) carried out by the Swiss Real Estate Institute on behalf of Newhome. On a natio...

The British ‘neobank’ Revolut, whose services are already used by over a million Swiss residents, is now applying for a Swiss banking licence. The online bank plans to invest more than CHF150 million in the Swiss market over the next five years. ...

An Egyptian death mask dating from the second century BC has been returned from Switzerland to Egypt. It had been seized in Switzerland as part of criminal proceedings. Interior Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider presented an ancient burial mask to t...

Switzerland must embrace tax and pension reforms to preserve its status as one of the world’s top economies, the OECD said, raising its growth forecast for the country. The Paris-based organisation now anticipates expansion of 2% this year, up from...

Syngenta has confidentially filed for a Hong Kong initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter, as it moves ahead with a share sale that was delayed by the impact of the war in the Middle East. The Chinese-owned seed and pest...

There should be no quotas for gender representation on the governing bodies of umbrella associations and sports organisations. The House of Representatives intends to repeal a regulation that was only recently introduced. On Tuesday it approved a mot...

The number of animals used in animal experiments in Switzerland fell to an all-time low in 2025, according to the government. At the same time, there was a significant increase in the number of highly stressful experiments carried out. In total, arou...

In December a 13th monthly pension will be paid out in Switzerland for the first time. It is expected to amount to around CHF1,580 ($1,930) on average. However, there are significant differences between pensions paid in Switzerland and abroad, as wel...

A quarter of buildings in Switzerland were fitted with heat pumps by the end of 2025. Heating oil remains the main source of energy for heating, but its share is falling, the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) said on Tuesday. As at December 31, the co...

People who stop taking antidepressants and feel unwell often do not suffer a relapse. A study with Swiss involvement shows that these are usually withdrawal symptoms, which disappear again after a while. According to the researchers, the findings are...

The priorities set by the government for the modernisation of the Swiss Armed Forces have been well received by parliament. Following the Senate, the House of Representatives has also approved the Armed Forces Message without amendment – including ...

The Swiss parliament intends to ban the import of and trade in fur produced through cruel practices. Following the House of Representatives, the Senate has also approved the indirect counter-proposal to the so-called Fur Initiative. The Senate adopte...

The Swiss House of Representatives and the Senate have put forward an indirect counter-proposal to the popular initiative calling for a ban on the import of foie gras. They are recommending that voters reject the initiative, which was submitted in 20...

More than 2,800 jobs have been lost across international organisations in Geneva since Donald Trump returned to the US presidency. The foreign ministry considers this figure to be “lower than feared”. According to the figures released by the mini...