According to a study, collectors under the age of 30 are very keen to buy art. However, even for so-called Generation Z, inherited pieces remain an important gateway into the world of collecting. According to a press release issued by Swiss bank UBS ...

Data has been leaked following a cyberattack on an external software supplier to the Swiss federal pension fund Publica. It is not yet clear exactly which data has been affected. The Office of the Attorney General has launched an investigation, annou...

In its first resolution on the issue, the UN Human Rights Council warned on Tuesday in Geneva of the threats posed by artificial intelligence (AI) systems. The resolution, which was adopted by consensus, states that AI systems must comply with intern...

Swiss online retailer Galaxus reports that sales of so-called smart glasses are rising sharply. It also says that men account for nine in ten purchases of the devices. Manufacturers estimate that millions of smart glasses will be in use worldwide by ...

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a wire-shaped motor that could one day be used in robotic suits to help people move. The “FiberMotor” is between one and three millimetres in diameter, accord...

The Swiss food giant Nestlé has signed a multi-year international marketing partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA). The deal covers 21 markets across four continents. As part of the partnership, Nestlé brands Milo, Nescau and Ne...

Swiss voters are likely to have their say on the relationship between collective labour agreements and cantonal minimum wages. A coalition of trade unions and political parties has submitted more than 100,000 signatures against plans to override cant...

Switzerland’s property market continued to rise in the third quarter. Buyers paid an average of 0.8% more for properties than they did in the previous quarter, and 3.3% more than a year earlier, according to the CIFI private property price index pu...

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden paid a low-profile visit to Zurich on Monday. The king and his delegation visited the Innovation Park in Dübendorf, as well as the federal technology institute ETH Zurich and several companies. The Swedish king was wel...

Roche is supporting efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by providing laboratory equipment. The Basel-based pharmaceutical company is supplying the National Institute of Public Health (INSP) with two molecul...

More than 10,500 animals are being culled across Switzerland following an outbreak of highly contagious enzootic pneumonia. The disease has affected 60 breeding and fattening farms in 14 cantons. An outbreak of enzootic pneumonia was detected on Sept...

Hamas’s attack on Israel and the war in Gaza that followed have worsened the security situation for Jewish people and institutions in Switzerland, according to the Intercommunity Coordination Against Anti-Semitism and Defamation (known by its Frenc...

Switzerland and European countries are stepping up their cooperation in civil protection. This is the first time that Switzerland has organised and hosted such an exercise. Some 500 people are taking part in the simulated earthquake disaster in the c...

The public prosecutor’s office in the Swiss canton of Valais has charged Swiss Ski vice-president Claude-Alain Schmidhalter with fraud and breach of trust. Schmidhalter, who is also chair of the organising committee for the 2027 Alpine World Ski Ch...

Francis Halzen’s Nobel Prize in Physics has a Swiss connection. Researchers from the University of Geneva are involved in the IceCube experiment, for which Belgian-born physicist Halzen was honoured this year. The research group led by Geneva-based...

A broad coalition claims to have collected over 131,800 signatures in support of a referendum against the construction of new nuclear power stations in Switzerland. The signatures were submitted to the Federal Chancellery in Bern on Tuesday. The refe...

The Zurich High Court will deliver its verdict in the case against former Raiffeisen chief executive Pierin Vincenz in January next year. The High Court announced on Tuesday that the case is currently in the internal deliberation and decision-making ...

Swiss asset manager Partners Group is set to wind up its private equity fund, Partners Group Private Equity (PGPE), which is listed on the London Stock Exchange. A large majority of investors, representing 74.12% of the share capital, voted in favour...

A campaign group insists that the public must have their say on all major projects linked to the European Organization for Nuclear Research's CERN research facility in Switzerland. The group launched a Geneva cantonal constitutional initiative and cr...

Politicians and business representatives say a Swiss fireworks ban would have far-reaching negative consequences for private and local celebrations. Opponents of the fireworks initiative are against a nationwide ban. They argue that targeted rules ar...

The Latvian airline Air Baltic, which also operates flights on behalf of Swiss International Air Lines, plans to cut between 500 and 700 jobs out of a total of around 3,000. The measures are aimed at reducing costs and stabilising Air Baltic’s fina...

More passengers took off from or landed at Zurich airport on Sunday than ever before on a single day. The airport confirmed a report in the Tages-Anzeiger stating that more than 123,000 passengers had been handled. According to the provisional figure...

Authorised hunters and gamekeepers shot a total of 17 wolves in September in the southeastern Swiss canton of Graubünden. According to Arno Puorger, head of the Large Carnivores Division at the Cantonal Office for Hunting and Fisheries, a total of 6...

A Swiss proposal to add Hezbollah to an exisiting ban on Hamas has received a mixed reaction among political parties. Following a consultation process, parties aligned to the right and centre of the political spectrum have welcomed the proposal. The ...

Swiss media group Tamedia is making further job cuts across its various newspapers. The Zurich-based group said it would cut 34 full-time posts, affecting 41 people. Of the 41 staff members affected, 28 work in the German-speaking editorial teams and...

The historically low water level of Lake Zurich is revealing something new: an island is now emerging from the water off Stäfa. Normally, only a rock – the Stäfner Stein – is visible there. The historic low water level of Lake Zurich – curren...

Switzerland's procurement of a second missile defence system will not be completed by the end of the year, as originally planned. According to the Federal Department of Defence, this would have required an urgent review of the matter by both parliame...

Dominik Hartmann, from canton Schwyz, has been named "Chef of the Year 2027" by the Gault Millau restaurant guide. This is the first time the award has been given to a chef who specialises exclusively in vegetarian cuisine. The guide has also recogni...

Swiss president Guy Parmelin arrived in New Delhi on Monday for a three-day state visit. The trade agreement between India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) states is “mutually beneficial”, according to Parmelin. To further boost inv...

Rents in Switzerland have risen by around 32% over the last 20 years, according to the Swiss Tenants’ Association (ASI). Today, to mark International Tenants’ Day, the organisation is drawing attention to the growing financial burden on tenants i...