The "Opera House for All" event, held over three days for the first time, attracted around 15,000 people at the weekend despite the summer heat, according to Zurich Opera House. The open-air festival, which took place from Friday evening to Sunday ev...

During a ceremony commemorating the Battle of Sempach, Defence Minister Martin Pfister strongly advocated the further development of the Swiss Armed Forces. Exactly 640 years after the victory over the Habsburgs, Pfister said it was time to celebrate...

The 32nd Swiss Yodelling Festival in Basel came to a close on Sunday with a festive parade. Earlier in the afternoon, performers and spectators braved temperatures topping 35°C in Basel city centre. The final parade set off at around 2pm from Münst...

Partially treated sewage entered the River Limmat near Werdinsel in Zurich early on Sunday after a power cut. Zurich City Police are advising people not to swim or use boats in the affected stretch of the river. Following a power cut shortly before 3...

Pride Romande filled the streets of Lausanne, championing “the right to be oneself”, the slogan for the event. The highlight of the celebrations, the Pride march, drew several thousand people on Saturday afternoon. Gathered under the blazing sun,...

Ireland will take over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union (EU) on Wednesday, holding it until the end of the year. In this role, Dublin will chair ministerial meetings and help shape the agenda. The following elements of Ire...

Temperatures rose again across Switzerland on Saturday, with 19 weather stations recording new all-time highs. The River Aare has also reached a new record temperature, narrowly surpassing its August 2022 level. The sharpest rises were seen in the mu...

Switzerland has paid an advance of CHF500 million ($617 million) to the United States for the purchase of F‑35A fighter jets, said Urs Loher, director of national armaments at the Swiss Federal Office for Defence Procurement (armasuisse). He added ...

The petition “Free and Protect the Rhône Glacier” was symbolically handed in on Saturday morning in the Conches Valley, close to the Swiss glacier itself. Addressed to the Valais government, it has attracted more than 8,000 signatures. The petit...

At the Photo Elysée Museum in Lausanne, artist Hannah Darabi explores Iranian popular dance as a form of resistance shaped by identity. Her project, Why don’t you dance? centres on three iconic figures, bringing together photographs, video and arc...

The Le Constellation bar, the centre of the tragedy in Crans‑Montana, “will never reopen as a bar”, Christophe Darbellay has said. The president of the Valais cantonal government added that he hopes the site will be repurposed for young people....

Hans Meyer, the former chairman of the governing board of the Swiss National Bank (SNB), has died. He passed away on June 17 at the age of 90, the bank said in an obituary published in the Tages-Anzeiger. The obituary said Meyer devoted his entire pr...

On Friday, 80 specialists from the Swiss rescue team landed in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas. They aim to locate and rescue people affected by the earthquakes. The group arrived with 18 tonnes of emergency supplies. According to a statement on the ...

Swiss train maker Stadler Rail has moved closer to a new plant in Austria with the purchase of a 50 hectare plot near to Vienna. PCS Holding, an investment company of Stadler owner Peter Spuhler, has bought the industrial site in Leopoldsdorf. Stadle...

A fresh high temperature record for June was recorded in Switzerland for a second successive day. The Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology (MeteoSwiss) said a weather station at Basel-Binningen recorded 38.8 degrees Celcius on Friday. This b...

The two Beznau nuclear reactors in Switzerland which are cooled by water from the river Aare, have been taken off grid due to the water overheating. The energy company Axpo announced the decision on Friday. Axpo stated that the two reactors are curre...

A simulator developed by the University of Applied Sciences of Graubünden uses artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse the aerodynamic racing position of skiers and to help them to optimise their posture. The 'digital wind tunnel' is intended to off...

Rail services at Lausanne station in Switzerland were completely suspended early on Friday afternoon. This is thought to have been caused by a power cut resulting from a fault in the railway infrastructure. An IC1 train had torn down an overhead powe...

Swiss telecoms operators are preparing to use satellite networks such as Starlink – developed by Elon Musk’s company - but not to replace terrestrial infrastructure in the near future. Satellite connections will serve more as a complement to exis...

During the night from Thursday to Friday, Switzerland once again experienced a tropical night in many regions. The Basel region recorded the highest temperatures, following the 38 degrees Celcius reached during the day on Thursday in Binningen. At th...

Swiss private equity firm Partners Group is to build a luxury apartment tower in Miami, Florida, on behalf of the watch brand Breitling. The Zug-based group will invest $220 million on behalf of its clients in this property development, equivalent to...

Swiss voters will decide on nationwide fireworks restrictions following the rejection of a counter-proposal in parliament. The initiative committee decided to go ahead with a nationwide vote on Friday. The popular initiative “For a restriction on f...

Swiss watch maker Swatch is seeking $170 million in damages in a trademark dispute against the South Korean technology giant Samsung, as reported by the Financial Times. The legal dispute in London, which has been ongoing for years, concerns 26 digit...

A heat record that had stood for almost 80 years in Switzerland has been broken. On Thursday, shortly before 3 pm, temperatures exceeded 37.0 degrees at no fewer than four monitoring stations. This is the highest temperature ever recorded in Switzerl...

Faced with US tariffs, sluggish global growth and geopolitical tensions, the Swiss economy is holding up well and is expected to continue to do so, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Domestic demand, zero interest rate and recent wag...

Switzerland faces multiple and growing threats including espionage, cyberattacks and terrorism. Russia is regarded as the most immediate threat, according to a statement issued on Thursday by the Swiss Federal Intelligence Service (SRC). The internat...

Switzerland will send emergency aid to Venezuela, which has been hit by two powerful earthquakes that have claimed the lives of at least 160 people. The Swiss plan to deploy a team of 80 rescue workers, eight search dogs and 18 tonnes of equipment. T...

All parties have lodged an appeal following the conviction of a family of Serbian origin for human trafficking in the Bernese Oberland. The three defendants are accused of having lured women from their home country to Switzerland over a period of sev...

Switzerland's net migration figure for the European Union and European Free Trade Association stood at 50,900 people, according to the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO). This figure is down on the previous three years. However, the number...

New figures from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO) show that full-time workers in Switzerland earned significantly more in 2025. The median salary was higher than in the 2024 survey. Anyone who had a full-time job in Switzerland last year ea...