Italy has commemorated the victims of the New Year's Eve fire tragedy at a Swiss bar in Crans-Montana. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A minute's silence was held in all Italian schools, while the city of Milan declared a ...

The 2025-2026 Swiss influenza wave threatens to be one of the most severe on record, according to the health authorities. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Despite infection rates falling back last week, the peak of the flu ...

Customs investigators have uncovered a trade in protected birds between Switzerland and several European countries. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox According to the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security, dozens of...

The Swiss are buying fewer cars and the vehicle fleet is ageing, according to the vehicle importers' association Auto-Swiss. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Specifically, according to data released on January 2 by Auto-Swi...

The Prix d'honneur prize of the 61st Solothurn Film Days, endowed with CHF10,000, is to be awarded to film journalist Michael Sennhauser, a leading figure in the field in German-speaking Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in y...

The Swiss retail sector proved resilient last year, with sales boosted by rising real wages. According to UBS economists, the sector should continue on this path in 2026. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Nominal sales in th...

Swiss food multinational Nestlé is recalling certain batches of its BEBA and Alfamino infant milk brands in Switzerland. The product recall affects a total of 31 countries and accounts for less than 0.5% of group sales. +Get the most important news ...

Venezuela delivered 127 tons of gold to Switzerland 10 years ago in an act of desperation to avoid bankruptcy, according to analysis of customs data by Swiss public broadcaster RTS. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Between ...

Climate change is slowing down the growth of important tree species in Switzerland, according to a new study. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Although trees are starting to grow earlier in the year due to rising temperatur...

Media companies are losing consumer share and revenues in the face of new digital platforms and artificial intelligence (AI), according to a Swiss study. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The "Media Use 2035" study by the Re...

The owners of a Swiss bar that caught fire on New Year's Eve, claiming multiple lives, have pledged to cooperate with an ongoing investigation. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "We are devastated and full of grief," Jacques...

A base jumper had a fatal accident on Sunday afternoon during a jump in Gimmelwald in the municipality of Lauterbrunnen. The emergency services found the man lifeless below the jump site, as reported by the Bern cantonal police on Tuesday. +Get the m...

Exercise is contagious - at least in the family. A Swiss study published on Tuesday shows that if parents are physically active, their children also tend to be more active. The researchers from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TP...

Following accusations of propaganda, Swiss television programming operators Swisscom and Sunrise have withdrawn the Qatari channel Al Jazeera Arabic from their offer. A spokesperson told news agency Keystone-SDA that Al Jazeera Arabic will no longer ...

The pollution of Swiss waters with a 'forever chemical' has increased massively over the last 25 years. A new study shows that concentrations of trifluoroacetate (TFA) have increased four- to six-fold since the mid-1990s. Researchers at the Swiss Fed...

The last inspection of the fire-ravaged Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana took place in 2019. The ski resort's town council says it bitterly regrets this, citing a failure to carry out periodic inspections over the period 2020-2025. The bar's fir...

The victims of the bar fire in Crans-Montana and their families will receive financial assistance. The Valais cantonal government announced the proposed measure in a press release on Tuesday. The details have yet to be worked out, however. The Valais...

The relaxation of Swiss fire safety rules planned as part of a total revision of the existing regulations has been put on ice. Efforts to simplify the regulations have come to a standstill, according to an enquiry on Monday. Rolf Meier, spokesperson ...

Tuesday night was the coldest night of the winter in Switzerland so far. Epiphany started with temperatures of -10°C in the lowlands. A mostly clear night and the influx of polar air led to the lowest temperatures of this winter in many parts of Swi...

Sergio Mattarella is expected to attend the memorial ceremony for the victims of the Crans-Montana fire in on Friday. Discussions about a proposed visit were shared by the Ansa news agency that obtained the information from diplomatic circles. A tota...

All persons injured in the fire at the bar Le Constellation in Crans-Montana have been identified. This was indicated today by the cantonal police, who also revised downwards the number of injured persons from 119 to 116. +Get the most important news...

Swiss food and beverage giant Nestlé is recalling batches of baby food in several European countries as a precautionary measure. This appears to be one of the largest product recall campaigns in Nestlé's corporate history. The products in question ...

The bodies of five of the six Italians who died in a bar fire in Crans-Montana are being repatriated to Italy. An Italian air force plane carrying the bodies took off from Sion airport at midday on Monday. +Get the most important news from Switzerlan...

Any assets in Switzerland belonging to Venezuelan head of state Nicolás Maduro, who has been arrested by the United States, will be frozen with immediate effect as a precautionary measure. This was decided by the Swiss government on Monday. +Get the...

French President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Switzerland in person on Friday for the ceremony honouring the victims of the fire in Crans-Montana. Nine French people, including a dual French-Swiss national, were among the victims of the fire. +Get ...

Swiss small and medium-sized industrial companies saw their activity decline in December. The SME Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) fell by 0.9 points to 49.4, once again falling below the 50-point growth threshold. +Get the most important news from S...

The hedgehog has been named Animal of the Year 2026 by the nature conservation organisation Pro Natura. One of Switzerland's best-loved wild animals, the hedgehog faces a gradual disappearance of suitable habitats. +Get the most important news from S...

In view of the upcoming Ski World Cup competitions in Adelboden and Wengen, authorities intend to check the safety of local bars and restaurants after the tragic fire in Crans-Montana. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Ski e...

Hundreds of people attended a mass in Crans-Montana on Sunday to pay tribute to the victims of the New Year's Eve bar fire. A silent procession followed the ceremony. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The aim of the mass, wh...

Around 200 people demonstrated in Bern on Sunday against the US intervention in Venezuela. They demanded "immediate condemnation of the aggression," which violates international law, according to a call to action. +Get the most important news from Sw...