The European Union has welcomed the decision of Swiss voters to reject the “No to ten million” initiative, which proposed imposing caps on immigration. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox European Commission president Ursu...

The United States and Iran are set to end hostilities by signing a peace treaty in the Swiss city of Geneva on Friday. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The two warring parties have agreed to the immediate cessation of all h...

Voters in the canton of Zurich on Sunday rejected both a comprehensive state intervention in the housing market proposed by the left and a set of rigid quota regulations proposed by the centre-right. The so-called housing initiative failed to secure ...

Protesters set fire to a car and smashed the windows of a bank in Geneva on Sunday during an anti-G7 march in the Swiss city. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Protesters threw projectiles, including bicycles, at the police,...

Thousands of people took part in feminist strikes in Basel, Lucerne, Zurich and Bern on Sunday to raise awareness about wage discrimination, gender violence and harassment of women in the workplace. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in yo...

Geneva has banned cantonal and municipal lawmakers from wearing visible religious symbols during parliamentary sessions. On Sunday, voters approved a constitutional amendment to this effect by a narrow majority. +Get the most important news from Swit...

Voters in canton Vaud have delivered a mixed verdict on the introduction of a minimum wage. On Sunday, they agreed to anchor the principle in the cantonal constitution but rejected the accompanying draft legislation. +Get the most important news from...

Around 800 people who, as children, were forcibly placed in institutions in Switzerland, gathered in Langenthal, near Bern, on Saturday. Addressing the gathering, Interior Minister Elisabeth Baume-Schneider described the deep scars left on society by...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague says Switzerland must not allow Vladimir Putin to enter the country – even for peace talks. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis has re...

More than 1,000 experts from over 70 countries will convene in Davos, in southeastern Switzerland, from June 14–19 for the World Biodiversity Forum to explore solutions to global species extinction. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in ...

A dispute between Switzerland and Italy over the return of asylum-seekers appears to be nearing resolution. On Friday, the State Secretariat for Migration (SEM) confirmed a media report that Italy is once again willing to take back asylum-seekers und...

NATO will scale back its KFOR force in Kosovo, but Swisscoy troops will remain unaffected and continue their mission on the ground. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox In view of the stable security situation, NATO plans to gr...

The head of Switzerland’s State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) expects US tariffs to persist beyond Donald Trump’s presidency, arguing that efforts to reindustrialise the American economy have broad, bipartisan support. +Get the most imp...

The Swiss government sees great potential for a direct rail link between Switzerland and the British capital, London. However, travellers will have to be patient: the government faces numerous challenges in establishing the connection. +Get the most ...

All primary school pupils in Switzerland are to learn a second national language. The government intends to enforce this through legislative amendments. This is in response to efforts in German-speaking Switzerland to remove early French from the tim...

The seven members of the Swiss government made slightly more use of planes and helicopters last year. A total of 104 more flight hours were recorded than in the previous year, according to the latest figures from the Federal Air Transport Service. +G...

The duration of the ban in Switzerland on Palestinian militant group Hamas, which has been in force for a year, is to be extended from five to ten years. In addition, the Swiss government has submitted a draft bill to extend the ban to the Lebanese H...

The federal government is covering the costs of the large-scale police operation deployed for Donald Trump Jr.’s private meeting in Zurich in early June. The authorities are not disclosing the exact amount of the costs. +Get the most important news...

The Swiss government aims to strengthen relations with Vietnam through a comprehensive partnership in the fields of politics, business and research. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Cooperation between Switzerland and the S...

The Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) has granted PostBus Switzerland a special permit to operate self-driving vehicles in eastern Switzerland. Safety drivers are still on board. From 2027, the “AmiGo” vehicles are set to carry passengers. +Get the mo...

Despite the recent rainfall, the spectre of drought continues to hang over Switzerland. Water levels in many rivers and lakes on the Swiss Plateau have reached record lows. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox "The rainfall has...

A new saliva test could in future detect fatigue at the steering wheel. Researchers at the University of Zurich (UZH) have identified a kind of metabolic fingerprint in saliva that reliably indicates whether someone is suffering from acute sleep depr...

A parliamentary committee wants to establish more precise criteria for the removal of asylum-seekers. Associations and organisations believe the proposal goes too far – whereas the right-wing Swiss People’s Party doesn’t think it goes far enoug...

As the men’s football World Cup kicks off in North America, demand for new television sets has risen significantly in Switzerland, though the effect is less pronounced than in previous tournaments. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in y...

The municipality of Yverdon-les-Bains in western Switzerland has decided to rename Rue de l'Ancien-Stand as Rue Pauline-Buisson, in tribute to a black domestic worker who was born into slavery in Saint-Domingue and brought to Yverdon in 1776. +Get th...

Last year Swissaid supported nearly 300,000 people in ten countries through development cooperation and emergency aid projects. Despite numerous crises, the Swiss aid organisation reported positive results for 2025. +Get the most important news from ...

Due to the G7 summit in Evian, France, canton Geneva has largely closed its border with France. Since Thursday afternoon, 25 of 35 border crossings have been closed, which is disrupting daily life for residents and affecting traffic. +Get the most im...

The CHEOPS space telescope can continue its research for longer. The European Space Agency ESA has extended the Swiss-led mission until 2029. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The ESA had already extended the mission by thre...

The Swiss Senate has not yet decided whether the EU treaty package requires a majority of the cantons as well as a majority of the people. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox On Thursday, the Senate initially only concluded th...

The Swiss House of Representatives has voted in favour of foreign nationals with a long-term residence permit performing civil defence duties in Switzerland. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The House reached its decision w...