A 39-year-old man has been found guilty of embezzlement by the criminal court because he wanted to ship a car rented in Lucerne from the UK to Ghana. He received a conditional prison sentence of 11 months. The judgement published on Saturday is legal...

Despite the Russia's attack on Ukraine almost four years ago, army chief Thomas Süssli rates the Swiss political response as blasé. "I don't have the feeling that a jolt has gone through the country since then," he says in an interview with the NZZ...

A power failure paralysed the baggage sorting system at Zurich Airport on Saturday morning. As a result, several flights had to take off without their checked-in baggage, a spokeswoman for the airport told the Keystone-SDA news agency. There were als...

According to the Swiss People's Party, unknown persons painted slogans at the entrances homes of its Zurich politicians. Those affected have reportedly filed a criminal complaint. Zurich city police confirmed at least one such case on Friday at the r...

The Nez Rouge home transport service brought 9,134 people home safely over Christmas. A total 766 volunteers made more than 5,000 trip on Christmas eve and Christmas day, Nez Rouge (Red Nose) announced on Friday. The volunteer drop-off service will c...

At least 2,000 Swiss residents will spend the Christmas holidays in bed with the flu. Regionally, the highest rate is in canton Ticino, with 66.59 confirmed cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The figures were announced on Wednesday by the Federal Office ...

The flow velocity of debris above the evacuated mountain village of Brienz in canton Graubünden is the lowest in 15 years, according to the authorities. The velocities measured on the Rutschung Dorf have continued to decrease since mid-December, the...

Swiss and Liechtenstein police are conducting investigations into the deaths of four members of the same family. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The first body of a man was found on the banks of the Rhine in Sevelen, St Ga...

The Cinémathèque suisse in Lausanne is devoting a major cycle to the close relationship with fashion and cinema. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The event features some 40 films from the 1930s to the present day. A speci...

Around 652,000 people visited the Christmas market in Montreux, Switzerland, within a month. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The organisers of the Riviera Noël drew a consistently positive balance. The market also attract...

Swiss government minister Guy Parmelin wants to remain in office at least until the end of the current legislative term, barring serious health problems. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox This was revealed by the 66-year-old...

The Zurich Administrative Court says protestors who squatted in a woodland will not have to pay police costs for removing them. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The court said their was not a sufficient legal basis to pass ...

Several webcams installed at Swiss mountain resorts, such as Chasseral, Mont Gibloux, and Mont Pèlerin, will be deactivated next year when the 3G network is switched off. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Swiss telecoms ope...

The Zurich public prosecutor has dropped a probe against online portal Inside Paradeplatz, which was accused of violating banking secrecy. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The prosecutor said that the protection of journali...

A phase of strong growth in meat substitute products is over, according to the CEO of Swiss food producer Bell Food Group. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Sales of Bell's meat substitute range are only growing by 0-1% per ...

Switzerland has extradited a suspected espionage agent to Germany, more than seven months after his arrest. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The suspect was brought before the investigating judge at the Federal Court of Jus...

Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Chiu-wai will be in Lausanne on January 17. He will attend the premiere of the film Silent Friend by Ildikó Enyedi in which he stars alongside Swiss actor Luna Wedler. Leung Chiu-wai's presence was communicated by the Swis...

More than a quarter of all deaths among Swiss residents last year were due to cardiovascular disease. Overall, cardiovascular disease remains the most frequent cause of death among women. According to federal statistics on causes of death published o...

Jacques Baud is to appeal to the European Union (EU) against the sanctions imposed on him in connection with the war in Ukraine. The former agent of the Swiss Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) is accused of serving pro-Russian propaganda. His lawyer...

Citizens will decide whether Switzerland will join the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). A citizens' committee submitted more than 135,000 signatures to the Federal Chancellery in Bern on Tuesday. The TPNW came into ...

The largest Swiss banks have advertised few jobs, while the number of unemployed people who previously worked in the banking sector is rising sharply. The 10 largest Swiss banks currently have 505 job advertisements on their websites. Compared to the...

Black Friday has clearly lost its lustre for the Swiss retail trade who lost CHF100 million (about $127 million). Consumers have given retailers the cold shoulder this year. According to a recent study by the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute (GDI), this...

In April 2029, a camera from the University of Bern will help to analyse the asteroid Apophis which will pass close to Earth. The information obtained should help to improve measures against asteroid impacts. On April 13, 2029, Apophis will pass the ...

20 Minutes has bid farewell to its print version on Tuesday with a special edition. The commuter newspaper, which was launched in 1999, will only be published digitally in future. The blue newspaper boxes were filled for the last time in German-speak...

Due to the increased number of passengers on the Bernina line over the festive period, the Rhaetian Railway is planning to regulate access to the trains in Tirano and St. Moritz and restrict it if necessary. In addition, 600 new seats have been creat...

The year 2025 was a brilliant year for gold. The yellow metal gained more than 60%, steadily updating its records. Monday, for the first time in history, the $4400 (CHF3488) per ounce has been exceeded (i.e. the kilo is at around CHF113,000). And acc...

The risk of falling is particularly high in winter. During this period, around 22,000 emergency hospital admissions are due to injuries caused by falls and accidents. This is 9% more than during the rest of the year, the Federal Statistical Office an...

It was a year of contrasts for Swiss agriculture. Good harvests replenished stocks, but low producer prices, pressure from imports and the appearance of new pests reduced yields on many farms. According to the annual review published on Monday by the...

Switzerland's Federal Department of Foreign Affairs says it is aware of three cases of Swiss nationals arrested by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The persons concer...

Basel-based chemicals manufacturer Clariant has rejected two complaints from the MOL and Braskem groups for breaches of competition law on the ethylene purchasing market, sanctioned by the European Commission in July 2020. +Get the most important new...