Switzerland intends to step up its cooperation with Austria when buying military equipment. The aim is to make the procurement of defence equipment more cost-effective and efficient, said Swiss defence minister Martin Pfister. + Is the Swiss weapons ...

Zurich is the second most expensive city in the world for high-net-worth individuals, behind Singapore, according to a ranking by Julius Bär bank. Zurich climbed three places compared with last year, according to the latest Julius Bär Lifestyle Ind...

The Italian region of Lombardy is acting as a civil claimant in the proceedings relating to the Crans-Montana fire disaster in Switzerland. Paolo Bernasconi, a member of the Ticino Bar Association, has been appointed to represent Lombardy. Accordingl...

The Basel-based private bank J. Safra Sarasin has acquired Saxo Bank, a Danish firm specialising in online investment and trading, in its entirety. The group that controls the J. Safra Group is acquiring the approximately 29% stake still held by Kim ...

AI governance must put people at the centre, Swiss Environment Minister Albert Rösti said in Geneva on Monday. Speaking on behalf of some 40 countries, Rösti announced that the next global AI summit, scheduled to take place in the same city, will b...

Switzerland is set to experience another heatwave. It has already begun in the south. From Tuesday, it will affect the north and west of the country, with temperatures reaching up to 35°C, MétéoSuisse said on Monday. North of the Alps, the heatwav...

Following a pilot phase, the Children’s Hospital of Central Switzerland is the first institution in the country to introduce Martha’s Rule on a permanent basis. This means parents will have a greater say when they have serious concerns about thei...

Five people have been charged with organised gang robbery and unlawful detention following their arrest in France in connection with the violent burglary suffered by Formula One champion Alain Prost at his home in Nyon, western Switzerland, the publi...

Anyone retiring today may have to fund their retirement for considerably longer than previous generations. A study by researchers in Lucerne shows that as life expectancy rises, so does the risk that one’s savings will no longer be sufficient in ol...

Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis has agreed to pay an initial sum of $1.1 billion (CHF883 million) to acquire the British start-up Myricx Bio, which is developing antibody-drug conjugates for various types of solid tumours. The agreement also prov...

Last year, 2,380 children and adolescents were treated at one of Switzerland’s 19 paediatric clinics following a suspected or confirmed case of abuse. This is the highest figure recorded since national data collection began in 2009. This represents...

A former deputy mayor of Chermignon who served between 2013–2016 and was subsequently a municipal councillor for Crans-Montana (2017–2020) is the 15th person to be charged in connection with the tragedy that occurred on New Year's Day. The man wa...

The Euclid space telescope mission, which is being led with Swiss participation, has discovered the two oldest quasars ever observed. They date back to a time when the universe was only around 670 million years old. The discovery provides valuable in...

The 2026 Swiss Federal Shooting Festival in Graubünden came to an end on Sunday. The major month-long event, centred on the city of Chur, was attended by 35,000 shooters and 100,000 visitors. The event in Chur, eastern Switzerland, drew to a close o...

Eighty years ago, forests and a moor were cleared to make way for the construction of Zurich Airport’s first runway. Today, around 750 aircraft take off and land at the international airport each day. A consortium of engineers and architects chose ...

The common frog is faring worse in the lower-lying areas of Switzerland than previously thought. A long-term study near Basel shows a massive decline, even though dozens of new ponds were created in the study area. Across Switzerland, the grass frog ...

The Festival de la Cité attracted 110,000 people for its 54th edition in the Swiss city of Lausanne. Some 150 artistic projects were presented over six days in the old town, the organisers said on Sunday. In total, more than 200 free performances to...

Despite government subsidies, Switzerland Tourism has failed to meet its targets for easing congestion at the country's main tourist sites, according to a report in the newspaper NZZ am Sonntag. According to the newspaper’s analysis, the statistics...

European security is facing its deepest crisis since the end of the Cold War, said Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis. But the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) remains an indispensable tool precisely because it provides v...

A day after a protest camp against the construction of an AI data centre in Beringen, Schaffhausen, was cleared, activists have set up camp in nearby Germany. They now intend to protest from Tengen, which is situated near the Swiss border. Following ...

The Swiss town of Bulle this week was transformed into a veritable international laboratory for hydrogen innovation. The capital of the Gruyère region hosted the world final of the Hydrogen Grand Prix (H2GP), which took place during Swiss Hydrogen W...

Cantons in Western Switzerland are launching a major crackdown on scams involving fake police officers and criminal networks, mainly based in France. More than 5,000 cases and CHF18 million ($22.5 million) stolen have been recorded since 2022 within ...

Launched in Switzerland in April 2023, the Chinese platform Temu is now among the top five online retailers in the country, according to the annual ranking published on Friday by the consultancy firm Carpathia. According to estimates for 2025, the e-...

A little late, but all the more spectacular for it: on Friday evening, British singer Raye brought star producer Mark Ronson onto the stage at the 60th Montreux Jazz Festival, followed by superstar Alicia Keys. Shortly after the concert began, Britis...

Solitary confinement in prisons is ineffective or even counterproductive, according to a study, whose authors are calling for the abolition of this form of detention in Switzerland. The research was carried out by Thierry Urwyler, a professor of crim...

After successfully campaigning before the European Court of Human Rights against racism and discrimination, a 52-year-old Swiss man of Kenyan descent was himself convicted by a court in Bern on Friday for incitement to violence. "Freeing the Jews fro...

The risk of forest fires remains high in Geneva. It now stands at 4 out of 5, the Department of Territorial Planning said on Friday, urging people to exercise caution. The authorities’ assessment is based on factors such as temperature, humidity, w...

On Wednesday Swiss train maker Stadler Rail inaugurated an extension to its US factory in Salt Lake City, Utah. It now has an additional 245,000 square metres of floor space, bringing the total to 475,000 square metres, according to a press release i...

Over 77,600 meals served, as well as around 2,300 beds and accommodation places for homeless people, those with mental health issues and refugees: the Salvation Army’s work in 2025 was dominated by the housing crisis and rising poverty. The demand ...

The hantavirus outbreak, which claimed three lives in April, is now over. As the quarantine period for those who had been in contact with infected individuals has ended, the Geneva-based World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Thursday that this ...