Swiss foreign minister Ignazio Cassis has had a telephone conversation with Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi, with Iran locked in stalemate with the United States. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The call, confirmed tod...

Pupils at a Swiss primary school are being screened after their teacher was diagnosed with respiratory tuberculosis. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The teacher has been treated and is no longer present at the school in S...

A photo-trap has snapped a bear in the Valposchiavo valley for first time in the southeast corner of Switzerland for several years. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Following the recent reports of a bear in the Lower Engad...

Some areas of Switzerland experienced the least April rainfall since records began. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox On average across Switzerland, precipitation totals were just 27% of the 1991-2020 reference value, the F...

An anti-consumerist alliance has launched a people's initiative calling for a ban on all commercial advertising throughout the Swiss capital. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The text of the 'Bern without advertising' init...

A criminal complaint has been filed against rescue workers who responded to the fire disaster in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, on New Year's Eve. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The complaint was filed by victims' lawyers, ...

Swiss citizens advice offices have been inundated with requests for help following a fatal New Year's Eve fire that killed 41 people. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The LAVI centres, which offer free help and advice, are...

Some 50 Labour Day demonstrations will take place in Switzerland on May 1 under the slogan "Defend jobs and wages. No to isolation". + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Low real wages and the high cost of living are driving w...

With a two-thirds majority, the Swiss House of Representatives voted against the popular initiative that aimed to simplify naturalisation. It also rejected counter-proposals put forward by minority members of the House. + Get the most important news ...

After a brief recovery in March, the number of vacancies at the ten largest Swiss banks plummeted in April to the lowest level since standard surveys began three years ago. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The figure confi...

Novartis is expanding its production capacity in the United States, with the announcement of a new site in Morrisville, North Carolina. This plant is the seventh site as part of the Swiss pharma's $23 billion (CHF18 million) investment plan in the US...

Six climate activists that demonstrated in front of Credit Suisse in 2019 are appealing their conviction for coercion to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg. They believe their rights to freedom of expression and assembly have bee...

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) president Mirjana Spoljaric Egger warned that a return to war would be "catastrophic" for millions of Iranians. In Tehran, the Swiss-Croatian diplomat met the Iranian foreign affairs minister, Abbas Ara...

Switzerland was among 57 countries to take part in the first Conference on the Transition away from Fossil Fuels held in Santa Maria, Colombia. The Swiss government applauded moves towards concrete strategies to phase out fossil fuels. + Get the most...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing the face of meteorology, promising faster and more efficient forecasts. But a new study from the University of Geneva finds AI isn't always living up to its potential. + Get the most important news from Switze...

The Swiss economy is showing timid signs of recovery, but does not yet appear to be at full strength: this is the indication that emerges from the barometer of the KOF Swiss Economic Institute. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your i...

The Swiss hotel industry generated CHF6.2 billion ($7.8 billion) from overnight stays in 2025. This corresponds to an increase of 3.9% compared to the previous year, as reported by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) on Thursday. + Get the most impo...

Researchers at the University of Bern have developed an artificial placenta. The aim is to use the laboratory model to find out how medication taken by a pregnant woman reaches the unborn child. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your ...

The Swiss Competition Commission (Comco) has opened two investigations into search engine advertising. The first concerns companies in the travel sector and the second of online casinos, the authority said in a press release on Thursday. + Get the mo...

The Swiss House of Representatives would like to see emergency contraception - commonly referred to as the "morning-after pill" - available without a counselling session. It adopted a motion to this effect on Wednesday. + Get the most important news ...

Italy wants to appear as a civil plaintiff in the criminal proceedings in connection with the fire tragedy in Crans-Montana on New Year's Day. The reason given for this step is the "direct damage" caused to the Italian state. + Get the most important...

Member-state ambassadors to the EU announced support for a reform of unemployment insurance for cross-border workers. The proposal will entail additional costs for Switzerland. When cross-border workers lose their jobs, they receive unemployment bene...

Countries bordering Switzerland should continue to be allowed to incinerate their waste in the Alpine nation, according to a proposal by the European Commission. From May 21, municipalities from EU countries will no longer be allowed to have their wa...

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) is discontinuing duty-free sales on its aircrafts at the end of September. The reason for the decision is falling demand, the airline announced in a press release on Wednesday. "Fewer and fewer guests are shoppin...

Researchers have made the earth shake in the Gotthard massif region in southern Switzerland for the first time. The experiment was very successful, according to the RWTH Aachen University of Germany, which was involved in the experiment. Over several...

American artist Cindy Sherman plays on her signature themes of masquerade and transformation for the 79th edition of the Locarno Film Festival. The 79th Locarno Film Festival (August 5-15) presented the official poster on Wednesday. The subject was p...

Swiss President Guy Parmelin and his Serbian counterpart Aleksandar Vucic signed an innovation programme and a new cooperation programme in Belgrade on Tuesday. The talks in the Serbian capital focused on bilateral relations, the situation in the Wes...

The Swiss People's Party's 'No to 10 million immigration initiative initiative' could win a majority. According to a 20 Minutes and Tamedia poll published on Wednesday, 52% of those questioned intend to vote for the initiative on June 14. In mid-Apri...

UBS once again earned significantly more than expected in the first quarter of 2026. The integration of Credit Suisse is almost complete. The Swiss bank earned $3.04 billion in profits in the first three months of 2026, 80% than in the previous year,...

The Swiss House of Representatives has scaled back measures in the government's reform package designed to improve working conditions for nursing staff. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox Members of parliament refused to red...